City of Brechin Pipe Band - Scottish Charity
No SC037508
Annual report &
Financial Statement
For the year ended 30th September
2024

Trustee￿ Annual Report for the year ended 30 September 2024
Charity Name
Cty of Brechin Pipe BarKI
chaflty No.
SC037508
Current trustees
Other trusteEs duiint the year
Recr(thtment and appolntment of Trustees
All trustees are appointed or reaFwointed ty the members at our annual general meetlTh& whlch is
usualty held in October eath yew.
Governiry dacurnent
Ourgovernlng document Is the constitthn of the Oty of 8rEchin Pipe Band
chaffha￿e purposes
Our purposes. a5 recorded In ourconstitution are to adVa￿e the education of the public in the art of
Baepipe Playing and [kummI￿ by presentstion of Wf0m￿nceS and other related actlvjties,
and in furtherance thereof the ba￿1 shall seek
al To promote. advame arKI enmurage Wipe playing and dWMmi￿ and_
b) To pmmote tl* trddftlons of arKI playlK8 of pipe band music genernlly.

Activitie5 and achlevements
We continued with our popular monthly bin80 afterr#)ons WryKIiwd a regular source of incorne.
The Barwj held a sucos5ful Solos coMpetitk￿ wNth very well attefth. This wovided an
additlonol Source of Income from entry fees, twk. raffie and spectators fees afterexpertse5 were
pakl.ThrD¥IKSUt the year regular wactices were held W￿re new and existlng leamers received free
tultion.
The Band perfomied at the Remembrance Day Parade ￿ Brechin. Brechin Pa8eant,
Ed2ell Gala Day, Fetterc31rn Show and Stonehaven Highland Game5.
Thts year the Band were out Competi￿ forthe first time in rnany years and errtered the plping
compelldon at DollarAcaJemy, British Championthlps at Forr4 the Scott15h Champlon5hips at
Durnbarton. the European OJamixon5hips at Perth. the Workl Champh￿1p5 at Glasgow Green,
and the Pftlochry Highland Games. The impro¥*d with every cornpedtlon and won 3 pla
In the Grdde 48 group at the Pitknthry Hi8hlaNI Games. For many of the BarKI It was thw first time
playing in competitions.
The Band renewed the subsrription to Ensemble (pipe band score editorl tyTime Studios whKh
continued to greatly a5slst band members, both tKY4Ke aml exwknced. to practice from home.
Flnancial Review
The barKI hall was ￿fOr￿nJtety badly fknoded durln8 Stomi Babet at the end of 2023 and as a ￿sUIt
we have had ts ieminate tht lease of the haH. Slnce then. we have hEld ￿ekty practKes and
bingo fundroisers at the Parkvlew Bowfin8 aub. As a result of the Ik)od, we received an insuran
payout for flood damaged items and also recelved donatiorffj frrm Band supporter>
We weceived a Brant from Angus Council after storni Babet ts alknw u5 to buy new tal￿ and choir&
These have not as yet been PUTchased a5 we don't currentty have our own band hall.
We received rnembershlp subsuiptions and the wa￿ed$ of the annual Solos Competition as well a5
from stsll's we have held at theVarI(n￿ events we have attended.
We a8ain have benefitted from 4 chath exemptknn from water Rtes this year fDr the time we **re
uslng the pipe barKI hall.
No t￿￿tre expenses I￿re paid duri￿ the year.
The Band hired coad*s to transport rneMbe￿ and equipment to the VarKH￿ competilions and %)me
of thls w35 re-couped by offeting the Spa￿ seats to Band support
At the end of the year the Band held unrestricted funds of £19.711.FA) wlth £3,(KXI being held as
restricted fuThJs belng the An8U5 CourKlI Stomk Babet GranL
LOOkn￿ fon¥ard. the emphasis will be on Increasiry membership numbers, continuing
perfO￿an￿5, enterlng ccKnpEtition4 local fundfaislr¥ aLtivtties arml flndlno a r*w hall.
Approved by the Tn￿tee$ and Sv8rEd on thetr behalf

Independent Examlners Report to the Trustees of the city of Brethin Pipe Band
I report on the accounts of the tharlty for the year Ènded 30 September 2024
Respectlve responsi￿lItIeS oltrustees and examlner.
The charity's Board are responylAe forthe preparatlon of the aCcO￿ts in accordaTrce wilh the terms
of the Charities and Trustee Investfflent (Scotlandl Att 2ry)5 and the Charltles Affounts (5cotlaThll
Regulatlons 2CM)6. The charity's Bowd Trustees coDslderthat the audit requirement of Regulatlon
10111 {d) of accounts Re8ulation5 does apply. It is my resporrsitslity to examine the attourts
as required under section 44(1)c of the Act and to state whether part￿l)r matteT5 have come to my
attention.
Basls of independent examiners slatement
My examlnation 15 carried out in accordan￿ with Regularlom 11 of the Charifies Acc<)unts {Scotlandl
Re8￿atIOnS 2006. An examinatlon Ind￿leS a re¥￿ of the accounti￿ records kept by ttre charfty
a￿1 a cornparwn of the accounts presented with those record5. It also Ir￿￿deS consmleralion of anv
unusual Items or dlsdosure5 in the accounts and seeks explanalw)n5 from the tTUStees concern#
ny such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be
reqUI￿d in an a￿lit and CIMW￿nlfy I do rnt expre55 an a￿lIt oplnlon on vmv given by the
accounts.
Indepernlent Examlners Ststemert
In the Course of my examinatron, ￿ matter has come to my attentK>n:
l. Whith give5 me reasonaljle cause to belleve thaL in any material respect. the requlrements:
- To keep acrovntln8 ￿ordS in accDrdarKe wlth Section 44(1) la) of the 2(M15 Aciion and Reguktion
4 of the 2CKJ6 Accounts Regulatlons and
-To prepare accounts which accord with the accounong record5 arml compty with Re8ulath)n 9 of the
2CKJ6 Accounts Regulation5
Have not been w*t, or
2. To whlch. in my opiniDn, attention shoukl be draw￿ In orderto en?ble a proper unde￿tandIng of
the accounts to be reache

City of Brechin Pipe Band
Receipts and Payments A¢count for the year endod 30 Sepiabkn 2024
Reeoipts
CompeliticffiTrPrize PéS)ney
Dona￿n5 ￿Ceived
Angus Cojncl ¢
Engagpment fees
Fundraisng
Interest
fund
lunds
O.OD
50729
O.OD
lo￿.00
3970.05
286.68
350.00
12169.13
30CrfJ.00
11LKI.00
589229
593.(
FJI
Membership sthcrlpti￿s
In￿￿¢2 Claim.Flaod
Ref￿d re. El￿trIcIty
Trdnsport to Compebtior
sa￿ of EouitMr*nt
Other Sales
Klisc
Total ReceiFts
1456.¢Y)
1626.(Ll
213.￿)
663.17
1180.IJ)
215.iYJ
60.1)0
340.00
n66.02 33401.65
Unv•8tiicted
2D24
555.crfj
3203.67
4506.70
2541.49
1884.08
Equipment
Fu￿1ra1$￿g costs
Hall
2197.26
2842.20
k-_Il
Transport- Buse5hrkw
InSura￿e{ln￿ in Hal Fmr)
Event Traets
Oiher Misc costs
Poslage I Statb)nary
Tmslee exFdBes
Website
6083.98
5CQ.72
2(Xl.00
583.39
0.00
0.00
184.32
401.98
0.00
206.40
Tolal Pajryn￿ts
6194.73
20243.35
Surplus l Defick for the
yoar
107129
13158.3
2024
OpenlJvJ Cash and Bank
Bal•nces
Balance affjustfjd by
surplus I deficil
848ZOi
9553.30
9553.30 22711.60
Cash and Bank Balances as at 30th Septthnber 2024
2024
Clydesdale Bank
Cash in Hatml ffreasuierl
Fh)at in hall
Unpresenled Cwues
9513.30
40.00
22671.60
40.¢KI
9553.3
22.711.60