BUCKSBUftM AND DisfRKf HPE BAND {kotti5h Charity Nwnter: SC0411091 REPORT AIK) Accoufrifs 31 ￿￿uST 2024 Chortered Accountants BUCKSBURP4 AND DIStRICt PIPE BAND Full name Chartty Numb•r SC041109 Tr￿teeS VKe PresT¢ Trea5urEr Secretary. NOVI￿ Jtsvenae Secretary. Glade 2 Parent rep Ppe hI3Jor Ban¢J Steward (re518￿ 1512124 Band I•Anager Child Protecthn Officer artemlaster Band St**Ard (4V)irted 1511124 Re81stered Offlce Miliside Terrace Peterojlter erdeen AB14 OWN Independent examlner AAB Buslness and TaK Afvts(My LLP Kiwhill Vie Prime Fwr Bwiness Park Kirsswelis AB15 8PU Bankers The Royal Bank of Scotland A￿rdeen (bfftns Cross Brnnth 40 Allryn Place ABERDEEN A810 IY14 BUCKSBURN AND DIfflu￿ PIPE BAND TRUSTEES, REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGusf 2024 Governfng document Charlty Is unincorwrated artd the arKJ administratltm arrangLi￿ts are set wt in ( constltutlon. Trustees The Trustees holding ffte durtng the year were a5 noted on the pwic&s page. The t￿￿teeS receive no remuneration. any expen5e5 claimed are ￿lMi￿5￿ at cost. Recrultment and 4)pointment of trustees Trustees are appo?nted or reapwlnted by the Mernt￿ at the AG41. Charitable objects The BLKksburn and Distrlct PSpe Band l-the CharWI ts a Chorlty established to W0n￿te pipe baFKI culture and to maintain a trN)nd of felLo*thip and M￿Ual inteiest amongst its mernbers. through Tts continuing commitment for a ycwth deve10w￿nt pjlicy and ytstenance of our ffwsical heritages the barbd endeavwrs to provtde tuition Tn the arts of plplng and drurnmM)g to all ￿thin the wider c(rfnmunTty- Artlvltles and perfornwice September 2023 - mlnlbarml pla￿d as gath entertainment at Inchnarlo Retirement Pa￿. Novemiw 2023 . mlniband Fknyed at the First Aberdeen aftn￿l awards night. Novemtw 2023 . band played at Amtstice Parade In Aberdeen. Decemter 2023 . bjnd ￿aYed at Red Hot Chllll Piper5 C￿ert as welt as various venues on Hogmanay. April 2024. band l*)sted and played at plpe band ccrfKert at Ilail. June 2024. band played at 8raduatirfft cererrmyry at Intema￿￿ Sckni. The band were delighted to be piayir8 at these e￿nts knoht in a Welc￿ Lyknt to our fuTxIs. Novice Juvenile Band We returned to band practke In mld.September 2023 a￿1 Immediately got down to hard Fyeparing for the Bwhin Solo Competitim. where we were again weil represented by our pl￿5 and drummer5. Thr members of the band We￿ 5uccessfuL in t￿1[ applicatiorG for the National Youth Pipe Band of Scotland and continue to promte the band name in the central belt area. The RSPBA North of Scotland branch ran a ￿￿-daY maintenance class in Cttober which was weil ￿e1ved by those fron our band who managed to attend. We coniinue to be supwKteé by external tutors vtho help to ensure we maintain a strong focu5 on quality tultlon of our young pe￿. November saw the ￿tUrn of the RSPBA W of Scotland branch solo comFetitlDn whlch contTnues to be SUCCV•Sful event with many individual wizes won by our band members across all Sectior￿. We were delighted to ￿ce again asked to join the Red Hot Chilli Fl'pers as part of their Cl￿cEYt at the Aberdeen Music Hall for the fourth con5ecutlve year. Thls fs a great exp￿ienCe for our yourtr¥ and n&wer members as well a5 w established players. to share tl* stage with tfr* Chllll Pipers see a different side to our In5trumert. 8UCKSBURN AND DISTRICT PIPE BAND TRUSTEES. REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2024 Novice Juvenlle Band We had seven members13 snare and 4 pipers) participate in fortnightiy. weeke￿1 educational classes between November aThJ February which were ftthded ty the RSPBA North of ScotiarKI brarth. This culminated with individual wa(tTcal perforniance and theory exam in IAarch wlth all sKcessfully passing ￿7r respective SCQF 8rade5. This was the fit5t titne sittiro exams f￿ sThne of them arKI we hy that they cOntIn￿ to progress through the SCQF wtem and also that their ¥hSevements will etKourage more of our members to take rA4rt. The first coM￿t￿￿)n of the year is always the RSPBA Ncth of kotiaTrJ quartet competftion in Huntly held in March. We entered two quartets In the Grade 4B march and one in Grade 4A MSR. This was a good intr￿uctI(￿ for some of our new meMi￿r5 a￿1 we were delighted to take 3rd place in the Grade 4B march. The first f￿1 band contest was the RSPBA North of kotlaThJ indr￿￿ comwition al Huntly in April. ThT5 was our first chance to gaL4e the $￿ceSS of winter preparations. and we were delighted to come away wlth flrst place in Grath 4B and L￿St Bass section across Grades 4B and 4A. This year saw the return of the BLKksburn and District co￿ert at AEerdeen IAusic Hall where we we delighted to welcome Grade 1 band St. LawrerKe O'Toote from IreiaTrl. The Buckstmjrn and Distrfct Novlce pipe band opened the secorxl half of the slTh¥. and we re(eived many FM)slti¥e cc¥nrnents. The concert P￿Parati¢)nS set gfyyj stead, we built on earlier cc#npetition %Kcess at our fifst outttor c(¥npetitii)n by placing flrst In Grade 4B at Band￿ry In May. This continued to the British ChampioFthips at Forres in June wlwe we placed secorKd In the Novice Juvenlle B grade. Unfortunately> the next competltion at Aberdeen HT8hland Games. one wÈek after the British Championship, was cancelled for safety reason5 due to very heavy rain the nistht before and a subsequent waterlogged field. Therefore, it wa5 almost two months between the Britth Championship and the Scottish Championship in Dumbarton at the end of July. Wlth hirK15ight, we s￿Id have t(M)ked for ar￿ther C￿￿￿tItIon in between as we inathertently lost some f￿￿5 as a grnup. dropplng to 11th place in NOVI￿ JuYenTle B at the Scottish Championship. The end of Julylstart of Au4U5t has always tten a difficult pffioj for the band with regards to group reheawis as It TS the Tr￿fjn holiday period for many farnilies which results in a dip in attendance at band practices. Despite thls, we managed to pfck ourselves w wlth a 7th place in Novlce Juvenile B at the European Championship in Perlh week before heading to the World ChaMp*x￿Ip. As alway5, we are pr￿d of our &y￿ng membe[5 vtho contlwe to reKYesent &Kksbum and District in solo pfiplng and dnjmming cornpetltions across c(￿￿try as weil as those in the National Youth Pipe BarKI of Scotland and they can be JL￿t[Y proud of thefjr own achievements. We are equally of those w￿> p￿fer only to compete with the ba￿1. wtKJ continue to put in the hard work to enswe our performarKes remain at the hfghest of stan(Sarts. 8UCKSBURN AND DisTricf PIPE BAND TRUSTEES. REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2024 Grade 2 2024 was a￿ther Seas￿ away fr(¥n the cov￿]etIti(￿ clrcuit for B￿￿51￿M and District Grade 2 Pipe Band. Year after year we've trled t￿r best to get oursei¥e5 back out comWlng but unfortunately agaln. we ctsJldn't find a leading dNmmer to take u5 into the CoM￿tItI￿ c?rcle for the 2024 seasc¥t. prevmjus few years. the and has stuck togetw. moved forward together and imwoved togets and for that I'm extremely proud to be Pipe Major of this ban¢J and forever thankful to all of (wjr rnemtr*rs that have stLKk ty the band during these times. Thankfully. we find wrseives in a ffl￿h more [￿(tT¥e situation as we come out of 2024 wlth the retent appointment of LD Tony Park. The plpe co￿5 started off weparations for the 2024 season 3USt Ilke any other, wod(ing hard to improve the playing week in, week out. AIthoL4h we weren't to be rAbt competing as a band thi5 year, the aim was alwajs for the PiFe C¢XPS to still c(¥npete at the RSP&4 North of kotland Quartet competition in March. Thls contest gave the band a goal which encouraged eVery(￿e to keep wtting the work In to Tmwove and kept the PTP corps movlng In the right direction. The conWitSon wa5 a successful day for both the Grade 2 and Novlce Juvenlle band. The Grade 2 band. from 4 perfomHnce5, walked away with a 1st and 2nd place Tn Grade 2 and a 1st and 3rd place in Grade 1. The re5￿ts from this competitfon gave twffyone a well needed boost and shch¥ed others that even when stnryglTng as a band. we still have the ability to compete and be a top band here in the North east. Altwh 2024 has b￿n ar￿ther very t0￿h year for the band. We flTrY ourselve5 weil wepared for the challenges that the 2025 seaxjn may bring. preparatkw have started extremely well with us welcoming numerous new members as well as promoting some of NJ player5 Into the G2 band. I'd like to thank Linley Sutherland for her recent help in taking the dnjm corp5 Practi￿ while we scwrced a permanent Leathng Drummer. This has enabled u5 to build momentum and give the band a platfomi to ￿lId on now that we have LD in place. With practices weil tWKlen¥ay and LD Pad( nLw rn trf)ard I'm really exctted to see what the future brings for the baThF as we contlnu? to push to fulfil wr tK)tential. BUCKSBURN AND DisfRicf PIPE &4MD TRUSTEES. REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2024 Financial Revlew EXPENDfTURE Audit Fees Audit fees were on par vrith Jrar. Dnmwnlns SpareslAlointenance An increase was thwn pKwchase of a secLvKJ.ha￿l dnHn and also a drum case for the bass drum. Perfornjing Expenses Cellldh and trophy nlght expenses relate to tl* band celebratiffj the annfver5ary of wr Novlce Juvenile band with a cellldh to be held In September 24. were de[￿57ts for hotel and cellldh band. Increased concert expenses which 15 due to the retum of our co￿ert. OJtlays I￿ll￿je￿ flyers, programmes, 50UFMI en#lneer5 arml hi￿ of the Music Hall. Tlwe wa5 also a fee to te pal(J to the vlsltlng pipe band alons wlth thelr travel and accommodation costs. There was also the purchase of ban(i t-shlrts although thls was offset in part from sales to member5 and sw)poktets. Fundrnisins Expenses Ckn par wlth last ypar. EX￿￿5 inclLhJed purthase of advent ￿lendarS agaln wfilth was offset against fundralsing Inc￿. Genernl Expen5e5 IYecr&ise fr(yn last year but no significant r&iSl￿ for th15. Insurance Insurance5 for band remained on par with wevhws year. Legal Expenses Legal expenses were on par with prev¥￿5 year. Lets The￿ are ￿ Set costs. there Is an expectatiffi that we make a charitabte dOnatiL￿ each month fn return for use of our premises. Perforniins Rishts PerformTng rfghts exper￿ on par wlth prevkns year. Plplfts SpdresllAolntenance There were no plpTng 5pareslmatrrtenance experfjes rewired in this finaKial year. Subscripti￿s Sllght fi￿reaSe in gM>scriptitin costs due to increased dwyes. BUCKSBURM AND DISTrICT PIPE BAND TRUStEES' REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2024 Travel & Acc(Mnw#7thtitXJ Slight increase in travel & accommodation costs. again due to Intrear￿ charges and number5 traveiling. These Costs are, In part, recOUr￿d frcffn member5 and SIFght increase in workshop and turtfon expenses. The band has secured further tuitirm required to develop our NOVI￿ band and learners. INCOAIE Ceilidh Nitht The ￿l{1dh nlght generated ticket Sales ahead of ow Novlce Juyenlle's 40th AnniNEf5ary ceilldtt in September 24. CtYKerts co￿ert Revenue is ger*rated frcrfn tTcket sales. Fm4ramme. rdffle a￿[ rnerthandr￿ sales a￿1 a(fvertising in the progr￿me. D￿atIonS There 15 a significant Hxrease which is to a large on*off from an ex-member of the band. A few smaller donaticrs were also received. Fundraisfns Fwdrafj￿n8 revenue Is on par wlth previ￿ year. We continue vrith our annual advent calendar sales and a Xma5 SrM)wman fwdrai5eT. F￿tball scratch card5 were also thxing the SLThmer. Revenue from trk)8manay was ￿ par wlth year aNJ re0￿1n$ cMJr largest fu￿raIser securfjng much needed furMI5. Other Revenue Thls was a transfer of funds for arx)ther of our bart( accw)ts. Piping Spares Revenue There was a red￿tion in revenue from PiPTTh4 spares from last year as sales wefe made. Prize AILwey Prize morw i[￿reaSed due to numter of competition5 entered prize5 received. SaleslFees A slight ir￿reaSe in sales a￿1 fee5 as rnemi￿r ThMnber5 }￿eased. Trttvel & AccommDdtttion An Increase In travel & accornmcrfjatlon . Ow Inder￿dent eXaMinat￿n has been undertaken so that might State to t charity's Trwstees those matteys are requlred to State to them Tb an Indepwtsht Examlner's re￿t and for ) other F￿r￿Se. To the fullest extent permitted by law. we th not accept 01 a55ume res￿￿7b117EY to anyx other than the charity and its TnLStees. as a b)(ty, for ow examinatirffi for th15 reF(*t, or for the opinion we have formal. Respective responsibilities d trustee5 and exarnfn•r The ChariW5 T￿￿teeS are resporsible for the preparation of the WAJnts in accordan￿ with the terms of the Charities and Trtstee Investment (Scotlandl Act I￿5 {the Att) aThl the Charitie5 Accounts (Scotlandl Regulations 2(th {as amended) (the knounts Regulations). The Tntstees conslder that the a￿lt requirement of Regulation 10111 {al to Idl of the Accounts l*gulations not apply. It is my reS￿)nsIbIlity to examine the accwnts as required under Sect￿ 44(1) Icl of the Act and to state w￿tI￿ particular mattffl5 have o)me to rny attention. Basls of Indepenthnt exam1￿$ ststement My examinati1￿ was carried out in aCcOrda￿e wilh Re8ulatlon 11 of Accojnts Re4ulatlons. An examination include5 a review of the accountlng records kept by the Charfty and a comparlson of accounts pres￿ted with tlK>5e reff￿ds. It a150 indude5 c(xtsideration of any un￿ual items or (lisclogjres in the accounts and seeks expLanalions fr(Mn the Trustees conceming any s￿h mattus. Thè wetlures undertaken dts not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit. arxl cwwitly I do rM)t express an audit ￿inIOn on the vie glven tty the accounts. Indepth￿Trt examlnerfs statement In conneclion wlth my examinatM)n, no matter has clyne to nry attention: (I I wlich give5 me reasonable cause io believe that in any matertai the rewlrements: to keep accoJnting reccrfds in accordance with Sects￿ 44(11 la) of the 2C05 Act avj RegulatN)n 4 of the Accwnts Regulatiorts; and to Pre￿re accounts which accord wlth the acC(XKrti￿ Yecryds and comFly wlth Regulatlon 9 of the Accounts Rewiation5 have been or 12) ¢0 Ythich. in my opinw)n altention th)uid be drawfft kn ￿der to enaNe a FKoFer uNlerstandin8 of the Member of Institute of Chartered ￿Coun[ants in ScodaTvJ AAB Buslness and lax Ath'50ry LLP Klngshill Vie Prlme Four BUSIn￿ Pa King5weiis Aberdeen AB15 8PU E ?ozr BUCKSBURN AND DISTRKT PIPE BAMD RECEIPTS AND PAYMEPIFS ACCOUKt FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2024 Total 2024 Totsl 2023 Receipts Dortations received Charitable actfvities Investment income Fundralsing actlvltle5 TOTAL RECEIPTS 12.051 19.776 12,051 19.776 560 455 16.932 342 £ 60.393 C 60.393 E 28,984 Payments Charltable actlvltles Govemance costs 39.055 1.268 39.055 1,268 15.464 1.585 TOTAL PAYMEk¥rs £ 40.323 c 40.323 £ 17,049 SURPLUSIIDEFICITI FOR THE YEAR £ 20.070 E 20,070 E 11,935 All fuK15 received and paid in 21r14 and 2023 were L￿e5t￿. BUCKSBURN AND D1sfR￿ PIPE BAND CHARITY NUMBER: SC04111)) rATEMENf OF BALINCES AT 31 AUGusf 2024 2024 2023 At 1 September 2023 Surplus/lt)efTCit} for the year 59.031 20,070 47.096 11.935 At 31 2024 £ 79.101 C 59,031 ASSErs At 31 Augtst 2024, the Charity wa5 £1,346 {21r23 - £1,523) weiatiTra to invoked fees. LIABILITIES At 31 August 2024. the fees payaile for tIE independent of t1￿ tharity'5 aCcO￿ts Y￿re £1.(bXI 12023 - £9501 exclusive of VAT. Furthwmore. the charlty was to pay £11X)12023 - £2.698) to th?rd party suppliers. nctes page 10 fonm part d these finaKial State￿￿nts. FU￿5 All of the Charlty's fu￿& tekl ai are held as Unrestr1tt￿ furKI5. Apmed by the Board of T￿￿te￿ styf*d its behaw Iw 71,S te 10. BiKKSBURN AMD DISTRICT PIPE BAND NOTES ON THE ACCOUNTS- 31 AiIGL6T 2024 ACCOUMnNG KiICIE5 (o) of accounts Pre￿rot1 These accounts have been prepared (￿ the receipts and pajrnents basis In accordance with Charit7es (b) Nature of fvrk Restricted funds are funds which are to be used in accOrda￿e with specific restrictlons Imtfftd by the (kyw ￿ have t*en raised ty the Charfty for a partIc￿ar purwse. Unre5trfjcted funds are those that may be ￿ed at the discreti￿ of the tFU5tees in furthernnce of the objects of the Charity. The tnstees maintain a sln8Ee u)restricted fry the day.to.day running of the Charity. CHARITABLE AcfprfrnES 2024 2023 14.518 CeilidhlTr(fty Night Expeffjes Eq￿pment Acc(mmrMlati(x) and travel work$￿p$ General exFenses Performln8 rights In5urarKe Subscriptio Competition fees 772 13,817 1,855 5,659 154 512 654 314 1.192 7.871 1.2n 3.874 191 492 402 170 £39.055 £ 15,464 11