## **Chairs report-Islay Link Club Nov 2022-Nov 2023**
Islay Link Club members and guests have continued to meet on a weekly basis at Kilarrow Hub building and gardens, Bowmore.
We have been fortunate enough to have regular input from an experienced group/community arts and crafts facilitator, The group has really benefitted from her creativity and enthusiasm. From these activities, we enjoyed bringing together a number of hand made items to sell as gifts to raise money for the club. We booked our usual stall at the annual Islay, Jura and Colonsay Agricultural Show.
We have been able to buy a gazebo and purchase a pop up banner and other promotional items thanks to generous donations from friends of the Islay Link Club. Everyone was pleased with the stall and the professional look of our gazebo. About eight folk were part of team that run the stall for the day. Giving opportunities for individuals to talk to a variety of folk about what we do as a club. I enjoyed observing a diverse mix of folk working together to help run the stall and having lots of positive conversations with each other and the wider public. A positive experience and mental health message!
Our self employed Researcher, continues in her work as Post Pandemic Health and Wellbeing Assessor for Islay. Engaging actively within our communities as she speaks with individuals, families, groups, health and social care professionals to record and collate as many lived experiences of using and working within H and S.C. services since the Covid 19 Pandemic on Islay. If folk need immediate help and are struggling to access support, will signpost or flag up her concerns with health professionals as and when needed.
The committee and with help from club members, facilitated a Xmas Goodie Bag project. We approached local businesses for donations of treats and other feel-good items and we
purchased winter gloves and snoods to add to the bags. We
were able to fill 50 festive goodie bags and these were
delivered to folk experiencing social isolation and loneliness
during the festive period. We got some lovely positive
responses when delivering the goodies across the island.
The Link Club has gone digital. We now have a facebook
page and the committee agreed to the purchase of a website
set up/design using Wix, to promote the Link Club, with
information about what the Link Club offers and advice and
information web pages on mental health support and services
both locally and nationally.
I would like to thank the committee members;
for
their support and input during this period.
Chair.
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|**Islay Link Club Accounts foryear ending 30th November 2022**||||||||||||||||||||
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|**INCOME**|||Dec|Jan|Feb|Mar|Apr|May|Jun|Jul|Aug|Sep|Oct|Nov|**TOTAL**|||||
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|Fundraising|||||||||||195||||195|||||
|Donations||||||||||400|||||400|||||
|Grants|||||||||||||||0|||||
|Misc Income|||||||||||||||0||what are these incomes|||
|Bank Interest|||26.64|||34.71|||33.45|||29.07|||123.87|||||
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|**TOTAL INCOME**|||26.64|0|0|34.71|0|0|33.45|400|195|29.07|0|0|718.87|||||
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|**EXPENDITURE**||||||||||||||||||||
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|Office Equipment/Web||||||||||432|||||432|||||
|Payment to Researcher|||1200|1200|1200||2400|1200||2400|1200||||10800|||||
|GroupActivities|||276.6|||26||85|||||||387.6|||||
|Advertising||||||||||363.15|67.5||||430.65|||||
|PettyCash|||||||||||||||0|||||
|Sundries|||40|||||||50|36||35||161|||||
|Governance||||||50|||||||||50|||||
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|TOTAL EXPENSES|||1516.6|1200|1200|76|2400|1285|0|3245.15|1303.5|0|35|0|12261.25|||||
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|OpeningBalance|||18888.36|17398.4|16198.4|14998.4|14957.11|12557.11|11272.11|11305.56|8460.41|7351.91|7380.98|7345.98||||||
|Movement|||-1489.96|-1200|-1200|-41.29|-2400|-1285|33.45|-2845.15|-1108.5|29.07|-35|0|-11542.4|||||
|ClosingBalance|||17398.4|16198.4|14998.4|14957.11|12557.11|11272.11|11305.56|8460.41|7351.91|7380.98|7345.98|7345.98||||||
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|||||||||||OpeningBalance||3054.08||||||||
|||||||||||Movement||15834.28||||||||
|||||||||||ClosingBalance||**18888.36**||||||||
OSCR Report of Financial Exam Year 1st December 2022 to 30th November 20233
The chariws trustees are responsible for the pieparation ol the account5 in aCcOrdarb With the terms
of the Charities and Trustee Investment15cotlandl 25 Act and the Charities Accounts15cotlandl
Regulation$ 2(MJ6. The charity trustees consider that the audit requirement of Regulation 10111 Idl
of the Accounts Regulation5 dDe5 not app.
It Is my responsibility to examine the accounts as required under section 4411> Icl of the Act
and to state whether particular rnatters have corne to rny attention.
My e¥aminarion is carried out in accordance with Regulaiion 11 of ihe Charities Accounts (Scoilandl Regulation$ 2006
An examination indudes a review of the accounting records kept by the charty and a comparison of the
accounts presented with those record5. It also includes consideration of any unusual item5 or disclosures
in the accounts and seeks explanations from the trustees concernin8 any such matters. The procedure5
undertaken do not prowde all the evidence that would be iequiied in an audit and, consequentlyj
I do not e¥press an audit opinion on ihe accounts.
In the course of wny exatnination. no tnatter has corne to rny attention except noted belowl
which gwes me reasonable cause to believe that in any material iespect the requirernents..
to keep accounting records in accord£nce with seciion 4411) lal of the 2(K)5 Act and Regulation 4
of the 2006 Accounts Regulations. and
to prepare accounts which accord with the accountins records a[ cownply with Regulation 9
of the 2006 Accounts Regulations have rK)t been rnet. 01
to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in orderto enable a PToper understandin8
of the accountsto be reached.
Date 1910812024
ned
eceipts and Payments Account
As at 30th November 2023
2022-23
Restricted Funds
2021-22
Total Funds
Unrestricted Funds
Receipts
Grants
Donations
Income from Fundraising
Income from investrnenls
20,082
50
400
400
195
124
195
124
151
12
719
719
20,295
Payments
|Payments directly relating to Cha
1,411
Payments directly relating to Fund
0
Governance
50
**1,461**
**Net Surplus/Deficit**
**-742**
**Islay Link Club**
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**Statement of Balances**
**As at 30th November 2023**
**Cash Funds**
Cash and Bank Balance at start of year
Net surplus/deficit
Cash and Bank Balance at end of year
Nature and urpose of Funds
Unrestricted funds
Restricted Funds|Payments directly relating to Cha
1,411
Payments directly relating to Fund
0
Governance
50
**1,461**
**Net Surplus/Deficit**
**-742**
**Islay Link Club**
SC043571
**Statement of Balances**
**As at 30th November 2023**
**Cash Funds**
Cash and Bank Balance at start of year
Net surplus/deficit
Cash and Bank Balance at end of year
Nature and urpose of Funds
Unrestricted funds
Restricted Funds|10,800
12,211
4,460
0
0
0
0
50
0|10,800
12,211
4,460
0
0
0
0
50
0|
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||**1,461**|**10,800**
**12,261**
**4,460**||
|||**-10,800**
**-11,542**
**15,834**
2022-23
2021-22
£
£
18,888
3,054
-11,542
15,834
7,346
18,888
2022-23
2021-22
2,733
3,475
4,613
15,413
7,346
18,888||
||||18,888|
||||2021-22
3,475
15,413|
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## Trustees Remuneration
No trustees were paid during the year (2022 nil)
## Trustees Expenses
No trustees were paid expenses during the year (2022 nil)
## Transactions with Trustees and Connected Persons
Trustees or connected persons made purchases on behalf of the charity to the value of £250 during the year (2022 £714)
A Taylor £250
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|**Receipts and Payments Account**||||||||
|**For Year ended 30th November 2023**|||2022-23||||2021-22|
|£|||£||£||£|
|**Receipts**||||||||
|Grants||||||||
|Unknown|0|||0||0|570|
|Argyll & Bute 3rd sector|0|||0||0|19,512|
||0|||0||0|20,082|
|**Receipts from Fudraising Activities**|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|Receipts from Fudraising Activities|195|0|195|151|
||195|0|195|151|
|**Donations**|||||
|Donations|400|0|400|50|
||400|0|400|50|
|**Investment Income**|||||
|Bank Interest|124|0|124|12|
||124|0|124|12|
|**TOTAL RECEIPTS**|**719**|**0**|**719**|**20,295**|
|**Payments**|unrestricted|restricted|||
|**Payments from Fundraising Activities**|||||
|Fundraising expenses|||||
||0|0|0|0|
|**Payments directly relating to Charitable Activities**|||||
|Advertising/Publicity|431||431|73|
|Office Equipment/IT|432||432|499|
|Resercher costs||10,800|10,800|3,600|
|Group Activities|388||388|215|
|Miscellanous|161||161|73|
|||||4,460|
||1,411|10,800|12,211|8,921|
|**Governance**||||0|
|Account preparation & examination|0|0|0|0|
|Minute taking|50|0|0|0|
||50|0|0|4,460|
|**Total Payments**|**1,461**|**10,800**|**12,211**|**13,381**|