Deerness Hall Committee- Chairman's report May 2025
This past year has been another full and successful one for the Hall, with the Vintage Rally*
a Race Ni8ht, the official opening of the new Play Area, our Harvest Home, the Christmas
Tree Llghtlng, the over 60s Christmas lunch, a Qulz Night, and Sunday Teas and Plant Sale all
proving very successful. We've also had a full prograrnme of regular group5 - Book Club,
Blether and Brew, Over 605, SWI, craft club, badminton, and so on - and weekly Pilates
classes started in September and continue to be well 5UPPQrted.
The Drama Club put on three spectacular perforrnances of Treasure151and in January,
proving what a fantastic range of talent we have in the communityl We look forward to
their next production I
And various other successful events have been or8anised by other individuals and 8roups-
events like Something Different, Something Deerness. Bowls Taster sessions; Hallowe'en
and Christmas parties for bairns. It's good to see the Hall bein8 used in so many different
ways to benefit the community.
The Hall Committee and FOSN have been working together over the past year and thls has
led to several outcomes, including a community What's On leaflet and community survey
being delivered to every household in the parish. A new community Facebook 8roup has
proved popular, and a Jolnt website Is taklng shape. As a result of responses to the survey,
we've had three very enjoyable Communlty walks (with more planned for future months)
and various other activities are bein8 explored.
As always, none of these events would be possible without the help of the committee and
various others- whether it's setting up, baking, washing up, tidying up, doing maintenance
and repairs or whatever. Everyone has 8iven huge amounts of time and expertise and you
all deserve several gold starsl I I'm certainly very 8rateful for your support and enthuslasm
over the last three years. Many thanks to you alll
Thanks go, too, to￿, who's been very involved in running the Over 60s for
several years.
decided that the time has come to retire, and we want to thank him
for his dedication - I suspect the chances are we'll be looking to him for idea5 and contacts
for a while yetl
But I think special thanks must go to
and energy to all things Hall related.
ur caretaker, who gives so much of her time
oes an absolutely fantastic job, going well
act to follow.

## **DEERNESS COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION ANNUAL ACCOUNTS 31 MARCH 2025** 

|**23/24**|**23/24**|**Income**|**24-25**|**24-25**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|**UnrestrictedRestricted**|||**Unrestricted**|**Restricted**|
|**£**|**£**|**Income from Land and Buildings**|**£**|**£**|
|600.00||Membership Fees|1,000.00||
|255.00||Field Rental income|255.00||
|2,268.50||Hires|2,546.50||
|246.50||Equipment Hires|422.00||
|253.00||Badminton|435.50||
|1,267.50||Camping|4,055.65||
||690.00|CC Grant for grass cutting||750.00|
|190.00||Washing Machine Hires|272.00||
|2,521.60||Government funding towards Elec.|||
|**7,602.10**|**690.00 **|**Property Income**|**8,986.65**<br>|**750.00**<br>|
|||**Income from Activities/Fundraising**|||
|||Harvest Home|1,624.00||
|281.00||Bingo|506.00||
|224.40||Quiz Night|274.00||
|218.00||Sr Citizens Xmas Raffle|269.00||
|448.00||Sr Citizens Xmas CC Grant|322.74||
|349.95||Sr Citizens|385.10||
|600.00||Bike Run teas / Veteran Car lunc|-||
|||Race Night|961.50||
|||Pilates|685.00||
|757.04||Vintage Car Teas|963.00||
|447.93||Plant Sale|-||
|2,250.00||Donations|2,000.00||
|168.51||Dance Donations/surplus|-||
|115.00||Tractor Run|-||
|50.22||Tree Lighting collection|-||
|**5,910.05**|**0.00 **|**Activities Income**|**7,990.34**|**-**|
|6,635.84||**Income from Wind Turbine**|7,222.86||
||8,922.40|VAO grant - new heating|||
|||**IT Grant**|||
|6,650.64||**Co funds - Movement in investm**|1,292.61||
||9,000.00|**Play Area extension grants received in advance**|||
|||**Play Area extension grants**||25,243.99|
|26,798.63|18,612.40|**Total Income**|25,492.46|25,993.99|



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|**23-24**||**Expenditure**|**24-24**|**24-24**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|**Unrestricted Restricted**|||**Unrestricted**|**Restricted**|
|**£**|**£**|**Expenditure on Land and Buildin**|**£**|**£**|
|1,855.01||Maintenance & Supplies|70.80||
|2,077.47||Insurance & Licences|2,496.12||
|5,781.00||Hydro|2,681.00||
|768.84||Phone & Broadband|821.02||
|575.52||Sundries|888.82||
|190.00||Campsite Caretaker|608.00||
||690.00|Grass Cutting|90.00|750.00|
|4,240.00||Caretakers Salary|4,310.00||
|140.00||Officers Expenses|-||
|154.80||Performing Rights Lic.|81.00||
|119.96||Furniture|-||
|||Play Area annual inspection|97.88||
|||Hall Hire expenses|165.92||
|**15,902.60**|**690.00**|**Property Costs**|**12,310.56**|**750.00**<br>|
|||**Expenditure related to Activities/Fundraising**|||
|10.00||Harvest Home costs|1,049.42||
|7.83||Quiz|13.50||
|-||Ork. Food & Drink Parish Cup exp|-||
|362.07||Sr Citizens Xmas Costs|311.06||
|50.20||Monthly Bulletin|61.84||
|5.22||Sr Citizens|-||
|111.93||Bike Run teas/ Veteran car Lunch|-||
|-||Blether & Brew expenses|266.39||
|-||Race Night expenses|240.92||
|50.00||Vintage Car Teas/Ice-cream|-||
|44.58||Bingo|-||
|-|||||
|10.00||Dance|||
|-|||||
|224.99||Christmas tree lights|268.98||
|**876.82**|**-**|**Activities/Fundraising Costs**|**2,212.11**|**-**|
|1,187.24||**Turbine Costs**|4,240.74||
||#######|New Heating|11,291.60||
|||**Legal - Title deeds**|620.00||
||-|**Play Area extension**|2,243.99|34,243.99|
|17,966.66|#######|**Total Expenditure**|32,919.00|34,993.99|



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|Income<br>Expenses<br>Surplus/(Deficit)<br>**Balance Sheet**<br>Co-funds<br>Current Account (unrestricted)<br>Current Account (restricted)<br>Retained P&L<br>Retained Income b/f<br>Income surplus/(deficit) for year<br>Retained P&L<br>**Balance Sheet Movement Reconciliation**|**2023-24**<br>45,411.03<br>27,579.06<br>17,831.97<br>71,587.60<br>10,752.60<br>9,000.00<br>91,340.20<br>73,508.23<br>17,831.97<br>91,340.20|**2024-25**<br>51,486.45<br>67,912.99|
|---|---|---|
|||(16,426.54)|
|||69,320.21<br>5,593.45<br>0.00|
|||74,913.66|
|||91,340.20<br>(16,426.54)|
|||74,913.66|





Independent Examlnerfs Report to tho Tru8tses of Do•rness Communlty Assoclatlon
Iscio)
I report on the accounts of the charity for the year ended 31 March 2025 which are sel out on
pages 1 to 2.
Respectlva responslbllltle8 of trustees and examlner
The charity's trustees are responsible for the preparatlon of the accounts in accordan￿ with the
terms of the Charities and Trustee Investrnent (Scotland) Act 2005 and the Charities
Accounts (Scotland) Regulations 2006 (as amended>. The charity trustees consider that the audit
requirement of Regulation 10{1) {d) of the 2006 Accounts Regulations does not apply. It is my
responsibility to examine the accounts as required under seclion 44{1) (c) of the Act and to state
whether particular matters have come to my attention.
Basls of Independent examlner's statement
My examination is carried OLrt In accordance with Regulation 11 of the 2006 A￿ount$
Regulats'ons. An exarnination includes a review of the accounling records kept by the charity and
a comparison of the accounts presenled with th08e records. It also includes consideration of.any
unusual items or disdosures In the accounts, and seeks explanations from the trustees
conceming any such rnatter5. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that
would be required in an audlt. and consequently I do not express an audit opinion on the view
given by the accounts.
Independent •xamlnorf8 Btatwnont
In the course of my examination, no matter ha8 come to my attenlion
whlch glves me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the
requlrements:
to keep accounting records in accordance with Section 44{1} (a) of the 2005 Act and
Regulation 4 of the 2006 Accounts Regulations
to P￿pare accounts which accord with the a¢countiro records and comply with
Regulation 9 of the 2006 Accounts Regulations
have nol been mec or
2. to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn In order to enable a proper
understanding of the accounts to be reachad.
Date: 22 May 2025