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Charity Name SYMINGTON SPARK
Trustees, Annual Report
Period: From 1st September 2023 to
31st August 2024
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Charity contact information
Symington SPark
Scottish Charity Number: SC045078
Address clo 37 Deer Meadow, Symington, Ayrshir?
Postcode KA15SE
Email address symingtonspark@gmail.co.uk
Website www.SymingtonSpark.co.uk
Facebook profile name Symington SPark
Charity Trustees
Objectives and activities
Symington SPark was set up to upgrade the tennis courts in Shaw
Park, Symington to enable a wider range of sports to be played in the
village. The previous (tennis) courts were poorly maintained and
unusable and becoming an eyesore. A group was set up to take on a
ten year lease of the courts from South Ayrshire Council and to apply
for funding. An application to the Big Lottery was successful and a
landscape architect was employed to design and manage the project,
resulting in the current facility being completed in 2017.
The Board oversees the maintenance of the courts (clearing rubbish,
debris from adjacent trees, and checking equipment, lighting, and
fencing), ensures that any necessary repairs are completed and
attends to administrative duties including insurance.
Symington SPark seeks to encourage people of all ages to meet to
engage in sports activities and to provide opportunities for people to
improve their health and well-being.
structure, governance and management
Type of governing document
Symington SPark is governed by the charity's constitution. There are
currently nine Trustees on the Board.
Trustee recruitment and appointment
Applications for trustees from any interested parties will be considered
by the Board. The Board is keen to receive applications from any
members aged over sixteen years. All trustees are required to have
Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) scheme membership.
Achievements and performance
The multi-use sports facility has been maintained in good condition,
and has remained open for anyone for most of the year. This has
provided the opportunity for people from Symington and the
surrounding area to play netball, street hockey, tennis, basketball,
football, and short tennis during daylight hours and, when weather
permits, up until 9.30pm with the aid of floodlighting.
The tennis court has again been hired for private tennis matches by
Kilmaurs Tennis Club.
The tennis court and multiuse games area have been popular with
players also travelling from areas outwith the village (including
Dundonald, Troon, Kilmarnock, and Auchinleck), which has increased
the overall usage. The facilities have been complimented by users.
The South Ayrshire Council Active Schools team utilised the MUGA for
sports activities with Symington Primary School pupils in the Spring
and Summer terms.
Local Netball teams have taken the opportunity to hire the MUGA for
private training sessions and the trustees are keen to develop this
relationship with other groups wishing to utilise the facilities for private
hire usage.
Community Spring Open Day
SPark organised a community Spring Open day which was organised
by volunteers and trustees of Spark. A wide range of community
organisationslgroups were able to make use of the facilities on the
day. These activities included a netball exhibition match, walking
football, Street Hockey and some community engagement events with
Scottish Fire & Rescue & Police Scotland attending. The event was
well received by the local community with over 200 persons in
attendance
Spark was very greatful for the support from Ayr Bruins for supporting
street hockey taster sessions, Ayr United Football Club for the walking
football, & police Scotland for bringing their continued support and
community engagement.
Sulphate & Brandon Hire
Food & Drinks {Open Day)
Gas & Balls (Open Day)
Sausage (Open Day)
£269.83
£68.50
£51.00
£21.60
TOTAL EXPENDITURE
£1,047.04
CLOSING BALANCE (3110812024) £6,248.15
Future plans
We hope that the range of activities and number of people using the
facilities will continue to increase and this will be encouraged by the
Board.
Spark are also very grateful to the local Coop for providing a very
generous donation which helped to meet the costs of running a free
BBQ during the day of the event.
A great atmosphere and competitive spirit was drummed up with local
sports teams participating in a fast paced Netball exhibition.
Volunteers within Spark have been actively carrying out some grounds
maintenance activities keeping the facility in a very presentable and
engaging environment conducive to sports in the local community.
The full impact of the pavilion fire resulted in the total loss of all of the
SParks retained equipment and spares however the full costs
associated with this have been recouped via insurance. Donations of
replacement nets, racquets and balls have been received and are kept
in storage awaiting a permanent storage location.
SPark continues to look for funding and grant initiatives where
appropriate and are presently pursuing options for additional signage
and noticeboards.
Financial review
A summary of the income and expenditure is shown below.
INCOME
Opening balance 0110912023
£5,811.95
Open Day Donations
Insurance Claim
Bank interest
TOTAL INCOME
£147.70
£1,254.65
£80.89
£ 1,483.24
EXPENDITURE
Insurance
Bowling Club let
£606.11
£30.00
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**SC045078**
## **Symington Spark**
## **Receipts and payments accounts**
||**For the period**
**from**|**For the period**
**from**|**For the period**
**from**||01
Day||Period start date
09
Month|Period start date
09
Month|Period start date
09
Month|Period start date
09
Month|Period start date
09
Month|Period start date
09
Month|2023
Year|**to**|Day
31||Period end date
Month
Year
08
2024|Period end date
Month
Year
08
2024|Period end date
Month
Year
08
2024|Period end date
Month
Year
08
2024|Period end date
Month
Year
08
2024|||
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|**Section A Statement of receipts and payments**||||||||||||||||||||||||
||**Unrestricted**
**funds**||||**Restricted**
**funds**|||||**Expendable**
**endowment**
**funds**|||||**Permanent**
**endowment**
**funds**||||**Total funds**
**current period**||||**Total funds last**
**period**|
||**to nearest £**|**to nearest £**|**to nearest £**||**to nearest £**|**to nearest £**||||**to nearest £**|||||**to nearest £**||||**to nearest £**||**to nearest £**||**to nearest £**|
|**A1 Receipts**||||||||||||||||||||||||
|Donations|**148**|**148**|||||||||||||||||**148**|**148**|**148**|||
|Legacies|||||||||||||||||||**-**|**-**|**-**|||
|Grants|||||||||||||||||||**-**|**-**|**-**|||
|Receipts from fundraisingactivities|||||||||||||||||||**-**|**-**|**-**|||
|Gross tradingreceipts|||||**1**|**1**|**1**|**1,254**|||||||||||**1**|**1**|**1,255**|||
|Income from investments other than||||||||||||||||||||||||
|land and buildings|**81**|**81**|**81**||||||||||||||||**81**|**81**|**81**|||
|Rents from land & buildings|||||||||||||||||||**-**|**-**|**-**|||
|Gross receipts from other charitable||||||||||||||||||||||||
|activities|||||||||||||||||||**-**|**-**|**-**|||
||||||||||||||||||||**-**|**-**|**-**|||
|**_A1 Sub total_**|**229**|**229**|||**1,254**|**1,254**|**1,254**|**1,254**||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**||**1,483**|**1,483**|**1,483**||**-**|
|**A2 Receipts from asset &**||||||||||||||||||||||||
|**investment sales**||||||||||||||||||||||||
|Proceeds from sale of fixed assets
Proceeds from sale of investments
**_A2 Sub total_**
**_Total receipts_ **
~~—|~~|**-**
**229**
~~—|~~|**-**
**229**
~~—|~~||~~—|~~|**-**
**1,254**
~~—|~~|**-**
**1,254**
~~—|~~|**-**
**1,254**
~~—|~~|**-**
**1,254**
~~—|~~|~~—|~~|**-**
**-**
~~—|~~|**-**
**-**
~~—|~~|**-**
**-**
~~—|~~|**-**
**-**
~~—|~~|~~—|~~|**-**
**-**
~~—|~~|**-**
**-**
~~—|~~|**-**
**-**
~~—|~~|~~—|~~|**-**
**-**
**-**
**1,483**
~~—|~~|**-**
**-**
**-**
**1,483**
~~—|~~|**-**
**-**
**-**
**1,483**
~~—|~~|~~—|~~|**-**
**-**
~~—|~~
~~—~~|
|**A3 Payments**|||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Expenses for fundraising activities||**141**||||||||**141**|||
|Gross trading payments|||||||||||||
|Investment management costs|||||||||||||
|Payments relating directly to charitable|Payments relating directly to charitable||||||||||||
|activities||**906**||||||||**906**|||
|Grants and donations|||||||||||||
|Governance costs:|||||||||||||
|Audit / independent examination|||||||||||||
|Preparation of annual accounts|||||||||||||
|Legal costs|||||||||||||
|Other|Other|Other|||||||||||
|||||||||||**-**|||
||||||||||||||
|**_A3 Sub total_ **||**1,047**||**-**||**-**||||**1,047**|||
|**A4 Payments relating to asset and**|||||||||||||
|**investment movements**|||||||||||||
|Purchases of fixed assets
**-**
Purchase of investments
**-**
**_A4 Sub total_ -**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Total payments_ 1,047**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**1,047**
**-**
**_Net receipts / (payments)_**
**818)**
**(**
**1,254**
**-**
**-**
**436**
**-**
**A5 Transfers to / (from) funds**
**-**
**_Surplus / (deficit) for year_**
**818)**
**(**
**1,254**
**-**
**-**
**436**
**-**
~~—~~
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APPENDIX 2
|APPENDIX 2|APPENDIX 2|||||||
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**Symington Spark**||||||**SC045078**||
|**Section B Statement of balances**
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|**Categories**
**Signed by one or two trustees**
**on behalf of all the trustees**
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Investments**
**B3 Other assets**
**B5 Contingent liabilities**
**B4 Liabilities**|**Details**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**5,812**
**818)**
**(**|**Restricted funds**
**to nearest £**
**1,254**|**Expendable**
**endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|**Permanent**
**endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|**Total current**
**period**
**to nearest £**|**Total last period**
**to nearest £**|
||Cash and bank balances at start of year|||||**5,812**||
||Surplus / (deficit) shown on receipts and
payments account|||||**436**||
|||||||**-**||
|||||||**-**||
||**Cash and bank balances at end of year**
(Agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
**Details**|**4,994**|**1,254**|**-**|**-**|**6,248**|**-**|
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**Fund to which**|
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**asset belongs**|
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**to nearest £**|**Last year**
**to nearest £**|
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||**Details**||**Fund to which**|**asset belongs**|**Total**
**Cost (if available)**
**to nearest £**|**-**|
**-**|
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**available)**
**to nearest £**|**Last year**
**to nearest £**|
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||**Details**|||**Total**
**-**
**Fund to which liability relates**|**-**|
**-**|
**-**|
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**to nearest £**|**Last year**
**to nearest £**|
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||**Details**|||**Total**
**Fund to which liability relates**||**-**|**-**|
|||||||**Amount due**
**(estimate)**
**to nearest £**|**Last year**
**to nearest £**|
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||**Signature**|||**Total**
**Print Name**||**-**|
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/ Statement of balances
December 2007
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APPENDIX 3
Independent examiner's repo on the accouhts
Report to the Cli8111sr narryè
tru5teeslmeinbeYs of SYMINGI-ON SPARK SCIO
Registered charity SC 045L)78
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trustees and examiner
Chaiilies Accounts [colland) Regulation5 ?006 las amended). The Ghanly Iruslees
rnSider th81 the audit requirement of Regulation 10{1) {d) of the Accounts Reoulations
does not apply. 11 is my responsibillty lo examine Ihe 80counls as required under seclion
44111 (c) of the Act and to slate whether particular mattets have come lo my atlenllon.
Basis of tndependent My examin81ioii Is carried Okjt in ac(x>rdsnce wilh Regulation 11 of IhL? 200S Accoltnls
examiner'$ statement Regulallons. An examlnallon Include5 a revlew ol the accuunllng records l(ept by the
charrty afid a cornparison of IhB acknoiinls preseiiled wilh 11i0se recorfs.11 also includes
consideration of any uniisual items or disclosures in the atscounls and seeks
explanations from the Iruslees concerning any such matlers. The pro¢edures undertaken
do not prtsvlde 811 Ilie evidence th81 would be required in an audil and, consequently, I do
nol express an audit opinlon on Ihe view given by the accounts.
IndepenLlent examiner's In th& course of my exgminalion. no matlor has cknme to my attention [olher Ilian that
statoment disc105ed on the a119ched page'l
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