2025-07-31-accounts

STORNOWAY SINGERS

REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES for the year ended 31 July 2025

Registered Charity number: SC045292

Principal address:

21 Upper Coll Back Isle of Lewis HS2 OLS

Trustees:

Michael Riddick Chair (from 29/10/24) Kirsten Mcllroy Secretary (from 29/10/24) Christine McKee Treasurer (from 29/10/24) Gill Mather Soprano representative (from 29/10/24) Jessie Walsh Alto representative (from 10/10/23) Andrew Hothersall Tenor representative (from 10/10/23) Don Catterall Bass representative (from 10/10/22)

STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT

Governing document

The charity is controlled by its constitution.

Recruitment and appointment of trustees

The trustees are nominated by members at the Annual General Meeting and appointed by members present at the Annual General Meeting.

OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES

Charitable purposes

The purposes of the organisation are the advancement of the arts and the advancement of education.

Summary of the main activities in relation to these objectives

Rehearsals are held weekly and include informal elements of music education. The choir achieved its aim of giving two performances in the year.

ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE

The Christmas Concert was held on 13" December 2024 in Stornoway Town Hail with a repeat performance in Leurbost Community Hall. The Summer concert was held in Martin’s Memorial Church and the attendance was disappointingly small.

FINANCIAL REVIEW

Reserves policy

The charity has no employees or ongoing financial commitments for which funding would be required should the charity cease trading. Therefore, there is no requirement to hold any reserves.

Donated facilities and services

There were no donated facilities or services this year.

DECLARATION

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INDEPENDENT EXAMINER’S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF

STORNOWAY SINGERS

| report on the accounts for the year ended 31 July 2025 set out on pages 5 —6

Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner

The charity’s trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the terms of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) 2005 Act and the Charities Accounts (Scotland) Regulations 2006. The charity trustees consider that the audit requirement of Regulation 10(1) (d) of the Accounts Regulations does not apply. It is my responsibility to examine the accounts as required under section 44(1) (c) of the Act and to state whether particular matters have come to my attention.

Basis of the independent examiner’s report

My examination is carried out in accordance with Regulation 11 of the Charities Accounts (Scotland) Regulations 2006. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts and seeks explanations from the trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit and, consequently, | do not express an audit opinion on the accounts.

Independent examiner’s statement

In the course of my examination, no matter has come to my attention:

1. which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements:

2. to keep accounting records in accordance with section 44(1) (a) of the 2005 Act and Regulation 4 of the 2006 Accounts Regulations, and

3. e to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with Regulation 9 of the 2006 Accounts Regulations

have not been met; or

1. to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

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STORNOWAY SINGERS SC045292

RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT

for the year ended 31 July 2025

			Unrestricted	Restricted		Total	Total
	Notes		funds	funds		31.7.2025	31.7.2024
RECEIPTS
Donations		3	835			835	1257
HMRC Refund			153			153	120
Receiptsfrom charitable activities		4	1395			1395	1875
Total receipts			2383		0	2383	3252
PAYMENTS
Payments relating directly to
charitable activities		5	3066			3066	3802
Grants and donations						0	0
Purchases offixed assets						0	0)
			3066		0	3066	3802
SURPLUS/(DEFICIT) FORYEAR			-684		0	-684	-550
BALANCES
Cash and bank balances at start of
year			2207			2207	2757
Surplus/(deficit) shown on receipts
and payments account			-684			-684	-550
Cash and bank balances atend of
year			1523			1523	2207

Other assets

Liabilities

STORNOWAY SINGERS SC045292

Notes to the financial statements

for the year ended 31 July 2025

1. Noremuneration or expenses were paid to any trustee during the year.

2. Restricted funds

There are no restricted funds

3.		Donations	:
		Subs		635
		Misc donations		200
					835
4.	.	Receipts from charitable activities:
		June 2025 Concert		309
		Christmas Concert 2024		1086
					1395

5. Payments for charitable activities were as follows:

;

June concert costs	527.09
Christmas Concert costs	189.3
Insurance	221
Hall Hire	810
Miscellaneous	1319
		3066.39

1. Purchase of fixed assets There were no purchases