## 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: 

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

   - 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 

2. 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|



6. Purchase of fixed assets There were no purchases