APPENDIX 3
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Independent examinerfs report on the accounts
Report to fv CJ#r*y t
trusts8s1memtM￿ of Hdensburgh & Local District CPRIDefibrillator AssoGtation
Rggist8Ted charity SC045716
n￿lber
On th• accounts of the
charity forth& porlod
Period end date
Aonth
June
Year
01
Juty
2023
2024
Sot out on pag•# 1 . 4
R8spfrcflvo The charity's trustees ¥e responsible for the preparation of the accounts in ac¢ordan
respof¥sibilrtM ol with the term5 of chanb.es and Trustee Investment l&*land) 2005 Ad and the
trustees and examiner
Charrties AccoLtnts {Seotsndl Regulations 2￿6. The chanty tTuslees consider that the
audrt r￿￿revr￿nt o* Regulabon 1011) {d} of the Accourts ReguL4tions ijoes not apply. 11
is my responsikn.lrty to eXam1r￿ the accourts as required under section 44111 {cl of the
Ac* and to state ￿er pa￿1• matters have come to my attentKJn.
Basls of Independent My exam1r￿lI￿ is carried out in acCO￿nCe W￿th Regulation 11 of the Charities
8xamin•rfs sL*ment Actounls IsoYJarKII RegtAations 20(￿. An examinab'on include5 a re￿eW Df the
accounting recxlrds krfk by the tharity and a ￿mPariSon ofthe aLuurrts presented with
those re￿ds. It also I￿￿￿eS consideralion of any unusual items or disdosures in the
accounts and seeks explanatiorts from Ihe trustees wnceming any such matters. The
W0￿ureS ￿￿ertaken do not wovide all the evKlence that wwkl be required in an audit
and, consequentty, I do not express an audit wnK)n on the accoLTrnts.
Ind•pondont oxaminorf$ In the (>)urse of my e￿inatic￿. no rnatter has ¢JMne to my attention
st*mant
l. th+bth gives me reasonable ouse lo be￿ve lh* Èn any material respect the
to keep a￿￿￿nIN￿j recAyds in a(r(￿￿8n￿ wilh se(knn 44(1) la) c* the 2005 Act and !
RegulatK)n 4 oflhe 20(6 Accounts Regu￿.0￿$. aTh
to p￿pare aC￿Ullts whith acoJrd with the acCO￿ling records and ￿n￿lY
Regulation 9 ofthe 20￿ Auxtrunls RgJulations
haNE not b*n met. or
2. to vthich. in my opinion. attenti1￿ should be in order to enab￿ a proper
nderstsndiny of the a¢(xJunts to be reached.
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R￿8vant profo¥¥ional
qualffieatlonlsl or body Retired CIPFA A¢¢ountant
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Annual Report 202312024
Trustees
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Treasurer,
Yaine
I he charity is an incorporated association whose purpose is- The Saving of Lives- Fundrdising to
provide public access defibrillators and public trdining in Car(lio Pulmonary Resuscitation I CPR ) and
the support to voluntary ljodies providing community fespondeT5 with the aim of saving lives by
increasing survival rates followirE Cardiac AffesL The Board of T￿￿ee5 are appointed from the
5UPPOrters of the aiffs of the charity
Balances will r#)t fall bekNv £5XKKJ to ensure routine repla￿ment of defibrillator pads and batteries
as well as annual payment for third party inSurdn￿.
No trustee has received any pawr*ntfor serrfices or expense5 from the charity.
Operations
The a55ociation undertakes fundraising from companies and the public as well as making infornial
partnerships with local organisations to fund the project. The charity own5 all defibrillators and
cabinets. A further 5 Public￿ AC￿Ssible Defibrillators installed in and around Helen5burg
Most of our defibrilktor cabinets are unlocked with the exception of a few. The access code is clearly
marked on the cabinets1159 X }. kottish Ambulance Service are aware of this. Our defibrillators are
registered wÈth The Circuit. We are also looking at mapping all of our PADS. We regularly publicise
installations vta press & social media. We have had to replace two of our ￿binet doors for Defibsafe
2 for coded l(xked doors due to vandalism. We continue to train around 5.IKH) members of the public
in Hearts￿rtI￿briI1at0r AWaTer￿ annually. The Heartstart Training Diary is filling up with
requests for training from across the community. We also have two new Heartstart Trainers and
welcome members of the public who receive training to join our team. We also support the Good
Sam inttiative between Save a Life for Scotland and Scotlish Ambulance. An App which (zn be put on
your mobile phone and will COnt￿t you to assist to deliver CPR to someone who ha5 suffered
cardiac arrest nearby. This supports Scottish Governments OHCA strntegy for Bystsnder
cPR1￿briIIatoT Awareness. Heart*art Traini￿ is ctrordinated by the Resuscitation Research
Group. Edinburgh as a partner of a ￿fe for Scotland to teach members of the public what to do
in a life-threatening emergency.

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