SL045 881. l(>24. 1 CLAMIS & ARF.A C.OMMUNITY TRllfiT Scottish C"haritable Incorporated Organisation Scottish Charity. Number SC045881 ACCOUNTS FOR THE YF.AR F.NDF.D 31 MARCH 2025 ("lamis & Area Community Trusi Trustees, Annual Report and Account5 for the Tr'ear ended 31 March 2025 Scottish Charity Number SC'04_5881 Tru%tees C.'untaLI addrc55 lo L harleslon Villagje Hall. Charlcsion. Forfar, Anbjus. DD8 1 UF Reeruitment and appointmenl of Trustees All ofthe Charity's Trustees arc appointed at Annual MembLrs' ML'Llings {AGMs). 'as LqPP(iinlcd i?n N1:11. 1019 uii I s Julj 'U)I while 'L'fL 44)poinlLd l%ifL appoiiiLLd oil ) SLPtenibu 202? An annual members, meelingj must be held at least once ei'¢r¥' lift¢¢n month5. Regi+iter of interests 'I'he "I ruslee% acknoH'ledgie ihal there are limes when ihe), w'ill hai'e an inleresl in some ol.the applicali()ns thal com¢ in from lh¢ ('ommunity, a.s th¢!. th¢m$¢I￿.¢￿ are members ot" thal &2me CommunitN' and play an actiK'c role in that C'ommunitv. Some arc in t.act mLmbLrs and ot7iLials ot" some ot" the C'onimuiiilv Gruups in thc application area. T() gFuard agFainst the charge of hak'ing a 'i-ested interest, in ani, particular applicic tion. a Truslee rinding ihLmscl%'L's in this pii%ili()n. will Jdi'i%e the C.'ommill¢e upiin bLL()ming7 a￿,￿re ol". or n()ticing, SULh an appliLatii)n. -l-hL'ir inlLrL51 will bL rLcordLd by thL usL ol" )'Lllow highlightin¥ (Trn thLir %corecard entry tor ihat particular application. Although thai Trustee ￿,11[ still 'scorL thc pr()ject. IhLir %cor¢ w'ill not be takcn into account al that stagTe. 'l-h¢ proj¢cl score w'ill be the averagc ot.just ihe i)tlicr four sL()rc%. Il" the ai'LragL 5Lore 1% bl1()￿ .500/0. thL amc)unt neLdL Ic) SL'LurL' lundingy fc)r Ih application. Ihcn ihe score ol. thc TrustcL dLLlaring an inlerLst. is taken inlo Lonsideration (￿d ihe averagFe ot'ihe tive scores. taken as ihe tinal total score. A rcgistLr of intcrLSts is held by the Commillee and ai'ailable lor SLrutiny'. Gvi'erning document The "I'ru.st is a %cotti8h C'haritable Incorporated ()rganisalion and the purp()ses and administration arrangiemenls are set out in the constitulion. tiAACT also opLratL's by ils OV¥n GDPR and Non-DisLrimination PoliLiLs. Charitable purposes The purposes. as recordcd in the constitulion. arc lo support local communitN' projccts and inilialii'es M'ithin the boundaries ol. Cilamis and .,Irea C'ommunili. Council (GA.4C'C' l administration, inLluding the area one mile iher¢from said adminislraliN"e boundap*'. (Ther¢ is ihough. a condilii)n Ihat there has l() be a discemible benelil to CiA.,IC l- residenls tor projecls in the one mile area.) Support ￿.]1] bc gii'en lo projects w'hich fulfil ihL folloiiing) Lriteria.. ad%'ance. cilii.enship and Lommuniti benetil: arts. culture. herilagje or science: Ihe proN"ision OT c)rgianisalion of rcLfL'rfltional taLilities or Lni'ironment(il proteLtion or irnproi.'emenl. This will be dune using lunds acquired or reLeii'ed bl. the Trusl. Aclii'ities and achiei"ements The preseni Trustccs are all aclii'e memkrs of ihc community M'iih inN'olvement in Man￿ rf the local orgjanisations. li is ihe aim ot" all Truste¢s. to ￿"ork hard toH'ards seeing that the tiinding aN'ailable to thL' Lommunitj. trc)m GAACT is dislribuled fairl%. and sp¢¢dilN'. and with the minimum bureaucrac).. Thc prLscnt 'fruslees (ire delennined thdi Li.QAC"I' ￿111 be more upen tr￿Sp￿en1 bv working closel%' M'ith Glamis and ArLa CommunilTr' Council and local organisalions as ii'ell &s Angus CounLil. In lacl. (wAtlC""I" ￿'aS instrumcntal in the forn]ation ot. a nei%, communitN' group. GAACT clmtinues to promote ihe lomiatiun ot"c)ther groups in our scattered communil).. This is the ninih year of operalion. a year that has seen the conlinued recoi'en, of Lommunity. actiN'ity t.o110￿"1ng the C orona&'irus outbreak. This j.ear has seen further changes lo ihe fc)mialion ofthe Committee and the adminislrali(m of the Trust. ThL' posl of AppliLatiUIls C()-(Irdiiiali)r lias LfLatLd io slrLiunline ihL rfippIiLations process. this POSt w.as taken on b Our efforts to reduce administration costs. therebv freeing the maximum amount of money ai ailable t.or grant assistance. has proi'en to ￿eTh, successful. tldministration costs for this financial )rar have reduced dramalical IN,. the ()nl! costs are tlccounlanl'.s fees and meeling7 room rent for Trustee's mci'tings. FurthLr administrati￿¢ changes were made. all M'iihin the EK)unds ofthe Constitulion. Thc included: The proN'ision ot-an annual grant. ￿'IthoUt the need tor an application. to sei'eral organisations "iihin ihe ftunding boundarj.. -J"he amount ot"Ihe granl and the organisalions that reLeii'e 0￿, is decided b), the Trustees and is based on perfom]ance. ongc)ing costs and funds held by lh¢ oroanisations. CyA.4CT is assistingT ihe communiti, ￿'1th the proi'ision of Publicli, Ai'ailable Defibrillators (PADS) bN' paTrin% for replaLement el¢ctrde pads. r¢placement batlerie5 and soinL' oihcr rcplacLincnt parls. N() appliLatic)n is requir¢d. (JAAC T i¥ill reimburse ihe organisalii)n on ihe presenlalic)n ol"a reLeipi proi'ing thc purchasc of the ilem.%. Thi% &%sistance M'ill continue it. CJilACT ha.s th¢ lunds. This aLlion ill th¢ LoniinuLd proi'ision of seri iLablL PAD5 koi thL bL'nL'lil olcommunil) mLmbL'fs (￿d 'isil(Irs alike. Glamis & Area Community, Trust Trustces, Annual Report and Accounts for the )'ear ended 31 March 202.$ (continued) It ￿'aS decided to cease the sysl¢m ofdealingy wilh applicalions t.or funding on an ad hoc basis. The new sj'slcm ￿'aS t.ound to be cumbersome and look up an inordinale amount ot" Trustees, tirne and gjeneralcd ci)pious amounls of email and other IratYIL. li w'as decided io revert to ihe old sj'stem c)t' accLpiingy applications three times per year. Thal said. il"Ihe situalon demands, Truslees will con.sider applications oul w'iih ihe three funding opportunities. An example ofihis was when emerg)(￿lY lundinby was prcividingj lo the 61 st (ilamis Scouts to make the Scout F4ut w¢aih¢rproot". AppliLalions arL now considered ai a Trustees, mecling. '] rustccs still remolely examine ihÉ7 applicqLli()n% and L(Imment on them prior t() mL'clingFS. 'I'hi% mLiins di%cu8sion at meetingis is kLpi tc) a minimum and '%Lc)re Lard.s' can quickl}, bL complLtLd and appliLalicins decided upon. As a result i)I"Ihe Lhang7es menlioned above, therL' has bL'en a marked decrease in ihe 41mi)uni ot"L'mail and c)Iher mL'ssagFin&y tral"li¢ and Trustccs, timL' dLalingY ￿'Ith appliLations. (Frant.% Approved since the prei'ious financial )'ear Cilamis L'ommuniiy C'()uncil E'.assie F lal I C'harlLston Vi I lagyL I lall (i lamis Ciardc'ningy (ir()up Cylanii% C'cimmunity C'ouncil ( TIL'n ( Igiilvy RL.%idLnts Assc)Liati()n (ilam 1% SLh()()I ParLnts Cir()up (ilainis I,'riL'ndship Cir()up (ilamis Ciuides l.'assiL' Sih()c)I ParL'nts Ciroup ',assic I lal I C'harlesti)n Playbiroup C"harlcsti)n Villab>L' F lal I C'harlLslc)n Fl()wling c.lub Cilamis C'c)mmunily' C'ouncil (Jlami% %Louls (ilamis SLOUts (ilamis Ciuides I'.assie I lLS I to 4. Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner 'I'hL Lh(iril%' s truslees tire rL'SP()nsible l()r thL' pr¢p￿[i110n ol- IhL aLLounts in aLcordanLL' Il'ith th¢ IL'nns ()I"the C'h