## **Serve Scotland** 

# **SC046008** 

## **Annual Report and Financial Statements** 

**for the period 1st April 2022 to 31st March 2023** 

## Trustee’s Annual Report 

The trustees have pleasure in presenting their report together with the financial statements for the period 1st April 2022 to 31st March 2023. 

## Reference and Administrative Information 

Charity Name is Serve Scotland 

Charity Number SC046008 

Trustees during the period 

## Structure, Governance and Management 

## Constitution 

Serve Scotland is a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation (SCIO) registered in its current legal form on 25[th] September 2015. It has a single tier structure and as such the Trustees are the members of the SCIO. 

## Appointment of Trustees 

Any other person aged 16 or older who confirms they are willing to act as a trustee may be appointed by a decision of the trustees. There are a minimum of three trustees. 

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## Objectives and Activities of Serve Scotland 

## Charitable Purposes 

The organisation is established for charitable purposes only, and in particular, the objects are to support and promote Christian voluntary work in Scotland and thereby advance citizenship, community development and religion by showing the power and relevance of the Christian faith. 

## Activities 

Serve Scotland has been largely dormant this year, with only one meeting and update of website information. The Board is considering future plans. 

## Financial Review 

Serve Scotland aspires to have a month’s running costs in reserve, so we can responsibly manage our future expenditure. 

The trustees declare they have approved the trustees’ report above. 

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees 

Position: Trustee 

Date: 8[th] March 2024 

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## **Serve Scotland** 

## **Statement of Receipts and Payments for the period 1st April 2022 to 31st March 2023** 

||||Period|Period|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||Unrestricted    Restricted|Unrestricted    Restricted|ended|ended|
||funds|funds|31/03/2023|31/03/2022|
|**_Incoming resources_**|||||
|Voluntary income|-|-|-|-|
|Investment income|5|-|5|-|
|**_Total incoming resources_**|5||5|-|
|**_Resources used_**|||||
|Charitable activities|-|-|-|115|
|Governance costs|72|-|-<br>72|97|
|Other resources used|||||
|**_Total resources used_**|72|-|72|212|
|**_Net outgoing resources before transfers_**|||||
|**_and other gains or losses_**|(67)|-|(67)|(212)|
|Transfers / other recognised gains / losses|-|-|-|-|
|**_Net movement in funds_**|(67)|-|(67)|(212)|
|**Funds brought forward (opening balance)**|1,639|1,610|3,249|3,461|
|**Total funds carried forward (closing**|||||
|**balance)**|1,572|1,610|3,182|3,249|



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## **Serve Scotland** 

## **Statement of Balances As at 31 March 2023** 

||**Unrestricted**|**Unrestricted**<br>**Restricted**|**Total**|**2022**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||**Funds**|**Funds**|**2023**||
|Opening cash at bank and in hand|1,639|1,610|3,249|3,461|
|Surplus/(Deficit) for the year|(67)|0|(67)|(212)|
|Closing cash at bank and in hand|1,572|1,610|3,182|3,249|
|**Bank and Cash Balances**|||||
|Main bank account|1,572|1,610|3,182|3,269|
|**Represented by Funds**|||||
|General fund|1,572||1,572|1,639|
|Souter (Coast to Coast)|-|1,610|1,610|1,610|
||1,572|1,610|3,182|3,249|



## Signed on behalf of all the trustees 

## Dated: 8[th] March 2024 

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## **Serve Scotland** 

## **Notes to the accounts** 

## **for the period 1st April 2022 to 31st March 2023** 

## **1. Basis of Accounting** 

These accounts have been prepared on the Receipts and Payments basis in accordance with the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 and the Charities Accounts (Scotland) Regulations 2006 (as amended) 

## **2. Nature and Purpose of Funds** 

Unrestricted funds are those that may be used at the discretion of the trustees in furtherance of the objects of the charity. The trustees maintain a single unrestricted fund for the day-to-day running of Serve Scotland. 

Restricted funds may only be used for specific purposes. Restrictions arise when specified by the donor or when funds are raised for specific purposes. 

## **3. Related Party Transactions** 

None 

|**4 Donations**|**4 Donations**|**Unrestricted**|**Unrestricted**<br>**Designated**|**Restricted**|**2023**|**2022**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||**funds**|**funds**|**funds**|**Total**||
||donors||||-|-|
||grants (see note 5 below)|-|-|-|-|-|
||Other|5|-|-|5|-|
|||5|-|-|5|-|
|**5 Grants received**|**5 Grants received**||||||
||none|-|||-|-|
|**6 Cost of charitable activities**|**6 Cost of charitable activities**||||||
||Website development|-|-|-|-|115|
|projects|projects|-|-|-|-|-|
|||-|-|-|-|115|
|**7 Governance Costs**|**7 Governance Costs**||||||
||Banking – CAF fees|72|-|-|72|96|
|||72|-|-|72|96|
|**8 Other costs**|**8 Other costs**||||||
||none|-|-|-|-|-|



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## **Independent Examiners Report** 

## **Independent Examiners Report to the Trustees of Serve Scotland (SCIO)** 

I report on the accounts of the above-mentioned charity for the period to 31[st] March 2023 as set out on the attached pages. 

## **Respective responsibilities of the Trustee 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) Act 2005 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 Independent Examiners 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 I do not express an audit opinion on the view given by the accounts. 

## **Independent Examiners Statement** 

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

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

have not been met, or to which in my opinion attention should be drawn, in order to reach a proper understanding of the accounts. 

Date    22 March 2024 

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