ltharity regIStratic￿ number: SC046166
S.M.I.L.E. Counselling (SCIO)
Annual Re[￿ arrtl Flnandal Ststements
tre Year Erthl 31 Dewntw 2024
Building brighter futures
14yr15 & Yourvj, Statsjtw A￿lItOr
Chartered +l£countsnts
6 Atml Cr￿ent
Perth
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Contents
Refereft￿ and AdmInIstrati￿ t)etsi15
Trustees, ReFhNt
2to7
Staten*nt of Trustees. Rul￿1￿"1￿5
9t012
Statwwit of Flnanoal ArtNit*s
13to14
Balan￿ Sheet
15
StstThnt rf Cash Fhjv
16
Notes to the Flnancial StsterrMts
17to34

S.M.I.LE. Counselling (SCIO)
Reference and Administralive Details
Ch*lty Reg15traUon 14umber SCTr46166
Re&4stere41 Offlce
Fairbaim H(
6 Fairbairn P*e
vingston
EHS4 6fN
Audts
Morrs & Y04ThJ, 5tstutw ALOtty
Charteroj A£countsnts
6 Athol Crescent
Perth
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S.M.I.LE. Counselling (SCIO)
Trustee5' Report
Trustees of S.M.l.L.E. Counselling (￿10) are pkas&J to wesent their re￿rt the
riTranclal S￿*ments for the year eTrJlTrJ 31 [￿ember 2024.
S.M.l.L.E. Counselling SCIO was esth￿￿he￿ ty CryLStituti)n and register&1 as a charfty ¥%fth the cyfKe
of the ScottLsh Chanty Reg￿ator (OSCR) C￿ 30 NobtmLv 2015 (Charity No. SCLN6166).
con5tstUti￿ defines t￿ aims. obJectNes, ar#J the Dj￿ by whith its truths txErate.
Objedlvu •nd acuvltles
()Jr cole missKfyn is to delfver a free arnj iryoke outreth cJwn5ellmg sevke to chiklren and youro
reople across West Lothian.
We a(knE thts through a raTrJe rf accts*ble arKI ￿p￿lI
. sChod.￿Sed partnernhips, Whe￿ West Lothon sd￿& 'bbck.trK#* contracted o)unsdllr¥J
IKsurs and bg)efrt from a d•JKated onth ￿r•p1st,.
Indlvldual ￿ferra1& wlth a ￿￿)se time wthin 48 arKi an alm to see derts wlthln 4
weeks. We offer rolllro tkKks of S weekty cwnselling seswns;
. Dro*ln ￿￿1¢na arKI newty intrc#Juced psyd￿d￿¢•tl0n ￿￿kshopS that n%ntal
a￿h aWara￿sS and ccpirrfj Strateg￿ anM)n9 YOUW pew￿,.
Spedallst trainlng prngrnmmes in trental arby ￿￿n5￿1{r*j for c£munlty grojps.
rA3rents. carers, and rKOfeSs￿trn￿I4. frdr*ng to bJibJ Confiden￿ caFacty arourKt ￿￿nts1
wellbelng.
Durfrwj the rwtlTrJ rerknj, the folloNing iTrdNi¢Juals as Trustees:
Tru#ee5:
New trustees tre KIentif￿d and wnted basa1 on tK*ird assessrwt. urthrwes a full
IrK1uthn, PVG checks, Safeguarding tralnlng, arm1 & wovkknj wlth ￿ onLy)ardlr9 pack outlinl thvr
role arKJ ￿tL)nsIbilitIes. Day.ttrdty are (klgjatsa to FcwnL*T arn1 CEO,

S.M.I.LE. Counselling (SCIO)
Trustees, Report
Athlevements and perforn￿nCe
Over¥lew
In 2024, ve Contin￿*1 to streltyn three oNe dfvlshMs.Cwnselllnth SdH>ols, and
Tralnlng-whik alhJnirKJ cur work urKkr S.M.l.L.E.'s overarthirv4 missh)n.' to make high-quality,
accessible ff*ntal health suptKrt available to all ￿)uThJ in West Lothl)n.
C(￿nSel11Th9 Ser¥k4S
This year, V￿ prioritised ￿ devebrAWt crf ¢yJr uth.16 servKes aThJ S[￿cesSfUl￿ ￿ured a 3-yeat
grant of £197.988 from The NatKsnal Lottery Community Furml to recruit two part-tlme undtr-16
counsellors and a neurodlvernt 4xdallJt cl￿n￿l￿r.
We also tralnw counsellor model, enabllro to W demaNI Whi￿ helping
students gain diverse and meaningful pLicemÈnt èxro.ripnrp.. AE r4rt of ¢NJr strategy for unrestrIc￿l
Income, we lntrCé￿ed a £5 siwesw donatlon rw se551￿. whKh has well re￿IVed and
supp)rted the chaWs cyerdtK￿I costs.
Schools Dlvlslon
Our Scho)Is DIVIS￿ ranaln5 a vltsl comk1*￿t of our onjanlsatlon, delNerlrwJ Innovatfve aThJ
o￿lte the k>ss of tyl￿ sctrths earl*r in year. we qukkty eststli5h￿l new partr£tships to
malntaln overall servte re￿. This year, we:
Supwrted 286 young people through l.ttrl counselllThJ
Dellvered 1.676 •ppolntment hours
. C(rfnpltsl 675 dro*ln MMIO
Ran 57 grnup
. Recelv&J 312 •(thool.bJMd referrnll
Transltlon• Supwt
We p41oted a Trnnsltlom Progr•mme across 13 wlmary *d￿rA*, Su￿￿Ong puplls In thelr rrKJve
to 5ecoThJary schojl.
324 P7 pup115 twk wlth 011 Wil￿r￿j lyd1￿L￿￿..
. 197 responw were also cdlected fr(th stLK1ents. parents. arml carers to evaluate translth)n
eX[erier￿s across Fklrtner h￿3h thds.
Tead￿ Developmert and Wellbelng Inltlatlv
. 0￿￿￿Ted In.Servlce Day W￿￿0P6 on Mentsl Health a￿1 Wdlbeiry to 120 tsid￿r￿
Hosted a wholtrschool wellbelng e¥•rt, atterthd ty 80 staff, a￿1 f&ityJrlThJ presentatbns
fr(xn internal aThJ extemal contribuioFS.

S.M.I.L.E. Counselllng (SCIO)
Trustees. Report
Stsmlent Engagement and Ouireath
Represented the organisatNJn at a YPI event at a Il￿al ASN 9kn1, connectiNJ with 80 young
people and staff.
. Conduixed a studert evaluth survry in high sctrKd, Tetyvirvj 371 respon￿ on futu
groupvKsrk themes.
Our 0￿15￿ not onty delwets tWapeutr inteNention Ixft al>) cuthates preventstlve
èjucauon, relatK*r6hip tsJik1iThJ, and
Tralnlng Dlvlth¥n
Wlth tr￿ ￿rUitMent crf a Tralnlng Manager, 2024 marked a skJnifKant phase of devebwnent for
our Tralnlng DMsb)n. The expans￿ of our Dlploma In Counselllng and Psychotherapy was
matrhed by an irKrease in trainers aThJ the successful IM￿lynenlatNy1 of our Tralnlng Asslstant
(TA) modol, opatyrrfJ a tlOir* d luture traIr￿S Irom our tr44n g￿￿ate ro)l.
We seveTrl rw CPD v*ykshops achieved CPD •e¢r•dltstlon through CPO
Profe55kJwl Sewvies. We Lo Strengthen nats)nal parmershlps, dellvertry our M.W.A.H.
We have also iMpl￿n￿j Turnltln, a dyital knmir#J plattom), to Streamli￿ asseSS￿nt and
for students.
Tr*lnlng Provlslon
Our Trainlng Divisw)n continues to thrive, offeriThJ a growiry of professbnal de￿)￿nent
opp)rtunit￿5 for indlvhjuals arKY organi￿tiOnS auoss *oUand.
we￿ strewtF￿￿1 our trainirg with a dlverse and Kalabl• t•am of ￿On•r$, devqb)ped
thNJugh our Traln•r Fr•mewort whkh nurtures extemal profe￿10nalS arKf iniernal graduates.
Our traSnlThJ wc9rammes I￿1￿*.,
DlplonH In Counselllng and Psyd￿PY
Participants: 152] | Teachirvj hours.. [20 hours pl￿￿￿]
COSCA Counselllng Skllls Courae
Courses del￿e￿.. 11] | Pafbapants: 118J
Asisf (Suldoe Interventlon Skllls Tralnlno)
Sessions.. [31 | Attendees trained: [481
M.W.A.H. Ment•1 Wellbelry and Health
Courses delNeroJ: [1] I Participarts.. [23]
Partner organisati￿5.. [Col* Dth￿nt Netr￿]
. CPD Workshops
Wurkbkw5 delNered: 111 | Pr(rfe59Thls trnined: [12]
We've also laundEd a rth¥ dKJilal trainiry system. Tumibn, whkh starthrdises marking a￿1
enhan￿ student exFer*FKe.
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S.M.I.LE. Counselling {SCIO)
Trustees. Report
With continued uUPPOrt from a volunteer marketirvj speciali* rcfirK%I our ccthmunkations
strategy, improvir¥J tsrgeted ￿treach for each of our dNisiors.
Fundlng
Our fu￿ling r￿1 has contlnued to d￿eknp In allgnment wlth our Strateg￿ goals. Last year, we
aimed to generate 40% of our cyeratky￿I o)sts thr(wh trainlrKJ Ir£￿e. In 2024, this amounted to
27.6%.
We have develoF*d cyjr &fvertisiThJ communKation$ Strategy 50 that our approach reache5 the
right for right provision, that is, SC￿015, courLsdlirwJ or tralnirKJ. ThrO￿h thts, we have
streomllred We $￿Ulty sourced funds thrW:
. rs)vemffenr a￿1 hxal autfthty fundirvj:
Open grant applKatlons from private trusts arthj I￿￿r£s$e$.
Support iTrJivldua15 WPKJ fundralsed behalf.
We express heartfelt thanks to:
. The RobErt5q¥n Tru¥t
. The Blg Lottery
. West Lothian Development Tnmt
Ch•llenges W• Facod
Our ambith)U3 grov*th auoss all three dMsk*ns v¢a5 strategkalty desk3￿ to wtyiiote
Interconnthfty aThJ cNnkkntsrity. whi￿ this has PTr￿n effertive. it Tequirpd 4vJnifirAnt Iipfrf)nt
investrnent Into our Infrastnxture.
Statutory serYKe relerrals have I￿reaSed diaMatKa1￿, tNJ*Y IT￿￿11Y up 43.9•h of all referral&
However. thgv. cgrvirgq (k) rrt pmvKts fina￿la1 SUPF*)rt to offset the demarbJ, which has Strained
our at￿lity to acccAnmc&te c¢mmunlty referrals arAI cr63ted Orth￿n31 t1)ttle￿5.
Further challenges included navKJating a h￿￿h￿ comwrtive furwJirvJ la￿ape, part*Ular￿ after our
Incrme 4ufrk4Eeod £SOO,OIXI, a thresl¥)Id that limtyy access to seva315mall grant provkkn.
Organlsatlonal Growth & Communlty Engagei
Other hlghlkjhts from thts IrKlude:
WelcomirKJ new Bo3rd nkmtets with vltsl thlls and rersrectNes:
ExpandirKJ premises to indude a dedlcated tralnlng centre.
Meeting th ktal MSPS to aoknte for improved r￿ts1 ￿1th prnIs￿.
Continued SFonsorship of a local youth football team:
EnhancirKJ cmjr prese￿ on gxal r￿1￿? and digitsl platfm;
Finalising our leadership team with the appoints1￿t of our Trnining Manager.
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S.M.I.LE. Counselling (SCIO)
Trnstees. Report
Future Pla
IncreaslThJ delfvery cap>* thrcrfMJh traI￿e ￿nsel11￿j rrK&I;
. EX￿rI1￿j Jsxt tran*r QPFAYtunities for a hyy-term tr•lnlry c¢ntre b•w#
. Devek)pirvJ new therapeutk servlces to meet errthjitvj ne8ts,'
ExparyJir¥J xhool rontracts arKI teTrJeritwJ foi n¢¥rt reglon•l ateas.
Growing our training delivery to strerWen financral sustainabilty,.
Q)IkLMJrdLiru willi ￿li[￿lS like West Lothlan Lelsure Lo Int¢¥Jraie ￿¥sta1 and IT￿tal wellbel
Initlat6ves.
Fln•ndal revl¢w
The FinarKial Statements for the year are set on pages 13 to 34. The Stat￿ent of FlnarK6al
AcUvrt* 13 reflects a deffttt d £14.70412023'. deft6t of £89,453 (as restated)).
The Trustees alm to Iv)kl the ￿￿4Valent of 3 gewal eX￿dItU￿ In general fvrKI at
any t(me as acontlrrfJerKY to cover unftweseen costs whlch may arlse. ThLs affthjnt was ring.fenced by
the Trustees in the DesKJnated Contiryery Reserve Fund at the year*nd to ensure that these funds
wefe taken out of general funds ayalkL)￿ to be fredy srent. Further furkts were rlryfe￿l at
year-end ty the Tnstees for lease dllapklakns.
Totsl reserves arwjnted to £67,397 (2023: £82,101 (as restsbjl). This was made up of £10,429
(2023: negatlve reseNes of £2,985 las reststed)) of unrestricted general reseryes, £56,709 {2023:
F69,?n9) nf iiArp%trrirtpA (k4Jnatpd rw¥es [259 (2023.. E15.877) cl rettr1￿ reserves.
st•tement of rlsk
Trustees have a duty to Identify ard Thiew risk to whlth the Charity Is exFQSed and to
er￿Ure approprkate controls a￿ in p￿e to provKk rea50r$ab￿ assuran￿ &ylnst fra￿1 and error. The
Trugtces ho¥e mnJh*red thox ri3k3 and are 3Qtisfrtd that tlw have Irknjdfftd wocedures to
M￿gate rossibk effects of thxe risks.
Flnandal In•trumMts
The charws aLtfvit*s it to a wmter d fina￿1 rlsks IThJ￿I1f#j oEdit rtsK cash flow risk aThJ
risk. The [￿e of financoal derivatives is governaj by the d￿rI￿5 [￿￿e5 approved by the
tr￿ard of trustees, whKh prcwK1e written wirK1p￿S on the use of finaThial thrwatives tr) manage these
risks. The charity does not Ltse thrivabve finaThial ln5truff￿nts for srrfulative pUrpy￿s.
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S.M.I.L.E. Counsellln9 (sao)
Trustees, Report
The thartys ￿tIvItieS ext￿￿ it primarily to financial risks of charoes in foreign oJrrency
excharqe rates interest rates. Tr* charty uses foreign exthowe fryward contracts and interest
rate swap contracts to W Ihese exFosures.
Interest L*aiiro assets 11a￿.11t1e5 a￿ hekl at f￿1 rate to f￿S￿re certainty of cash flows.
The charity's Pri￿)p￿ fl￿n￿l a55ets are bank balarKe5 cash, trade aThl rtIEr re(dvabks, aThl
Investments.
The chanvs credrt risk ￿ ￿rnarty attnbtrtable ro ts trak receNabÈs. The amounts pre5enteJ In the
txilance thet are net rf alkmar￿$ for doubthil recefvabks. An *k)Wan￿ impai￿ent i% made
where the￿ ts an identffed k)ss event which, based on pThiws eXperfe￿e, Is evkleft￿ of
reduct6on In the rec￿la￿lIty of the flows.
The credit dsk on I￿]uAl furvjs a￿1 derivathe finandal In5truff£nts Is Ilm6tel ￿uSe the
counterp&ties are banks wrth credit-ratiros assvJned by internatinal cred6t-ratlng &Jendes.
charity has rKJ signif￿ant o)rKwtrntiM of cr&llt rl¥ with expyjsure c•Kr a Lirye numt*r
cl countefPartle5 ￿ cust￿r￿r5.
ITh order to malntln Ilquhyty to ensure tlk* sufftknt funds are avallabbe for ongolng operatlons aThd
future developmerts, the chanty LW a mixture of loThJ.terni and slK>rt.temi debt finance.
Further detsiLs regardirs 14uKIIty rsk can te f(ythd in the ststen￿l (l rA)I￿*S Ir the
nnanclal 5Latemenl5.
Dlsdosurt of Inforniattan to audltor
Each trustee has tsk￿ steps that ttw to have tsken as a trL6tee In Nder to make themsdves
aware Df any releyart audrt infmb)n and to e5tsblish that the charity's atK1itor 6 aware of that
inforMatk￿. The trustees confim that tr￿￿ is Th) relwt infmats￿ trot krthv of a￿1 of
whth they krKM the auditc* is unawart.
The annual re[￿t was thè tnjstees of chty cffj 6 May 2025 aNI Sign￿ m Its
behaLS ty..
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S.M.I.LE. Counselling (SCIO)
Statement of Trustee5' Responsibilities
The trustees are responsible for preparirKJ the trusw, aThJ the firbancial ststements in
)rdan￿ wtth apF4Kabk law arKI United Kiwkni ACC￿jnting Standards (United Kingdom Generally
ept8J Accounting PractKe), i￿LKIlng FRS 102 Tr FinarKial ReF￿￿11￿j Starthrtl aP￿ICable In the
UK and Republ￿ of Irela￿￿..
appltsble to tharit*s in kotlar*l require5 tr￿ to Wep0￿ fina￿1)1 staterrtnts ft)r
each finanoèl year whKh give a true a￿1 fair of the state of affaiis of cFKiilty and of the
Incoming resources and aprdtition of reS￿r￿s, I￿L*11r￿j ts irmme aThJ expEndI￿re, cé ￿ thanty
fot that In p￿pari[¥￿ these find￿jaI 5tatefflents, the trust￿5 are reNui18J to:
. se*t 5utsbk rniuntlThJ rK4kles arwj apwy thun ((￿￿tenty.
. make )l￿)en￿ arKI tI￿t a￿ reay)nable ar#J VLK*nt:
state w￿r appl￿blE aco)undro standards. trthr￿lIVj FRS 102 hav@ folkYw￿l, Sub￿ to
any material departu￿ dith&J aThJ expkined in the financial 5tstements: and
prepare the flnarK*I 5latw￿ts COfKewii basls uiikn 11 is i1￿￿￿[￿VrOdie Lo WV>ur
that tr* wlll C￿tin(￿ in b￿lneSs.
The trustees a￿ reswJnsIb￿ for kw'rvj prow ￿cOunti￿j records that can disclose wrth ￿Sonable
accuracy at any time the fina￿al F*)sition of the charlty and enable them to ensu￿ that the financlal
Statements COM￿ wth Charltles aThJ Trustee Invests￿ IkotlaThJ) Act 2C()5 and The (Jarities
Accounts (kniiaThJ) Regulatlons 2C(6 las atrthjeo) arKI the provis•Jn5 of the Constitutson. are
a150 resp)nslbk for safeguarding the assets of the chanty ar￿ herKe for tsklNJ reasonable steps for
the preventlon and ¢Jetertkn of fra￿1 atMI (ther Srrvjularllles.

S.M.I.LE. Counselling (SCIO)
Independent Auditor's Report to the Members of S.M.I.LE. Counselling
(sao)
Oplnlon
We have audited finawKidl sidlun¢nt5" of S.M,l.L.e. Coun5elllrNJ (saoi (the 'charty'l Tor the year
etKled 31 Decern￿r 2024, whKh comprise the Statement of Financial Activities, Balan￿ Sheet,
ststernent crf Cash Fkm. a[￿ NUL￿. io ihe FinarKial Statements, Ind￿alr￿j a sumnKary of s￿n￿cant
accountirrfJ pJlKies. The finarThl rep)rting fram•¥0￿ that has been appli&1 in their preparation is
United KI[w￿ Account1￿j StaiKJards, uMpri￿ng Charitle5 SORP . FRS 102 The Flnandal Rek>Jting
Standard appItsb￿ in the UK a￿1 Rewblt of Irelaryl. applKable law (Un0￿￿ Kingdtyn GerEralty
Accepted AccountiTrJ Pr￿t￿e1.
In our oplnknn the financial Stat￿￿ts..
g￿e a aTrJ fair VI￿ of ttE sraTr of the chartfs affairs as at 31 Decanter 2024 and of its
results for year tkn e￿.
have L￿n pror*th prepa￿1 In aCCtyda￿e with Klrgkn) Gervalty Act￿n￿fig
PrXti￿,. and
. Iwe been prepared In aCCtytsr￿ wth ￿ wul￿rthts cl the charl￿ a￿1 Trustee Investment
(Scotland) kt 2005 ard re9ultttkJn 8 01 the Accounts (knlJTrJ) Reju￿tI)n$ 2L)J6 (ds
amerKled).
Basls for oplnlon
We ¢ondu¢*d our audit In ac¢ordarKe with International StaThJards ￿ A￿l￿￿n9 IUKI IISAS (VK)) aiid
ap￿ICable kiw. Our re¥¥￿￿bIlIt*S under tlw staThJards are fUrttr￿r descritr*d in the auditor
respJn5ibilitics for tre audit of the finanaal *ateffthts sectKM of our report. We ale iThje￿i￿￿l7t ur
the charity in ￿darKe wlth the ethnl r4uirements that are ￿l￿ant to ¢JJr audit of the financial
ststements in the UK, IrKludiNJ the FRCS lthkal StaThJard, we have fvlflllej our othei eUiKdl
Fonslbillties in accordarKe wlth these r&Juirements. We beltve that the eVKIer￿ we have
obtalned i
sufficient and appfoprlate to provKJe a basis for our op6rth￿.
Condu￿0￿¥ r•l•tln9 to golng concorn
In auditirrfj the flnarKial Statern￿ts, l￿￿1￿￿j that the use rf the Wng corKem
basls of accounYrwJ In ￿ preparatwjn cl finaiKial statem&ts is apyowats.
Based on the work we have Ferf0M￿d. y￿ have not thntified any material unCertaint￿S relating to
events or coThJlUons that, IrK1￿￿1Ualty or collectsvdy, may cast siqnrfjcant (bubt on the charity's ability
to conlnue as a going corttm for a rvk)J of at least ts¥efve rr￿th5 fr(Mn when the original financial
ststements We￿ a￿t￿n"S￿l for IsSL*.
Our reSP￿sIbIl￿S aTrJ the YesFonsi￿IIt￿S of the trustees with rtsp￿t to golThJ co￿eM are
described in the O￿ant sections of this report.
Other Inforniatlon
The trustees are re5￿Ms1b1e for the otlw infrrntm. Informatk)n the
informat*)n induded in the annual retmrt other than the financh31 statcments and our aud¢torf5 rep)rt
thereon. Our the finanual 5tatenEnts ¢kes r#)t cfftr the 0￿ infomiatV￿ and, eX￿pt to
the &Ytent othewse explioty stated in our reFrf we ¢SD not express any form of assuran
corKluslon thereon.

S.M.I.LE. Counselling (sa0}
Independent Auditor's Report to the Members of S.M.I.LE. Counselling
(scio)
In connecthn with our a￿lIt crf the finanaal statements. our resp)￿￿1￿ is to rthj other
infonnation a￿1, in (knno so, conskler whethw the other Infom)*￿ is rnatena1￿ inconsistent with
the financial slaterr￿ts or our know* obtained in the a￿lIt or otherwise appears to te material
misstated. If we such matenal ir£onsLSterK*S OT apt4srent matenal misstatements. we are
required to determine whether tr￿re is a material M￿tement ifi the finantial statements or a
materlal mlsstatement of the other information. If. bas&d ￿ the work we have perfomRd, we
conclude that the￿ ts a material mithtsrynent ￿ this other infom)ation, V￿ are required to rekX)rt
that fart.
We have nothlThJ to repx)rt In thls re9ard.
Matter4 on whkh we are requlred to report by exceptli
In the IKJht of our kn(Mtkdge a￿1 understanding of the tharity arKI its enVIrc￿fflent otrtalrtsj In the
course of audlt, we have not KIenti￿1 material rnis5tater￿ts in the Tntstees. Rep)rt.
We have Trthlrwj to report In of tr* fdknviNJ maiters where the Charitie5 kcounts (Scothnd)
Regulation 2(106 (as amended) requires Lts to repyt to w)u rf, In our opInk￿.
Jdequate Kcountlng records Tr)t been krf (K returr6 thiua* for our a￿lIt have not L*en
re￿i¥&I from branches Th)t VISI￿ by Us.. or
the financlal statements are In a9reement wth accounury re￿5 and re￿rn5' ar
. ￿rtsin disd05ures of trustees remunerntion Sk￿rts￿ ty law are not made: or
we have not receNed all the Snfornwtim ¢yplarkltitirts V•f rcqulrc for our a￿lIt.
Re¥￿￿bIlItIe$ of trult
As explaintrj fTMye fulty in the Strtem￿t of Tntstees, R￿￿n$1￿1￿*S [5et out on page 8], the
trust￿ are reyjneiblp. fnr thp rypTriratlon of tre finar(41 ststements for ￿Ing 5atlsfied that
they glve a tn* ard fair and for S￿h Internal contrd as the trustees determi￿ 15 riere55ary to
eftab￿ the pre￿￿t10Th of finandal rfateffents that a￿ f￿• frcth material misstatemen¢ due
to fraud ty error.
In weyarliiy nnarKlal 5tstunents, the trusiees a￿ assewrvj the ab11￿Y to
continue as a goirKJ CO￿ern, disdosingi as aPpI￿able, matters reL4ted to going Con￿rn and uslrKJ the
9)lTrJ c￿Cern bass of accouniiiN uiikn (tusL<￿ Inte￿1 to Ikiuklate the clwtlty iy to ￿se
opwation5, or have ￿ realistic akntive but to do so.
Audltor respon￿bIlItIeS for the audlt of the flnandal ststÈrnents
Our obJ&tives are to obtain reasonabk assuran￿ a￿ut whether the finatKlal slatanents as a whole
are free from material misstatement whethw due to or emy. ard to issue an auditorfs report
thèt Includes our opIn￿. Reasonable assurarKe is a hvjh of assuraTh2, but 15 not a guarantee
that An aljd￿ rnNli*t•Y in acconIar￿ with ISAS (UK} wll aKvays detett a matsrial misstatement
when it exists. Misstatw*nts can arise fr￿ fra￿1 ￿ error and are considered material rf, ItxllvHlually
or In the ￿)regate. coukl rpawr•W ￿ ext￿￿ to infl￿￿ tr* thisKJrs of (￿r5
taken on the basis of these finar￿la1 siatements.
Extent to whlth the audlt wa5 (apal* rf dete£llng Irregularltl4 Indudlng
fraud
We k1en￿fy as￿5 the risks of material misst*wwt crf the finarLial statem￿ts, whett￿r due to
fraud or error, and d&wJn and terfomi audit pr￿lUreS reskKfflSNe to thjse rtsk8, including
obtslnlng a￿lt that Is gJfficErt aNI apprcpriats to a basi5 for our opinhjn.
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(scIo)
Idendfyln9 and asse￿INj pOt￿lIa1 rlsks rdated to irregularities
Irregularitie5, indudir#J fraud, a￿ insts￿eS of non-cc4nplk3rtt with laws and regulations. We des69n
prC(edU￿ in li￿ with our rwnsibilities, outlin8J atove, to d&ect materk?I misstatements in
respect of irregularities, indLKlir#J fraud. The extw)t to w(K&lure5 are capable of detectiNJ
irregularitfies, InclLkling fraLkl is detsI￿d tdow:
the nature of thè regulatsd S￿r. ¢￿tscA envlyonrwit and urKkntaNliThJ nf t1￿ pntity inrlijdlng.
but not re5trkted to, the urnknstsrnllng that t￿ trust￿ are not remunerated, aThJ the preva
of fraud in the sertor e5r￿jaI￿ in thp rtjrrpnt unrprtain ecOr￿lIC envlronment,.
any mattets we htsivtled ha￿ng otrtalneAI arrtl revknltd tre ChartiV5 d(KUn￿nI￿1jon rf thelr
FoIKies and WC(edU￿ ￿￿tir￿j to..
Identyfylngi
evaluatirg and cOMpP￿.ry with lov￿ a￿1 regubtions and were aware
ot any Irthn￿ ot rM)n<cthplk4rKe;
. detectirKJ and ￿E￿)ndIr￿d to tr* rtsks of Tra￿ wtthr have kr#xbJge of any actual.
susr*ctsJ or alw fraL*J;
the Internal controLs eststllshed to mlU9ate rlsks of fra￿1 or nMcmpllarKe wlth laws arKI
reguL4thns;
the matters dlscussed arTh)ng the aLbY￿ er￿t team regardlr4J trth¥ arO where fraud might
cur In the flnandal siatements arKJ any pjtential indKators of fraLPJ.
As a ￿su1[ of rhese priKwJures, we conshjergj tre opp)minW t*￿t may exlst wthin the
oryanisjtion for fraud and tyjentified the gwtest fftntial for fraud in relatK>n to revenue recognthn.
In common all a￿lIts under I￿5 (UK), we are also r￿uIr&1 to pYfomi wttedures to
yr.
Wa also Obtain￿ an u￿10r5tandlry of the Iw¥l arKI rggulJt(wy framth¥(wkn that th8 Charity oporates
In, ftKuslrrfJ on prov151￿5 of th￿ layfi a￿1 ￿V*t￿n5 that ha1 a ¢JlrKt errttt on de*milnaUon
of material amunts and disdosures in tl* financial ststqnents. The key laws and regulations we
con5kkred In thts context Incl￿ tr* own c￿St1[U¢￿n, and vark)LLS charty.5￿￿C
leglslatk)n, Ir￿L￿11￿ Tntstee In¥eS1￿ ISccAlaThl) Art 21XJ5.
revwirg the financial statement disck)sures and testing to supp)rting dts)Jmentstion to assess
Complian￿ wlth prov15h)n5 of rek*ant laws aThJ rwulatkjns de%rtboJ as havlng a dlrect eIr￿t on
the financial stat¢m•nts:
enqulrlThJ of Tntstees corKemirMJ Kiual arKI wtethl Ilbgatkn aNI daims;
Ferformirg anal￿￿31 procedures to Klentify any unusual or urwgled rdationshlps that may
indKate risks of material misststement due to fraLtrJ.'
tested a sarn￿ of In(ry￿ for UrthrstrtaT￿t ar#J other reknnt audft prc(edures whlle
consmleration was grven to revenue T￿nIt￿n.
. tested a Samp￿ of exp￿dIture 0%￿Stat￿t aThJ Lthr rthant
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. in ￿kIress1rWj the rsk of fra￿1 thn)￿h managai*rt tr￿Ide of contro&, testir¥J the
appmpriateness of journal entr￿ and rthr ￿lJustments,. assessiro whets the )[￿ements
made in making accountiryj estimates are iThJthtive of a p>)tenbal LNas; arKI evaluating the
business ratK)na￿ of any signiftsnt transact￿ that are unusLbal or outsKle nomal course of
business.
We a150 (￿mun￿ated relv4ant KIentIf￿ laws arKI regLsiitions arKI kthntial fra￿1 risks to all
errfjaqement team members remain&1 akrt to any ltx1Kat￿ cl fraud or r#￿*￿￿1k?n￿ wlth
laws and regulathjns through(yJt the aLMI
Due to th• Inherwt IlmtstKKs d an audll th•r• 15 an una￿Idabl9 rlsk that we rnay not have
detecied scffie material misstatements in the financial statements, elen th0￿h we have proFtrty
pL4nned arKI rerfom&J our audrt In xcordance wrth aLKlitiNJ stsndards. For examp￿, as with any
a￿1￿[ ts*re rrynaine(l • hwjher risk Lrf rwn-detrftKM rf itteguLarities, as these may invO￿e colluslon,
forgery, intentional ￿1$5￿5. misrepresentations. or the overrhje of intemal contrds. We are not
reS￿n￿ble for ￿nting fra￿j or r￿n-cOM￿va1￿e with kiw5 a￿1 regukitions arkl cannot be experted
to detect all tra￿1 and non-comp11an￿ wth lav•5 a￿1 wulatKXS.
A further descriptKM of our le5wn￿￿.1th5 for the a￿Y1t of the financwl State￿￿nts 15 kxated on the
Flnanclal ReP)rtI￿ CourKll&aws,'s Y￿b56￿ at w*M.froory.uWauditor5rwonsibi1ths, Th15
de5cripth)n ft>rn15 part of ¢)ur atKlrtor&ap)S*S reFYYt.
UM of our report
Thls rep)rt is made sokty to the charity's trustees. a5 a b)ty. in accordarKe with SectKJn 44 (1)Ic} of
the Charlties and Trustee In¥estrnent IScoUaThJ) kt 2CQ5 ar¥J RegUlat￿n 10 of the tha11t￿ Accounts
{kntlandl RegUla￿onS 2C(** lès aft￿￿dI. Our a￿lt work has urwjertaken so that we mlght
state to the charws trustees ttp)se Matte￿ Y￿ a￿ requir&J to state to them in an audrto¢5 re￿rt
and for r¥) other purFrf)se. To the fulkst exient pemiitied do Thjt a￿pt or assume
respjnsibility to anyo￿ cther than d￿rity arKI its trustees as a tL¥Jy, fty our a4•Jfit worK fty thls
reFQrt, or for the oplnh)n5 v* have ftyF￿l.
MorrL% & Your¥J,
ElvJible to att as an a￿lItOr in *rms d SeCtK￿ 1212 ¢M the CL¥npan￿5 Act 2LMJ6
Chartered l£countants
6 AtIKJII Crescent
P(.*rth
PHI SJN
3 June 202S
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ststement of Flnandal Athliles fof the Year Ended 31 December 2024
{Includlng Income and Expendliyre Account and Statement of Totsl Recognlsed Galns •nd Losses)
IA• r•tt*t•d)
Y•at •nd•d
E￿alK)n$ and Wes
ctsrlts￿e aaMt*s
other tr￿Ing a￿1￿1￿5
12,078
3,XlS
187,667
133
133.191
145269
3,XJS
417*15
133
20,845
119,056
I39,￿)
6,720
>J2,132
I￿,118
117.361
184,771
Income
X13
7 448 753
Éxpendliure on:
All￿n9 funds
charitab￿
Iio))
195 335
110))
15321
537 674
T•tsi ExF•idrture
195 435
Net In(on*lle¥FeTrltturel
Transfers lun05
?,Y48
122,4521
5666 6B34
114.7011 1$2.&21
136,5911
189,4531
Net rntylernenl Sn fu
13.414
1115ry)1
115.6181
114.7041 1413121
112,9Y)I
134.6411
189.4531
funds fcw
fuTrJ5 fr*wwd
21
p¥>5 17 10 Y ftym an rtè¥al wtof Ihe52 fir￿￿1
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ststement of Vlnanclal Acthiltles lor the Year Ended 31 December 2024
(Zn¢luthng Inrome Jrbd E¥pendtture Account •nd Statement of Total Reco9nlsed Gèini and L¢￿￿)
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S.M.I.LE. Counselling (SCIO)
(Registration number: SC046166)
Balan￿ Sheet as at 31 December 2024
2024
2023
£ (A6 rart•t•d)
rixe41 assets
Tangit4e assets
16
11,651
Current a￿ets
Dettors
Cash al bank aThJ kn harn1
17
18
8,715
8,187
107,540
94,397
Creditor¥: Affl￿nts falllng du• wlthln on• y••r
Net ￿rrIftt ass&s
19
FurKls of the thwlty:
69,209
Reslrickd funds
259
15.877
Unrnsirl¢ted InLY)me furnls
UnrestrKted furKIs
Totsl funds
21
The flnanclal statements on pa9es 13 to 34 wtre aPprtr￿￿ by the Irustees, and auth￿1 for 65
on6Ma
2025 and s.
n thdr beha￿ by."
The rk)tes M pages 17 to 34 form an iniegral part d these f￿a￿la1 *aten￿ts.
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Statement of Cash Flows for the Year Ended 31 December 2024
2024
2023
£ (As restated)
Net Q5h eXFErKl￿re
(14.lOq)
(89.453)
Adjustments to cash ilows from non.(ath Item•
Depreciation
(10,820)
(88,840)
w0￿￿j capltsl adjustments
{InCreasell￿rease in debtors
Increase in creditors
Increase in deferr&J irKcMne
17
19
{528)
26,549
8,091
10,208
Net cash kn frcrfn operatirvJ ￿tI¥l
Gish flows from Investlng actl¥ftl
Purchase of tarvjible fixed assets
Net In¢￿Se1(deuea5e) In cash aThl cash qU￿aIeTrts
Cash and cash qulvaknts at l January
Cash and cash ￿ul¥alents at 31
26,310
(70,541)
12,615
{72,9941
All of the cash tljvts are derlved frr*n continuSThJ or*rakn% durfrwJ the two wkxl.%.
The Trxes on il to 3q forTn an integral part (* trw finaTh?al stateffents.
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Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2024
I Charlty stats
The charty is a ￿ottIsh awroiable Irthrp)ratd (*yanlsatk)n (sao). aNJ is registe￿￿ wlth the
OffKe of the Scottish Charity Reguktor urbkr Chanty Numter SC046166.
Fairbalm Plouse
6 Fairbaim PIKe
Uvlngston
EH54 6fN
These flnarKo1 slat￿￿ were auttKI￿ ftjr 155ue ty the mL5tee5 on 6 May 2025.
2 Actountln9 polld
Summary of ￿gnIt1¢ant K(ountlng polkle• and key Kcountlng estlmat
The pdncipal accountlrvj F(91K￿$ applkd in the preparat￿ of these finarKial ststements a￿ set out
telow. These Fdkles haNt be￿ aplbj to am tre ￿1$ pre￿ted, unless otrthylse
ststed.
Strtsmert of compllanre
The finawal statements have LEen prerkired In aCc(￿thn￿ wtth Accountir¥J a￿1 ReFortir¥J by
Charlties: Statement of Recomw￿n￿j Practice to charltles preparlng ttr￿r acccyjnts In
accordarKe with the Financial RepJrtiry Stsndard applKable in the UK and RepublK of Ireland IFRS
1021 (effective l January 2019) (tharitie5 SORP {FRS 102)), the FinarKkil Rewting Standard
applkable in the UK and RepublK of IrdaThJ (FRS 102}, the Charitses and Tntstee Investment
{Scotland) kt 2CK>5 arKI tre Charitits Accwr)ts (kodard) RegulatkyB 2¢x￿ (as aN*Thled).
Ba￿5 of preparatlon
5.M.I.L.E. CLJUn5elllng (sao) meets the dennmn (K a wbllc f*nalt entlty urthr FRS 102. A55ets
and liabllltks are ￿n￿Ll11Y r￿n{￿l at hlst(Ytal cost ry trar￿￿)n value unless *)tteTh¥& stabj In
the relevant accountirrfj FolKy rntes.
These finarKkil statements are ￿￿ented in sterflfWJ (E) a￿1 rourmled to the n&irest El.
The charity extend&4 its year in the pre¥K)us Y￿r. The ccrfnparnti¥e inform)t*)n in thex finjnual
ststements covers a ￿rICAl of thirteen nmints.
Golng concern
The trust&5 consider th* t1￿ a￿ rn material u￿ertaintIes aLL￿rt the charitys abilty to continue as
a g￿ng con￿rn nor any ￿nIficant of uncertainty tr￿t afflxt the caryirKJ Val￿ of assets held
by the charty.
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Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2024
Redasslfiotlm of c•mparadve amounts
Additional prepayynents and accnjals ¥%tre KIenti￿1 whKh 51vJuhJ have L*en r￿¢#3n1$ed In the prl)r
year and so the comparatNe anKwnts in ttr￿ fina￿101 ststrnts have i*en reslatèj.
Income
All income 6s recc*Jnised ortt the d￿rIty has entitkn)ent to the 1￿cthe. it is probable that the income
will te receNeiJ and the anMyJnt of the receivabbe can be n￿s￿re￿ rella1￿y.
Donath)ns a￿ r￿niSed when tharty has been notifted In w￿Ing of b)th the amount and
settlement date. In the evert that a ¢￿￿a￿￿ is sUbi￿t to corKIitMs that r8]uire a level
perf0m￿nCe by the thanty bef￿ tro d)arity ￿ entitl&Y to the funds, the irthne Is deferrod and not
recoJni5ed until either co￿lI￿on5 are fulty rrrt or ￿ fVffilrr￿t of th)5e cOndrtk￿s is wholly
within control of tharity and it is wobable that t￿ (￿dit￿$ will LE fulfilled in the
reportln9 r*rl(xl.
Grants racelvable
Grnnts are recc*Jnised when the charity has an entitlement to the furMIs and any condttions linked to
the grants have tjeen met. Where k*rfomN4rKe Co￿10￿0nS are attach&l to the grant and are yet to be
mpt, thp 1% rKrxJni*•A a% x limhility irwliMlpA M thp %hppt ￿ tl•fvrrpd inrnmp tn
Deferred Ir￿Me reprv3ents amounts received for future Fericrtls aThJ is re￿Sed to Ir￿mIng
resources In the perkxl for whkh, 6t has L￿n receiv&J. ￿ incLYne is onty deferred wPen.'
- The dorvjr that grant or ¢*)nathJn must onty be used In future accounUTrJ perf¢)Js,' or
. The donor has imrnsal cOndt￿n$ which must met t*fore the charity has unconditional
entitkmert.
Morrisons Supermarket (kjnated drinks aTrJ Snack items for the t￿efft of our d*nts. The value of
Expondlturn
All expenditure is rwnisaj I)r￿ t1￿ is a kgal ￿ constrfft oblwJatKin to that expendlture, Itls
probable setdement is required and the amunt can t* [rEasu￿d reliab￿. All costs are all￿ted to
the applicabk exFendrcU￿ that aggrtwte simiL4r costs to that category. Where costs canncé
be dIr￿dY attributed to particukir WJirvJs ty have t*en alIc￿tal on a basis consistent with the
use of resour￿. with central stsff cost5 alkcated on tk basis of bme spent, and depredation
chanjes allc(ated on the FQrtM)n of the a￿￿5 use. Other supFort costs a￿ alk(ateJ bas8J on the
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Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2024
Ralslng funds
These are costs Incur￿ in attrartiThJ voluntsry ir￿￿￿. the mar*s￿nt of investments and those
incurr&J in trading activities that raise fvnds.
charitab￿ ex￿ndItuTe comfvs t￿￿e costs i￿Jrr￿￿ ty tr￿ tharity in the delivery of its xtmties
and seryKes for its tenefickar*s. It indudes tmkn costs that can be alkoted dirth to SLKh rKtivities
and tIW￿ a)srs (* an IrKI1￿ nature r￿￿essary to supp)rt trthi.
SupFQrt C4)sts irKlude ￿ntral furKtkns ar#J have t*en aIbxat￿j to activty cost categorles on a basi5
consistent with the use of resour￿, for ￿Mple. alkratiw protErty a)5ts fy fkx)r a￿5, or Fer
caplta, staff costs ty the ￿rne spent ar￿ other costs by t￿1r usage.
These irKlude the costs attrtknbte to the charws ojmp11an￿ wlth constituuwl aThJ statutory
reqUIr￿￿nts, i￿ILK￿lng a(Kli( strats]K manageM￿t and tntstees meetings reimbursed
ex[￿Se5.
Volurte
Trainee counsellc￿$ are unpald imjt gain arnl necessary work wactre hwrs.
The Charlty had 15 tralnee counselk)rs durlThJ tr£ year.
Taxatlon
Tanglble flxed assets
Individual fixed assets costiThJ £l,(MKI or nve a￿ iniiialty r￿1)nIed at cos¢ less any subsequent
Depredatlon and amortlsatlon
Depreciation is provthj on tangible fixeAI assets so as to write off tt* cost or valuation, less any
estlmat8J ￿￿￿l￿11 value, thelr ex[￿tsd useful ecoThynic lffe as f01b￿.
Asset dass
01￿ equiFff*nt
25% ￿l￿1r￿J baLl￿e
Debtors a￿ val￿1 at cost at ￿ ￿r-eThj arKI adjusted for any amunts conslder8J to be
irrecoveratde.
Cash and &7sh equlvalents
Cash aTrJ cash quivajents axnwise cash on ha￿1 aTrJ b3nk de￿>s￿5.
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Notes to the Financial Ststements for the Year Ended 31 December 2024
Fund struthre
Unre5trirt&J Inccffie funds a￿ gertral fijnds that a￿ availaL* ￿ use at the trustee5 dwtyon in
furtherance of the obi￿t￿e5 of trE dwnty.
Unrestricbj desw3nated a￿ ri￿fe￿al ty tr￿ tnkn for a partkular purrAise in the
year aw.
Restroct￿ Inc(me fuThJs a￿ tsjnated for In a particular area or purFrf)ses, the
use of whith Is ￿$tr￿ted to that area or wrp)5e.
Operntlng leaw•
Rentals under operatlng kases a￿ d￿r9ed to the Ststanert d Ftnarthl ktlvtOes ￿ a stralght Ilne
ba￿5 over the kase term.
funds
funds
2024
lunds
nds
2023
tX)natlon5
Grants
12,078
12,078
133 191
20,845
20,845
119056
133 191
133 191
119056
139 901
Total
2024
UnrertrlLted
Total
2023
fun
FuTrJralYng events
RIMJM SF(snsorshlp
Easy fU￿1￿l￿ng
185
6,250
285
185
6,250
285
3,2iyJ
105
3,2rJJ
ios
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Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2024
5 InLvme from ¢rther tradlng actl¥llles
funds
funds
2024
funds
nds
2023
Counselllrwj
servi
Irrn
TrainiTrJ
229,441
229,441
184,771
184,771
707
117?61
417 815
302 132
Total
2024
Total
2023
nds
nds
MlScelL4ne￿9 Ir((*ne
133
133
7 EX￿dIt￿re on ralslng fund•
T•)tsl
2023
fund•
2024
fund•
Costs cl furKlrai51ThJ
I{￿)
Ico
532
532
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&M.Z.LE. CounMllln9 {SCIO)
110tss to the Flnandol St•teffl* for the Year Ended 31 Dttember 2024
T**•1
2025
S (Ai r•4Mt•d)
4,945
38.875
14,419
765
1433
1.650
1.636
1.389
41.956
ir￿n
J,141
1365
b13
34.179
24
121.639
2rn183
24693
I￿,710
8,514
sz
765
248,225
J).361
9,215
34,SSi
6*78
Staff
staff SuFth￿
C#her
1242
211
ssl
4.126
I￿￿ra￿
Venue Hlre
1.178
1,471
39,045
I,n4?
)14
9￿)1
1,471
19,
14,744
27,212
9?
CkanlThJ. athj malntenoKe
C•Dlg•7 and <atorkng c
e4ulbYDer* rn4rs
Depreciatbn
Supwxt ¢e6ts
1292
4&17
i.iiz
771
2,029
1,594
11948
34a
1&170
23*52
39.022
16.564
5 242 ￿71
197
17.615
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S.M.I.LE. Couns¢lling (SCIQ)
Notss to the Fln)n¢lal Strt¢m¢rtts f•r the Year Ended 31 Decathr 2024
2024
2025
kujal
329
12.316
17*75
9.674
8,752
18,426
Te￿phone. abkt
A.179
3,679
5.B36
2.SCrf)
ual
929
270
Suwflrrths
1,270
1.656
eank Interest dwges
Professwl fe¢5
Pay￿1 fees
633
415
753
2.333
792
792
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Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2024
Vnrestrirted Total Unrestrlctsd Restrlcted Totsl
funds
2024
funds
funds
2023
Audit fees
Audit uf LI￿ fir￿[KI
other fee5 PaKJ to
audltor5
Irtyr¥knt examlrw fees
Examlnattm of th@
flna￿al stst￿ents
1,2C#)
158
158
957
957
IONet Incomlngl•ng resources
Net outgolr¥J resources for the ￿r
2024
2023
A￿lIt fees
4,200
613
IITrustees remuneratlon and expenses
No trustees have received any remunwat>)n from the chanTr durlng the year.
No tWStees have any reimtMKsed exp￿￿ or any other beneffts fn)m the charity durirwj the
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S.M.I.LE. Counselling (sao)
Nots5 to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2024
The aggregate Foyrdl cjjsts V•ve 35 fdkms:
2024
2023
£ (As restated)
staff costs durlng th• year were:
Wages and 5alarE5
al security costs
Pen5tsJn LYYaL5
Otlw staff costs
357,973
26,552
15,297
348,812
22,884
12,844
405
The mnthty aver•3e nurnter of per9￿5 emphyfftl ty the d￿rIty durlNJ the year exwtssed as fvll
Ume 8]uivalents was as folk)ws:
2024
2023
Average number of empbyees
15
14
The number of emp￿￿5 eff(AtMrMts fdl %thln tre followlThJ bafr￿ was:
2024
2023
É70,IJ)1- £80,LU)
£80,￿] - £S￿,C(M)
The total empbffte I￿￿rtS of the W marw?￿ r*rg)nr*l cl the tharity Y￿￿ £71,664 {2023 .
£81,731).
131ndepetht examlnerf$ r¢mun¢r•l
2024
2023
Examinatlon of ttt fina￿la1 statem

S.M.I.LE. Counselling (SCIO)
Notss to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2024
14Audltovs' remuneratlon
2024
2023
ALKIit of finanoal ststements
Other fees to audlt4
All other non.aLKtit 5ervKe5
IlnaThJal swwnents athfjlt8J In tr￿ m year.
15Taxatl¢
The charity is a reglstered charty and is therth exempt from taxatvJn.
16Tanglble flxed assets
FurnI￿r*
and
equlpment
At l jan￿lry 2024
AdditityIS
2,453
2,453
At 31 D&em￿l 2024
At l January 2024
Charge for the year
613
613
At 31 Dttember 2024
r4rt book value
At 11 fjprpmhpr ?n?4
At 31 C*xemter 2023
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S.M.I.LE. Counselling (SCIO)
Notss to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2024
2024
2023
£ (As restated)
1,932
5,555
70)
Trade debtors
Prepayments
5.202
2,561
952
18C4th and cash equlvalents
2024
2023
Cash on hand
Cash at bank
628
254
19Credltors: amourts falllng due wlthln one
2024
2023
£ (As reststed)
6,263
7,873
Other tsxakn and sodal seojrlty
Accruals
8,21N)
32,485
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S.M.I.L.E. Counselling (SCIO)
Notes to the Financial Ststements for the Year Ended 31 December 2024
200bllgatlons under leaxs and hlre purchase
Total future minimum kase payments urthr r￿-(a￿elloble operats'ThJ leases are as folk)ws'.
2024
2023
Land and bulldln
Within one year
30,192
15,096
Wlthin year
403
403
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S.M.I.LE. Counwllln9 (KIO)
Nrte% to th* Pin•nrlal Slat•mws fvr th• Year Ended 31 Dttember 2024
21Fwbd¥
BJl•rKe at 31
l>•c•mb•r 2024
2024
2¢Ui83
1195,435)
10,429
Desbwled WOMY ryhj*rteTrar￿
56,709
67138
ftotvtsc￿ TrLEt. I￿￿
15322
555
{53.Wl
116,1331
117,50))
259
15,578
17,YA
Steps N2 Work lund
ivty gr¢vp lund
J£adBmy luthj
Cejartrank fu￿1
4,SJl
9.872
14.537)
19.177>
(121
12

&M.I.LE. c￿nSellIng {sao)
Notss to the Flnanclal Statemenls for the Year Ended 31 Decembor Z024
2014
jar￿ Y￿r￿j SCW fur
nlrtw PLthTry
144.wl
(29.￿)
{25.6ni
{18.9111
{47,7631
{24,4741
15.59ZI
163,2201
I3,￿))
16,l341
29.956
25h72
18.941
47,163
24.474
5,592
63.220
West Cabjer Hkjh fund
Whlibjrn kademy fur
Winch￿￿tt kndemy lur
Sh￿011 Htyh fuTrJ
.9 Lottery. Inyowrvj
Rotert50n TrL&. Cost ol L￿r
rr and Cybu Secwlty F￿d
Coun5ellkng5ervtqS
6.131
363 339
259
Total lund•

S.M.I.LE. Coynselllng (sao)
Ilotes to the Hnandal Ststements for the Year Ended 31 December 2024
at 31
23
É (kn Mstat•dl
G￿eral
3Y,Ui
IM.926
(197.7881
10,593
12,9851
D*nat8Y prcprty malntenwKe fuNI
16,CKO1
13,LV)I
D#lU1￿1￿ ￿•11111￿ luivJ
Toi•l urt••trl<t•d fvnd•
417(¥J
11710
15,322
555
Rthrtstyi Trust. furyl
112.1551
17.387)
116,W)I
(23,4911
Trainin9 Prt¢Jramff* fund
ilid S&tLY cL￿unIty fuvj
Youn9 P¢rnon's GU￿TrICr fvnd
14¥Jroffjwse F¥0￿ iw
Step5 N2 %%t¥k futyj
16.994
5,935
17.599
1,411
{21.7611
{3.2951
P•Je 31

S.M.I.LE. c￿nIellIng (sao)
Not4G to th• Flnanclal St•t•m•nts lor th• Y•ar End•d 31 DK•mbèr 2024
l•nc• •t JI
2023
£ (As ruts*￿1
srffjy ILtyJ
Asisr ruli
14.58SI
(33,0401
{13,3401
19,8551
{48,6841
{14,9q61
120.9301
{18.srAI
{Ji,LWUI
33,04U
13340
Led¥bonk lund
Jrn Ywr4 Hk]h fuTrJ
O£aduny fuTrJ
St Margarets Acaaemy IUNI
14,916
2O.9XI
IB.s
15,LW
WhIt￿In lur
w￿Ch￿¥Jr* kad¥ny
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S.M.I.LE. Counsellin9 (SCIO)
Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2024
unrnstrort￿ Funds
General UnrestrKted fij￿15 represent all aThl exFErKliture relatiffj tt> the primary ￿YS
activities of the charity. c*thpr tlkin tlw for which fuTrJirrfJ 6 deS￿natO￿ or restrKted.
The De5￿9na￿j prokErty n)aIiii￿wlK¥ fur¥J re￿E￿￿ts dlkipthtsji furrfls set a5K* ty frustees to
cover FX)sS1b￿ c¢6ts at the erKI cl the 1&75e.
The Oe%grbated C￿tinge￿V reserve fund rewesents fu￿5 set asbje ty the trustees to enatjle an
ordety dose thwn of the tharity were that ebw required. It reprewts 3 rkN)nths of runnirvj costs
akmvj wilh any stair reiluThJar￿ paY￿￿[S due.
RoLErtson Tntsr FuTrJ represents trainer ard supervE5kin sa￿ry rfKt%.
The Robertson Trust . Stholarshlp Ful￿ ￿presents hjnding rettival to [￿TKth oyJn5elllrvJ
suprort for tlw receiving sctrthsatship fundlTrJ thrwh Trust.
The West Lothkan ￿ek)￿t Tntst FuThd rewesents fundltvj for a part.tyme counsdh)r,
administrator and Offi￿ skxye.
Th¢ NcLtro dlver3e ProÈrt fuThJ reFYeseTits fuiKlliwJ rLretr•EU for a Smltst Neur￿lIVerse Chikl
I heraplst tor 11-18 year okjs.
The Steps N2 Work Fund represents funds 10 5UPlXXt urffiipbyed or urk1eremployed graduates to
access full Ume sustainable empknyemnt after a PaKI Wer￿ F￿aceft￿t via West Lcthlan
CourKII.
The StLKty C?miiD FiJThl rewesents funds to Sup[￿ • gn)UPS.
The varkyjs Hvjh Sch(NJ FuThts represents furM1iw counsdkKs t4a*l at tre th>)Is to provide
ofi￿te counsellir#J to chI￿ren and supp)rt stsff.
The CounsdlirKJ Ser4tes Fund rements tTharts sikxlall# o)unsdliw. Ir￿￿11￿j the Walk
and Talk Projert.
T1￿ W LM . ImproW￿ LNes FuTh1 rel￿￿￿}1$ fiirrfllr¥J twrds counselllng for
chlklren and young peO￿e in West Lothl)n.
The Robert￿ Trust . Co& of Fund rewesents ftK#YiNJ to supttrt ltr￿e the cost of
lfvirvj crisis.
The ￿ and Cyter Securlty Fu￿1 ye￿￿￿er￿ fiJrKliry tcwavd5 rr and Lybw securfty co*3.
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S.N.I.LE. Counselling (SCIO}
Notes ts the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2024
22Analysls ol net assets funds
Totsl funds at
RoslTiLted 31 December
2024
Unresirldea funds
Tar¥jIb￿ flxed assets
cUr￿rt assets
Currert liablities
10,621
È10.493
1,0
10,3
11,651
107.54Q
56,7(
Totsl rt assets
259
Total funds at
31 De￿rnber
2023
£ (As Mstated)
1,840
94,397
Unrestrlcted funds
funds
TaNJlbbe fixed assets
Currert assets
Currert Ilablltles
9,311
69,2C8
15,877
Total net assets
23An41￿$ of net funds
At31
At I ￿n￿￿ry Hnahtlng D￿rnI1er
2024
2024
C4Jh e* LKink arKJ In hand
Net funds
At31
l>ttember
2023
At ijanuary
2023
Flnanclng
cash flow$
Cash at bank a￿1 in haNI
159 204
Net funds
159 204
24 Related pxty
2 mernbers of staff are relat￿ io memters of e1)wd.￿{￿o) 6 ￿ sotrin.low of
one of the trustees arKI was pald £71,664 durlThJ the year.