## **Gourock Schools and Churches Together**
**REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS**
**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JANUARY 2024**
**Charity No: SC046236**
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## **Gourock Schools and Churches Together Year ended 31 January 2024**
## **Reference and Administrative Information**
Charity Name:
Gourock Schools and Churches Together
Charity Registration Number:
SC046236
## **Principal Office**
Gourock Baptist Church 4 King Street Gourock PA19 1PU
## **Independent Examiner**
James K Hempsey C.A. 6 Cambridge Avenue Gourock PA19 1XT
**Bankers**
Virgin Money 100 West Blackhall Street Greenock PA15 1XR
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## **Gourock Schools and Churches Together Trustees’ Annual Report Year ended 31 January 2024**
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
## **Governing Document**
GSCT is a SCIO, the purposes and administration of which are set out in its constitution.
## **Recruitment and Appointment of Trustees**
As detailed in the GSCT constitution, charity Trusteeship is open to any state-funded school, Roman Catholic Church, Baptist Church, Episcopal Church or Church of Scotland based or having a parish boundary within Gourock that subscribes to the purposes of the organisation and wishes to see them fulfilled.
## **Charitable Purposes**
To promote social responsibility and awareness by co-ordinating Christian inter-denominational input to agreed curricular activities of pupils, normally aged 5 - 18 years, for the benefit of Gourock's population.
To advance and encourage good citizenship across the community through direct and indirect contribution to the social and religious education of Gourock's young people.
## **Activities and Achievements**
During the year, the Charity continued to support the schools in their post-Covid activities, especially in relation to pupils with great need.
The Trustees were very pleased to be able to support the schools in various ways, including funding to offset costs of community concerts and also funding to provide assistance with mental health and wellbeing projects.
The Trustees were especially pleased to support the schools in two major projects during the year. Firstly, all of the schools were involved in a "Great Scots" project which culminated in a colourful and musical show performed by representatives from all of the schools in Old Gourock and Ashton Parish Church to school-mates, parents, friends and the community. Secondly, all of the schools participated in a wonderful project entitled "Gourock Schools and Churches Against Racism", which included schools working with a local artist to create a stained-glass window and culminated with the window being installed as a fixture in Gourock Station's main public area.
The Trustees continued outreach to the Gourock community by sending a Christmas card to every home in Gourock and through the annual church service, held in Old Gourock and Ashton Parish Church on the first Sunday of Advent, involving both Secondary Schools and all three Primary Schools along with the clergy from all of the Gourock Churches, parents, friends and members of the community.
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## **Gourock Schools and Churches Together Trustees’ Annual Report (cont'd) Year ended 31 January 2024**
## **Trustee Remuneration**
No trustee has received any remuneration during the year in their role as Trustee.
## **Reserves Policy**
All of the GSCT's funds are unrestricted. Funding has been achieved via donation with this held in a Virgin Money account which draws a small amount of interest and a current account established during 2019 to remove delays in the distribution of funds. The Trustees' policy is to maintain reserves at around 2-3 months of normal running costs in order to meet commitments and to cover any unexpected expenditure.
## **Statement of Trustees' Responsibilities**
The charity's trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which, on request, must reflect the financial position of the Charity at that time.
This must be done to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005, the Charities Accounts (Scotland) Regulations 2006 (as amended).
Approved by the Trustees and signed on their behalf,
Chair
Date: 28th February 2025
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## **Gourock Schools and Churches Together**
## **SC046236**
## **Report of the Independent Examiner**
I report on the accounts of the charity for the year ended 31 January 2024 which are set out on pages 6 to 8.
## **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) 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 examiner’s statement**
An 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 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 (a) to keep accounting records in accordance with Section 44(1) (a) of the 2005 Act and Regulation4 of the
2006 Accounts Regulations, and
- (b) 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 enable a proper understanding of the accounts
- 2 to be reached.
……………………….
Chartered Accountant 6 Cambridge Avenue Gourock PA19 1XT
Date : 1st March 2025
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## **Gourock Schools and Churches Together**
## **Receipts and Payments Account**
## **Year ended 31 January 2024**
|**Unrestricted**
**Funds**
**2024**
**Receipts**
**Note**
**£**
Donations
**3**
12,000
Activities for Generating Funds
**3**
-
Investment income
93
**Total Receipts**
12,093
**Payments**
**4**
Costs of generating funds
-
Charitable activities
10,425
Governance Costs
674
**Total Payments**
11,099
994
**Excess of (Payments) over Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**Funds**
**2024**
**Receipts**
**Note**
**£**
Donations
**3**
12,000
Activities for Generating Funds
**3**
-
Investment income
93
**Total Receipts**
12,093
**Payments**
**4**
Costs of generating funds
-
Charitable activities
10,425
Governance Costs
674
**Total Payments**
11,099
994
**Excess of (Payments) over Receipts**|**Restricted**
**Funds**
**2024**
**£**
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-|**Endowment**
**Funds**
**2024**
**£**
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-|**Total**
**2024**
**£**
12,000
-
93
12,093
-
10,425
674
11,099|**Total**
**2023**
**£**
12,000
-
62|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||||12,062|
||||||-
23,660
-|
||||||23,660|
|||||||
||994|-|-|994|(11,598)|
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## **Gourock Schools and Churches Together Statement of Balances At 31 January 2024**
|**Note**
**Bank & Deposit Balances**
Bank & deposit balances
brought forward at 31 January 2023
**Movement in year:**
Excess of Receipts over Payments for the year
Transfers
Funds at 31 January 2024
Bank and Deposit Balances
carried forward at 31 January 2024
- Virgin Money Savings Account
- Virgin Money Current Account
**Assets**
Other Assets
**Liabilities**
Accounts Fee|**Unrestricted**
**Funds**
**2024**
**£**
21,690
994
-
22,684
14,305
8,379
22,684
-
-|**Restricted**
**Funds**
**2024**
**£**
-
-
-|-
-
-|**Total**
**2024**
**£**
21,690
994
22,684
14,305
8,379
22,684
-
-|**Total**
**2023**
**£**
33,288
(11,598)|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||||21,690|
||||||14,225
7,465|
||||||21,690|
||||||-|
||||||500|
The accounts were approved by the Trustees on 28th February 2025. For and on behalf of the Trustees
## Chair
Trustee
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## **Gourock Schools and Churches Together Notes to the Accounts Year ended 31 January 2024**
## **Notes to the Accounts**
## **1. Trustee Remuneration and Related Party Transactions**
No Trustee or a person related to a Trustee had any personal interest in any contract or transaction entered into by the charity during the year.
## **2. Movements in Funds**
|**Movements in Funds**||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**Unrestricted funds**
General Fund
Designated Fund
**Restricted funds**
**Total funds**|**At 31 Jan**
**2023**
**£**
21,690
-
21,690
-|**Receipts**
**£**
12,093
-|**Payments**
**£**
11,099
-
11,099
-
11,099|**Transfers**
**£**
-
-
-
-
-|**At 31 Jan**
**2024**
**£**
22,684
-
22,684|
|||12,093||||
|||-||||
||||||-|
||||||22,684|
||21,690|12,093||||
Unrestricted Funds are those that may be used at the dicretion of the Trustees in furtherance of the objectives of the charity.
There are no Designated or Restricted Funds in this year.
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|**Analysis of Donations**|||2024|2023|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||Unrestricted|Restricted|Total|Total|
||£|£|£|£|
|Sharp Trust|12000|-|12000|12000|
||========|=======|=======|=======|
|**Charitable Activities**|||||
|Benevolent Funding|-||-|8850|
|Gourock Primary School (Nurture Rm)|300||300|-|
|Clydeview Academy (S U Trip)|1000||1000|1000|
|Laptops|-||-|6682|
|St Columba's Christmas Concert|880||880|-|
|Buses|540||540|180|
|Fischy Music Costs|-||-|825|
|Christmas Card Costs|1444||1444|1123|
|Great Scots Project|1898||1898|5000|
|GSCT Project Against Racism|3750||3750|-|
|Miscellaneous|613||613|-|
||-------------||-------------|-------------|
||10425||10425|23660|
||========||=======|========|
|Governance Costs|674||674|-|
||========||=======|=======|
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