**Food For Thought** Scottish Charity No SCO 47239
## **Trustees’ Report and Accounts for the period from 01 September 2024 to 31 August 2025**
## **Current Trustees**
Sharon Rowatt – Chairperson Jack Dyer – Treasurer Helen Ferguson - Secretary David Keown – Board Member Morag O’Neil – Board Member Neil Hanson - Board Member Tina Kemp – Board Member Norma Moore – Board Member
## **Independent Examiner**
Jonathan Herriott CGMA, ACMA
## **Bankers**
Royal Bank of Scotland
## **Contact Address**
St Augustine’s Community Hall St Mary’s Way Dumbarton G82 1LL
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## **Food For Thought** Scottish Charity No SCO 47239
## **Receipts and Payments for the period to 31 August 2025**
|**Receipts and Payments for the period to 31 August 2025**|||
|---|---|---|
|Notes
**Income**
Donations
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Grants
2
Catering
Room Hire
**Total Income**
**Expenditure**
Payments relating directly to charitable activities
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**Statement of Balances as at 31 August 2025**
Bank and Cash in Hand
Opening Balances
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Surplus/(Deficit for the year)
Closing Balances
**Reserves**
**General Fund**
**Closing Balances**|**2025**
**Total**
**Funds**
**£**
9,670
108,125
3,931
270
**121,996**
114,638
**7,357**
**10,853**
7,357
**18,211**
**-**
**18,211**|**2024**
**Total Funds**
**£**
18,481
59,120
-
4,403|
|||**82,004**
96,472|
|||**(14,469)**|
|||**25,322**
(14,469)
**10,853**
**-**
**10,853**|
The association has no other investments, assets, or material Liabilities Approved by the Trustees and signed on their behalf
Sharon Rowatt Chairperson **2025**
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## **Food For Thought**
Scottish Charity No SCO 47239
## **Independent Examiners Report to the Trustees**
I report on the accounts of the charity for the year ended 31 August 2025 which are attached.
## **Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiners**
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 Regulation10(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 statement**
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 explanation from the trustees concerning any such matter. 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 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.
Jonathan Herriott CGMA, ACMA **Independent Examiner 26[th] May 2026**
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## **Food For Thought**
Scottish Charity No SCO 47239
## **Notes to the financial statements**
1. Donations are gratefully received from the local and wider community in support of the aims and objectives of Food for Thought.
Food for Thought successfully delivered essential services to approximately 62 referring agencies including more than half from West Dunbartonshire Council. We provided emergency food parcels to 7547 single adults and 1920 families throughout this reporting year.
2. Grants totalling £108,125 were gratefully received from West Dunbartonshire Council, Robertson Trust, National Lottery, Foundation Scotland, Neighbourly/Sainsbury’s during the year.
3. Expenditure for the accounting period of 1[st] September 2024 to 31[st] August 2025
||**£**|
|---|---|
|**Wages**|**43,048**|
|**Rent**|**5,473**|
|**Administration**|**6,424**|
|**Food Supplies**|**51,461**|
|**Van**|**2,964**|
|**Utilities**|**5,268**|
|**Total Expenditure**|**114,638**|
4. **Basis of preparation**
The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention. They have been prepared in accordance with the Charities Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP 2005), the Charities Accounts (Scotland) Regulations 2006, and applicable Accounting Standards.
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