2025-03-31-accounts

Report and Financial Statements for the Year Ending 31[st] March 2025

Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation SC047339

Contents

	Page
Trustees Report	1-4
Receipts and Payments	5
Statement of Balances	6
Notes to the Accounts	7
Additional Notes	8-10
Independent Examiner’s Report	11

oscr Period start date Mc￿th Year Period end date Month Year Da From To 2024 31 2025 Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator Reference and administration details Charity name other names charity is known by Registered charity number Charity's principal address BOOM! Community Arts SC047339 clo The St Matthew's Centre 200 Balmore Road Glasgow Postcode G22 6LJ Names of the charity trustees on date of approval of Trustees. Annual Report Trustee name Office (if any) Dates acted if not for whole year Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee {rf an Chair Treasurer Secretary 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

Reference and administration details Names of all other charity trustees during the period, if any, (for example, those who resigned part way through the financial period) Name Dates acted rf not for whole year Resigned 27th January 2025 structure, governance and management Type of governing document Constitution Trustee recruitment and appointment Delailed in sections 53-72 of constitution. Objectives and activities Charitable purposes The advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science Summary of the main activities in relation to these objects We provide community art activities in the north of Glasgow. We want lo deliver creative, exciting. and a¢￿SSIble arts projects that enrich lives and strengthen communities. We want to create experien￿5. memories and opportunities. not simply ple￿5 of art.

Achievements and performance Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the financial period BOOM! Community Arts brings people together to take part in fun, engaging arts activities which respond to local need. We focus our work in North Glasgow, an area particularly affected by poverty as defined by the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation. which has a gap in provision of creative activities. We provide our workshops free of charge in order to reduce ba￿le[S to participation. A group of professional and experienced sessional artists and workshop leaders deliver our projects and workshops, all with years of experience of working in this context and familiar faces to the local community. During this year, we worked with a total of 10 artists, 4 delivering our regular workshops and 6 who provided cover or worked at one-off events, expanding our artist pool. The organisation is run by a dedicated volunteer board and a small freelance team of a General Manager (2 days a week) and a Marketing & Projects Coordinator (1 day a week). This year, we were able to increase the General Manager position from 1 day a week to 2 days a week due to successfully gaining additional funding. This increase in core staff capacity has allowed the organisation to continue to deliver quality work, to invest more time in pursuing long temi sustainability through investment in fundraising and strategic organisational development. We continue to deliver our regular programme of year round communty arts worf(shops for adults. Still Scribbling on Monday momings has been successfully delivered in Possilpar* since 2018 and More Scribbling on Saturday mornings since 2021. Both take place in 4 x 10 week blocks across the year with 3 week breaks betrNeen, providing consistent provision throughout the year, and are delivered at St Matthews Centre who we have a longstanding relationship with. We continue to receive excellent positive feedback from participants and partners. We also continue to deliver Young Scribblers in association with Young People, Fulures, another strand which has been running since 2018 and where we have become well-known to the young participanls. This takes place at Possilpoinl Communty Centre at their youth club. Providing the option of dropin arts acb'vities allows children to explore their creativty in relaxed way. 2024-25 saw us holding our third year of Scribblers Academy. in association with Queens Cross Housing Association at the Courtyard. This project responds to gaps in local provision for teenagers and encourages them to develop their own artist style outside of the school environment which focuses on assessment rather than enjoyment and exploration. We continue to adapt this strand according to what we find works. This year we held the sessions at a new time of year and amended our workshop structure to allow for longer sessions. Each parbcipant is given their own art kit to keep, setting them up to continue enjoying art after the block of sessions ends. Both of our workshops for children and young people are delivered by a lead artist as well as an assistant. Our adult workshops are led by a lead artist. Our capacity for workshops is 10 participants for all w0￿shopS except Young Scribblers which is a drop in and can reach around 30 children per workshop. Ensuring we are well staffed and that our capacity is appropriate allows for all participants to have a high quality experience. We continue lo develop our work, our pool of artists, and our relationship

with the community, as well as build upon our strong connections with local partner organisations including the St Matthew’s Centre, Young People’s Futures, the Concrete Gardens and Queens Cross Housing Association.

Having contributed to Possilpark and Ruchill Loves Christmas in recent years, a popular event with the local community which was delivered in partnership with local organisations, which was unfortunately not going ahead this year, we funded our own Santa Saunter event. The local community were visited by Santa on a Saturday, being pulled around the area on a horse drawn carriage, with assistance from a team of 9 volunteer elves! We were proud to be able to deliver this popular event for the community.

2024-25 was the middle year of our second 3 year grant from the Glasgow Communities Fund totalling £67,155 across 2023-26. This grant allowed us to provide a consistent programme for the community, to expand our core staff team and supported us on our journey to sustainability as a small arts organisation. This grant funds around half of our total costs for this period, which has provided a basis to support us to continue to deliver our objectives and build on our organisational sustainability including successfully gaining funding from new grants using this grant as a basis, including Endrick Trust, William Syson Foundation and Scotmid Community Grant received during this financial year.

In the coming years we plan to continue to expand our operational staff team, in order to focus more time on developing the organisation and seeking opportunities to gain earned income, as well as engage further with our community, expand our programme according to local need and strengthen relationships with local partner organisations. We are careful to do this slowly and sustainably.

Our work continues to improve wellbeing, combat social isolation, tackle health inequalities and improve community cohesion through providing people with a social, free and welcoming place to be creative, connect with others and try something new in a relaxed environment. We look forward to continuing this work and to working with our local community to inspire them to explore and enjoy creativity no matter their experience or confidence level, and to feel the many other benefits creativity and community connection can bring.

In total we delivered 128 sessions of our regular programme, as well as the Santa Saunter all-day event and workshops at a Stockingfield Bridge event with Scottish Opera. Overall, we reached 677 people.

100% of survey respondents felt their health and wellbeing improved as a direct result of attending the workshops.

Some feedback from our participants:

“I tried everything, Holistic therapies all sorts, none of it worked. Then you (BOOM) brought a bit of colour into my life and it all changed. I literally wrote everything negative on a canvas and then I painted over it and doing that I just felt it all lift."

“I have finally accepted my drawing skills are improving, which since I was at stick figure level, I am really proud of. It is not a skill i have any confidence in so this is a big revelation.”

"I was told in my early years that I wasn't good enough to pursue any interest in art and even though all I wanted to do was learn more, my young, impressionable mind believed this for many years. That was until I became a member of Boom Community Arts. [Our workshop leader] has been supportive, encouraging and has taught us all so much in just a few short months from different techniques, mediums such as watercolour,

charcoal, pencil, pastels and cuThently we are learning to use inks in different ways. We have been introduced to the history and style of different artists, and went on ￿eld trips. to art galleries to broaden our styles and experience such as the Scottish Local Artist, exhibition that recently ran at Kelvingrove Museum. It has been amazing to be part of a great community whilst watching the progress of myself and the people I have forged a friendship with through the community, just simply blossom. It is a wonderful class and I cannot thank Boom Community enough for instilling confidence, providing encouragement. communty and practice to become the artists we were meant to be in a safe and welcoming environment. Long may these classes continue, I'd be lost without them." Financial review Brief statement of the charity's policy on reserves We aim to hold unrestricted funds which are free reserves at a level of 6-9 months general expenditure. Details of any deficit A deficit of £13,297 was recorded for the year. however this was planned based on expenditure of income received towards the end of the previous financial yar. Donated facilities and services (if any) other optional information Declaration The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees, report above. Signed on behalf of the charity's trustees Signature(s) Full name(s) Position (e.g. Chair) Chair Treasurer Date 12th November 2025 121h November 2025

APFENDIX 2 BOOMICommunity Arts ts and ments accounts SC047339 OSCR Recei Forth• p•nod Scottish Ch¢irty Regiilalor 2024 31 2025 Section A Statement of receipts and payments Unrestncted lunds Restncied lunds Expendable enllowment funts Pemianènt endowment fund5 Total tunds curreni period Total tunds last peno+J A1 Recei D(xthons 554 472 ac Grants 7.500 29A85 59.885 Recei ts fundraisin activilies Gross tradin rec IncotrE fiorn Investtnen land and buikli Rents from land & buildin Gn)ss re￿ptS frL¥ll Other ch actNrties Ue tota 9.110 31A95 A2 R•c•ipts Irom ass•t & inveslmerrt sales Proceeijs from sale offred assets Proceefjs ITOM s* of investments 9.110 31895 62.658 A3 Pa￿￿ents Expense5 forlundraisw activities Gross trading payments Investment rnanagefflent costs PayTnents relab.ng iJiieLly lo charrtabk 38 33.290 Grants and donalKJns Govemance coslg.. Audrt i Independent examinatson Preparatlon of annu￿ accounts Legal costs Olher soo 354 677 A3 Sub total 44792 A4 Paym•nts r•lating to ass•t and investment mov•ments Purchases of fixed assets Purchase of investment5 A4 Sub totsl Total pa￿ts 354 4<792 35.482 1.756 053 13 27.176 A5 Transfers to I (from) funds sU￿lUsI(deffCItj fr￿year 1329 27.176

BOOM!Communlty Arts Section B Statement of balances SC047339 Told ￿$[ P2ritrJ B1 Cash lunds 12.120 31.788 1Q732 SurF4Lsl lthfioll rece 0531 113.2971 27.176 20.876 30.611 I3.￿8 crulsll 82 knvtstrnents Totsl 83 Other assets Trt41 B4 Lia￿"1rt￿S B5 Contingent liabilTbes Date of apFYoval 12111rai5 12111rJo5

APPENDIX 2 BOOM!Community Arts SC047339 Section C Notes to the Accounts C1 Nature and purpose of funds (may be stated on analysis offunds Mwksheets) Type of activity or project Supported C2 Grants Total C3a Trustee remuneratSon a trust￿ cross this trf)x 1(Al￿￿Se c(¥nF*te Sects(￿ 3b) Autknity under which pad C3b Trustee remuneration - detalls C4a Trustee expenses C4b Trustee •xpense8 - details Nature of relationshi Nature of transaction Iq rtslaThJing at C5 Transactions with trustees and tonnected persons C6 Other informalion BQK)M 2024.25 R￿P/ ￿e5 Decelnter ￿)/

BOOM!Community Arts SC047339 Additional analysis (1) Analygs of re¢eipts and paynents Totsllajtw 472 T(rfal 472 2 Grants TLNalla•t tonpJr51E a3B5 10.1 T(rtal 29,885 T(rfal 4 pa￿n•rts r•lat"ThJ dir•ctyto tharrtabb• activrti T(allastwk T(thl 33

SC047339 Additional analysig121 Td TLal Receip15 472 tiÈs G￿ts G￿￿str￿li[WJ te￿￿5 buikjir R￿ts & ￿j"kjI 9,110 10 273 Re￿1 9.110 9.110 53TJ s￿￿$￿11r￿j P3yYEnts PaY￿ts direcltylo tn2niable knbes G￿ts ad ¢knations 354 rtl eN2mnabth) tot TOtalpayn￿nts 8,156 8.156 T￿￿f￿¥ tol (frcffll IWKI N*ure and of funds

BOOMTCommunity Arts SC047339 Additional analysis13) 6 Bteakdown of te5tiicted furKIs F￿d Recelpt• cie5 G￿tS 57JBS frM)knd GI￿$traY Rwts l￿d & MkJi Sub to131 57JBS Recei Prc¢eèys frcfft￿e ￿fiXell assets Sub tot31 Tolal J85 10 G￿ts ¢knabons Sub iotl 33.￿} Sub iot*l rO&1payff￿ts IIOAKII ,0531 15.0(All ,0531 23,595 T[￿$fe[S tol(froml l￿d$ SurythJs/(defiuiJ fwyear {10JMKI) .053) (5.OM} ra0531 21595 Nature e of lunds

APPENDIX 3

Independent examiner’s report on the accounts V2

Report to the Charity name trustees/members of BOOM! Community Arts

Registered charity SC047339 number On the accounts of the charity for the period Day 1 Set out on pages

The charity’s trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the terms of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) 2005 Act and the Charities Accounts (Scotland) Regulations 2006 (as amended). 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.	The charity’s trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the terms of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) 2005 Act and the Charities Accounts (Scotland) Regulations 2006 (as amended). 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.	The charity’s trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the terms of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) 2005 Act and the Charities Accounts (Scotland) Regulations 2006 (as amended). 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.
My examination is carried out in accordance with Regulation 11 of the 2006 Accounts Regulations. 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.
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: • 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 2. to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Date: 19/12/2025
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