**Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** Period start date Period end date Day Month Year Day Month Year From 01 August 2024 to 31 July 2025
## **Reference and administration details**
**Charity name** ARBROATH TOWN MISSION SCIO **Registered charity number** SC047587 **Charity’s principal address** 95 Grant Road Arbroath Postcode: DD11 1JU
## **Names of the charity trustees on date of approval of Trustees’ Annual Report**
||**Trustee name**|**Office**|**Dates acted if**
**not for whole year**|**Name of person**
**(or body) entitled to**
**appoint trustee**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|**1**|Robert Edgar|Chairperson||Arbroath Town Mission
SCIO|
|**2**|Wanda Lindsay|Vice Chairperson/
Secretary||Arbroath Town Mission
SCIO|
|**3**|Claire Glendinning|||Arbroath Town Mission
SCIO|
|**4**|Jim Brown|||Arbroath Town Mission
SCIO|
|**5**|Ruth Martin|||Arbroath Town Mission
SCIO|
|**6**|Callum Edwards|Treasurer||Arbroath Town Mission
SCIO|
## **Names of all other charity trustees during the period**
**Name Dates acted if not for whole year**
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## **Structure, governance and management**
**Constitution Trustee recruitment and appointment**
The Arbroath Town mission is governed by its constitution. The centre is registered as a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation (SCIO) and was registered in its current legal form on 17 July 2017. The centre recruits on an ad hoc basis when required. The trustees are responsible for approving the policies and direction of the charity. The board may, at any time, appoint new trustees onto the board. Trustees vacate office after three years but are eligible for re-election at the annual general meeting (AGM). Trustees may also be appointed by election at the AGM. Trustees must profess a Christian faith and be a member of Arbroath Town Mission unless they are appointed on the basis of any specialist skills or experience that they can offer.
## **Organisational structure and decision making**
## The structure of the organisation consists of:
- The members, who have the right to attend members' meetings and have important powers under the constitution; in particular, the members make decisions on changes to the constitution itself.
- The Board of trustees, who are collectively responsible for the governance, management and administration of the organisation.
- The trustees, who seek to meet on a monthly basis, administer the charity with the elders overseeing the work of the Church.
## **Objectives and activities**
## **Charitable policies and objectives**
The objectives of the charity are:-
- The advancement of the Christian faith and the promotion of evangelical and Christian work primarily in the Arbroath area, throughout Scotland and the rest of the World, by all means consistent with the teachings of the Christian Bible, including worship, ministry, mission, prayer, witness, education, community service and the support of agencies and individuals and other charitable organisations involved in Christian missionary work and the relief of poverty or other social needs.
- • The relief of need by reason of age, ill health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage through the exercise of pastoral care and practical compassion and through the services provided to the most vulnerable members of the community.
- • To provide facilities, services and recreational activities in the interest of social welfare to support and improve the conditions of life for the inhabitants of the Arbroath area.
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## **Objectives and activities (continued)**
**Summary of the main activities in relation to these objects**
The main activities of the organisation are the organising and running of Sunday worship services and other church gatherings, and the running of various projects for the community.
## **Achievements and performance**
**Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the financial period**
We have seen a year of steady progress. Our numbers have steadied to a congregation with over 50 attending our Sunday morning meeting. Our Girls Club has proved very popular and each Thursday around eighteen girls meet with a variety of activities on offer. We also have weekly Bible study and prayer meetings, with a prayer and praise meeting on alternate Sunday evenings. During the year, the Lighthouse Kids Clothes Bank was transferred to the Church into whose building it moved in the prior year.
We continue to have coffee mornings either for the Town Mission or other Charities. These are proving ever more popular with the general public. A Makaton Choir now use one of our halls for their weekly practice.
During the past year we have made great strides with the fabric of the building, having renewed the cladding on the front and side walls as well as repairing the roof. We have also renovated the toilets and the small kitchen at the front of the Mission. Insulation has been added to various parts of the building.
As in the previous year, we have overcome many challenges and problems because of the commitment and hard work of the membership acting together for the benefit of the Town Mission.
## **Financial review**
**Going concern**
The Trustees consider the charity to be in a stable financial position and are confident they will have sufficient funds to continue operating and meet all liabilities for the foreseeable future. Therefore, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.
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## **Financial review (continued)**
## **Reserves Policy**
The trustees of the Mission seek, as a general rule, to maintain at all times adequate funds to cover against essential building repairs as well as - should it ever be necessary - the potential costs of winding up of the charity and any associated expenses.
## **Plans for future periods**
The Town Mission will continue to be a place of worship in the current premises and look to reach out to the community in various ways as and when financial constraints allow.
## **Declaration**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
**Signatures Full names** Robert Edgar Callum Edwards **Position** Chairperson Treasurer **Date** 06-Apr-2026 06-Apr-2026
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## **Independent examiner’s report on the accounts**
## **Report to the**
**trustees/members of** Arbroath Town Mission SCIO
|**Registered charity**
**number**|SC047587|SC047587||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**On the accounts of the**||Period start date|||Period end date|||
|**charity for the period**|Day|Month|Year||Day|Month|Year|
||01|August|2024|to|31|July|2025|
|**Set out on pages**||||||||
- **Respective** The charity’s trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance
- **responsibilities of** with the terms of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) 2005 Act and the
- **trustees and examiner** 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.
- **Basis of independent** My examination is carried out in accordance with Regulation 11 of the 2006 Accounts **examiner’s statement** 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.
- **Independent examiner’s** In the course of my examination, no matter has come to my attention
- **statement** 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.
**Signed: Name:** `Katherine Thomson` **Relevant professional qualification(s) or body** `FCCA` **(if any):**
**Date:** `11.03.2026`
> **Address:** `6 Damside, Aberlemno, DD8 3PF`
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**SC047587**
## **ARBROATH TOWN MISSION SCIO**
## **Receipts and payments accounts**
||**Receipts and payments accounts**|**Receipts and payments accounts**|**Receipts and payments accounts**|**Receipts and payments accounts**|**Receipts and payments accounts**|**Receipts and payments accounts**|**Receipts and payments accounts**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||Period start date||||Period end date|
||**For the period**||Day
Month||Year|**to**|Day
Month
Year|
||**from**||**01**
**August**||**2024**||**31**
**July**
**2025**|
|**Section A Statement of receipts and payments**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**£**
**A1 Receipts**
Donations and legacies
**79,454**|||**Section A Statement of receipts and payments**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**£**
**-**||**Expendable**
**endowment**
**funds**
**£**||**Permanent**
**endowment**
**funds**
**Total funds**
**current period**
**Total funds last**
**period**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**79,454**
**36,529**|
|Grants|**2,000**||**-**||||**2,000**
**5,000**|
|Receipts from other charitable||||||||
|activities|**5,494**||**-**||||**5,494**
**4,385**|
|**_A1 Sub total_**
**_Total receipts_ **
**A2 Payments**|**_A1 Sub total_ 86,948**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**86,948**
**45,914**
**86,948**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**86,948**
**45,914**
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|
~~Os|~~
|
~~|~~ ~~|~~
||||||||
|Payments relating directly to||||||||
|charitable activities|**56,139**||**-**||||**56,139**
**26,957**|
|Governance costs:||||||||
||**-**||**-**||||**-**
**-**|
|Audit / independent examination **-**|||**-**||||**-**
**-**|
|**_A2 Sub total_ **
**_Total payments_ **
**_Net receipts / (payments)_**
**A5 Transfers to / (from) funds**
**_Surplus / (deficit) for year_**|**56,139**
**-**
**-**
**56,139**
**-**
**-**
**30,810**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**30,810**
**-**
**-**
~~|~~
~~|~~
~~|~~
~~|~~
~~|~~
~~|~~
~~| ~~
~~a~~
~~|~~||||||**-**
**56,139**
**26,957**
**-**
**56,139**
**26,957**
**-**
**30,810**
**18,957**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**30,810**
**18,957**
~~|~~
|
~~|~~
|
~~|~~
|
~~|~~
|
~~|~~|
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**ARBROATH TOWN MISSION SCIO SC047587**
|**Categories**
**Signed by one or two trustees**
**on behalf of all the trustees**
**B2 Other assets**
**B1 Cash funds**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted funds**
**Expendable**
**endowment**
**funds**
**Permanent**
**endowment**
**funds**
**Total current**
**period**
**Total last**
**period**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**37,300**
**3,300**
**-**
**-**
**40,600**
**21,643**
**34,110**
**3,300)**
**(**
**30,810**
**18,957**
**-**
**-**
**71,410**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**71,410**
**40,600**
**Cost**
**Current value**
**Last year**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**266,275**
**235,000**
**235,000**
**6,321**
**5,750**
**5,750**
**Total**
**272,596**
**240,750**
**240,750**
**Date of**
**approval**
**Details**
Surplus / (deficit) shown on receipts and
payments account
**Cash and bank balances at end of**
**year**
Cash and bank balances at start of year
**Fund to which asset belongs**
**Details**
Fixtures and Fittings
**Signature**
**Print Name**
Unrestricted
Unrestricted
Freehold Property
~~|~~
~~|~~
~~|~~
~~|~~
~~|~~
~~ee~~ ||**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted funds**
**Expendable**
**endowment**
**funds**
**Permanent**
**endowment**
**funds**
**Total current**
**period**
**Total last**
**period**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**37,300**
**3,300**
**-**
**-**
**40,600**
**21,643**
**34,110**
**3,300)**
**(**
**30,810**
**18,957**
**-**
**-**
**71,410**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**71,410**
**40,600**
**Cost**
**Current value**
**Last year**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**266,275**
**235,000**
**235,000**
**6,321**
**5,750**
**5,750**
**Total**
**272,596**
**240,750**
**240,750**
**Date of**
**approval**
**Details**
Surplus / (deficit) shown on receipts and
payments account
**Cash and bank balances at end of**
**year**
Cash and bank balances at start of year
**Fund to which asset belongs**
**Details**
Fixtures and Fittings
**Signature**
**Print Name**
Unrestricted
Unrestricted
Freehold Property
~~|~~
~~|~~
~~|~~
~~|~~
~~|~~
~~ee~~ ||**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted funds**
**Expendable**
**endowment**
**funds**
**Permanent**
**endowment**
**funds**
**Total current**
**period**
**Total last**
**period**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**37,300**
**3,300**
**-**
**-**
**40,600**
**21,643**
**34,110**
**3,300)**
**(**
**30,810**
**18,957**
**-**
**-**
**71,410**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**71,410**
**40,600**
**Cost**
**Current value**
**Last year**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**266,275**
**235,000**
**235,000**
**6,321**
**5,750**
**5,750**
**Total**
**272,596**
**240,750**
**240,750**
**Date of**
**approval**
**Details**
Surplus / (deficit) shown on receipts and
payments account
**Cash and bank balances at end of**
**year**
Cash and bank balances at start of year
**Fund to which asset belongs**
**Details**
Fixtures and Fittings
**Signature**
**Print Name**
Unrestricted
Unrestricted
Freehold Property
~~|~~
~~|~~
~~|~~
~~|~~
~~|~~
~~ee~~ ||**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted funds**
**Expendable**
**endowment**
**funds**
**Permanent**
**endowment**
**funds**
**Total current**
**period**
**Total last**
**period**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**37,300**
**3,300**
**-**
**-**
**40,600**
**21,643**
**34,110**
**3,300)**
**(**
**30,810**
**18,957**
**-**
**-**
**71,410**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**71,410**
**40,600**
**Cost**
**Current value**
**Last year**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**266,275**
**235,000**
**235,000**
**6,321**
**5,750**
**5,750**
**Total**
**272,596**
**240,750**
**240,750**
**Date of**
**approval**
**Details**
Surplus / (deficit) shown on receipts and
payments account
**Cash and bank balances at end of**
**year**
Cash and bank balances at start of year
**Fund to which asset belongs**
**Details**
Fixtures and Fittings
**Signature**
**Print Name**
Unrestricted
Unrestricted
Freehold Property
~~|~~
~~|~~
~~|~~
~~|~~
~~|~~
~~ee~~ ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
||||06-Apr-2026
Robert Edgar||
||||06-Apr-2026
Callum Edwards||
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**SC047587**
## **ARBROATH TOWN MISSION SCIO**
**C1 Basis of accounting** The accounts have been prepared on the Receipts and Payments basis in accordance with the Charities & Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 and the Charities Account (Scotland) Regulations 2006 (as amended).
**C2 Nature and purpose of** Unrestricted funds are those that may be used at the discretion of the trustees in furtherance of the **funds** objects of the charity. The trustees maintain a single fund for the running of the Church and all related charitable activities.
Restricted funds may only be used for specific purposes. Restrictions arise when specified by the donor or when funds are raised for specific purposes.
## **C3 Related Party - Trustee Remuneration**
No remuneration or expenses were paid to the Charity Trustees, or persons connected to a Trustee, during the year (2024/25) in accordance with the provisions outlined under section 67 of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005, as approved by the trustees.
## **C4 Related Party - Trustee Expenses**
**C5 Other Information** The Freehold Property continues to be held at £235,000; as per the valuation that was carried out in the 2018-19 financial year.
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**ARBROATH TOWN MISSION SCIO SC047587**
## **Analysis of receipts and payments**
## **D1 Donations**
|**D1 Donations**|||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Donations
Legacies
**Total**
**D2 Grants**
Grants
**Total**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**£**
**59,123**
**20,331**
**79,454**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**£**
**2,000**
**2,000**|**Restricted funds**
**£**
**-**
**-**|**Expendable**
**endowment**
**funds**
**£**
**-**
**Expendable**
**endowment**
**funds**
**£**
**-**|**Permanent**
**endowment**
**funds**
**£**|**Total current**
**period**
**£**
**59,123**
**20,331**
**79,454**
**Total current**
**period**
**£**
**2,000**
**2,000**|**Total last**
**period**
**£**
**36,529**
**-**|
|||**-**||**-**|**79,454**|**36,529**|
|||**Restricted funds**
**£**
**-**||**Permanent**
**endowment**
**funds**
**£**||**Total last**
**period**
**£**
**5,000**|
||**2,000**|**-**||**-**|**2,000**|**5,000**|
## **D3 Receipts from other charitable activities**
|Property rental
Fundraising events
Bank Interest
**Total**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**£**
**4,015**
**1,273**
**207**
**5,494**|**Restricted funds**
**£**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Expendable**
**endowment**
**funds**
**£**|**Permanent**
**endowment**
**funds**
**£**|**Total current**
**period**
**£**
**4,015**
**1,273**
**207**
**5,494**|**Total last**
**period**
**£**
**4,180**
**205**
**-**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||**5,494**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**5,494**|**4,385**|
## **D4 Payments relating directly to charitable activities**
|Repairs & Renewals
Light & Heat
Insurance
Visiting Preachers
Postage, Stationary, Books & Printing
Legal & Professional
Sundry Expenses
Bank Charges
Charity Donation
Furniture
Clothes Bank Purchases
**Total**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**£**
**40,361**
**6,161**
**4,528**
**825**
**128**
**185**
**130**
**269**
**3,550**
**-**
**-**
**56,139**|**Restricted funds**
**£**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Total current**
**period**
**£**
**40,361**
**6,161**
**4,528**
**825**
**128**
**185**
**130**
**269**
**3,550**
**-**
**-**
**56,139**|**Total last**
**period**
**£**
**13,950**
**4,672**
**4,321**
**1,500**
**130**
**35**
**289**
**111**
**-**
**1,020**
**929**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||**56,139**|**-**|**56,139**|**26,957**|
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