2025-02-28-accounts

Hope- Invergordon A Scottlsh Charitable Incorporated Organisation Receipts and Payments Account ' For the year ended 28th February 2025

Hope- Invergordon Charlty numbèr SC047675 Prfnclp31 Address 6 BroDmhl11 Oelny Invergordon Ross- shi IV180NP Tru5te¢s Independent Exarnlnar Macdo'Nall & Co Tulloch Street Dingwall Ross- shire FV15 9JY

Hope- Invergordon Contents l. Tmstees Report 2. Indeperbdent Examiners Report 3. Receipts And Payments 4. Statement of Balances 5. Notes to Atcounts

Hope - Invergordon The tnjstees a￿ pleased to p￿sent their report and financial statement for the yearended 28th February 2025 structure. Go¥emance and Management The charity is a Scotttsh Charitable Incorpordted Organi5ation ISCIOI and was registered in its current legal form on 241h Au8U5t 2017. Trustees The currentTrustees have been rn post Sin￿ formation. Anyfurther appointments as Trustees will be in accordance with the constitution. All current Trustees agreed to continue in post for the minimurn of the nextthree year> Oblectlves and A¢tl¥lties Charitable Purposes The org3nisation's purposes are the preventson of poverty. the advancement of education. the advan￿ment of cwtizenship or community development Actlvlties In the rew)rting period the organisation contint￿d to operdte the retail unit at 96A High Street. Invergordon which provided a base for offerin8 training and volunteering opportunities for long term unemployed and people with learning difficulties. Volunteering opportunities were offered based on availability- the retail unit was available 6 days a week 9.30am until 4.30pm with appropriate break5 I[￿een. During the reporting period the organisation had a mix of short term an(5 ad hocvolunteers. Their duties covered Stock control. stock priong, cash handling and customer relations. The aEe of the volunteers ranged from 18 to 64 years old. We provided fvll time employment to I member of staff, recruited from the localjob markeL The managertook ￿spOnsIbl]ityf0rthe supervisionltr8iningof the volunteers. The organisation continued to work dosety wtth the local job￿ntre Plus to advertise volunteering opportunities lo their dients to provide a wateway to return to the job markeL The organisation continued its membership with the Jobcentre Plus, National Scheme Disability Confident. In addition, we worked closety with the local Academy giving pl8￿ment for I pupil to tske part in his Duke of Edinburgh Award. We also supported 3 pupils with them taking part in the Young Philanthroptst Initiative. The Company= GNe a ￿ttle Hope IHighlandl Ltd. afterexpenses. donated the majority of the trading profits from the retail unit solefy to Hope Invergordon. A Small amount was ￿taIned for future securwty. Registered in Scotland. Scottish Charity Number. SC047675 Registered Address: Hope Invergordon, 96A High Street. Invergordon, N18 ODL

Hope- Invergordon Actiyites (Contlnued) The chartty advertlsed the avallabillty of Grants to lo(al communitygmups vla local newspaper adverts. social media and kx21 community hubs. TheTrustees have in place &n approved Grant process and In accordarKe wth that prO￿sS a total of £7.175 wa5 donated to bcal communitygroups: KALE £I.IJXI, Dalmore Residents A5SOCiation £l.(KX), RBL Lunch Club £500, South Lodge Primary 8reakfast aub £1.1￿1. Cromarty Firth Men's Shed £800. Invergordon Tourism Alliance £1.375, Seaboard Memrial £SIXI arKI Milton Primaryschool £i.000. All applicalions were approved vsing ovr current pr￿e$S and cheques ￿sUed accordingly. The only eX￿ptIOn was rtA who received their donation via Card payment Letters of thanks were received from some but most acknowledgementswere made via Social Media. Flnanclal Revlew The totsl incomÈ forthe perlod was £23.(m. Expendiiure forthe peri¢￿ wa5 £7,307.97. A surplus of £15.692.03 for this reporting perh)d. This will be added to the existing bank balance and carried over for fvture projects. The 50urce5 Of tncomè during the reporting period was the donatlon r￿1Ved from Glve a Little Hope IHighlandl Ltd £20.C￿. The Wood Foundation YPI Award £2500 and Invergordon Academy £503. Thi5 income is u5e(I to provide Grart5 to local community group5. who submilted the appropriaie application foim through our annual proce&4. Reserves Policy Atthe presenttirne, the Tntstees con&der that the balance £75,985.64 should be carried over as unrestricted funds to alk•w a continuatiL)n of the Grant scheme for a fvrther period. TheTrustees feel thatat presentthere Is no wulrement to hold any restricted funds. plan$ for the FU￿re For the year 2025-2026 to expand and develop trainiiwd /volunieering opportuntties and continue operating the retail unit. There wnay be an opwrtunityto consrderopening further retail unit in Tain. The Secretary has been tasked to explore the opportunity and report back to thg Board byjuty 2025. Registered in Scotland. scottish a)ariry Number. SC047675 egi5tered Address: Hope Invergordon, 96A Street. Invergordon, tVI8 ODL

Hope - Invergordon Independent Examlnerf5 Repwt Independent Examinerfs Repvrt to theTrustees of Hope- IrkvÈr8ordon I re￿rt on the fir2an¢ial ststements of the charity ftir the year ended 28th Feb￿￿ry 2025, which are set out on pages 3 to 5 Respectlve reswnslbiTrties of Truste¢s and Examlr The charitWs trusteÈs are resrKtrnsible forthe P￿paratiOn of the accounts in accordance wÈth the tern￿ of the Charities and Trustee Inve5tTh￿nt {ScotLirKII Act 2(KI51-t￿ 2CM)S Ac¢"} and the Charities Actounts Istotland) Regulatiorns 21))6 las amended) 1.the 2(￿ Regulation<l.and the Companie5 Act 2(M)61"the Act'l You are Sat￿fied that the accounts of the company a￿ not required by charity or company law to audited ènd have chosen instead to have an independent examination. Having satisfred myself th8t the accounts of the company ao required to be audited under Part 16 of the 2C06 Act and are eligible for independent examination. I report in respett of my examlnatlon of the charity's accounts carried under section 44(IlQ of the 2O)S Att In carrying out my examination I have followed the reouirements of Re8ulatton 11 of the Chartties Accounts IScottand} Regulations 2￿6 (as amendedl- Independent Examinerfs StotrTr￿t In conneclion with my examirtation, no matter has come to my attent￿n= ill which gives me reasonable cause to believe that. in any material respect, the requirements : -to keep accounting record5 in accordan￿ with section 4qll(al of thè 20JS Act and Regulation 4 of the 2006 Regulations. and - to P￿pare accounts which acconl wtth the accounting records and compl¥ with Regulation 9 ofthe 2￿6 Regulatlons have not been meL or 121 to which. in my opinion. attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understsnding of the accounts to be reached Independen: Examiner Macdowall & Co Tulloch Street Dingwall Ross-shire W15 9JY

Hope- Invergordon Receipts and Payments Account for the year ended 28.2.25 Unre5trirted RestTirted Totsl 2025 2025 Total 2024 Receipts Donations 23.IX(I 23.L 35,1XM) Payments Grants Awarded Portable App Advertising Independent Examiners Fee Gift Vouchers Sundry Costs 7.175 7.175 12.208 400 360 375 267 100 i(x) 33 7.308 7,308 13.610 Surplus forthe year 15.692 15.692 21,390

Hope - Invergordon Statement of Balances as at 28.2.25 Totsl Funds 2025 Funds 2025 FurKIs 202S 2024 Cash and bank broughtforward 60.293 60.293 38903 Surplus/deficit for the year 15,692 15,692 21390 Cash and bank at end of period 75.985 75,985 60Z93 Bank account 75.985 75.985

Hope - Invergordon Notes to the Accounts for the year ended 28.2.25 2025 2024 Gtve a Little Hope IHighlandlLtd 23.CKX) 35000 Grants Awarded KALE Irjvergordon Museum Dalmore Residents Jlssociation RBL Lunch Club Invergordon Bowling Club South Lodge Primary B/Fast Club Invergordon Lunch Club Ross Sutherlarml Rugby Club Invergordon C of 5 Cromarty Firth Men's Shed RVS Tain Foxes Tales Ross County Girl's F C Invergordorh Tourism PJlian Seaboard Memorial Milton Primary School 1,5(X) 1,000 5CQ 1520 588 1,5 750 1,5Tr) 1.500 1375 750 7.175 12,208