## East Pollokshields Quad Scottish Charity No
## SC048118
Annual Report and Financial Statements For the Year Ended 31 March 2025
## **Trustees’ Annual Report**
## **For the Year Ended 31 March 2025**
The trustees have pleasure in presenting their report together with the financial statements and the independent examiner’s report for the year ended 31 March 2025.
## **Reference and Administrative Information**
**Charity Name** East Pollokshields Quad
**Charity No** SC048118
**Other Trustees who served during the year**
**Independent Examiner**
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## **Structure, Governance and Management**
## **Constitution**
The Charity is a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation (a SCIO). It was registered in its current legal form on 06 February 2018.
## **Appointment of Trustees**
Trustees are elected from current membership of the charity.
Any member may be elected to be a trustee. Trustees can be appointed at any time by the current trustees. All trustees must step down at each AGM but may be re-elected.
## **Objectives and Activities**
## **Charitable Purpose & Activities**
To advance community development and urban regeneration by:
- supporting local people to identify and articulate their needs and act to address those needs;
- increasing resources to maximise community benefit by creating strong ties with community planning partners to co-design, co-create and co-produce services;
- increasing opportunities for community participation and active citizenship through volunteering, mutual aid, education and training;
- promoting and encouraging the conservation and enhancement of the local area.
To advance education through the facilitation and delivery of:
- educational workshops, training and seminars to the community encouraging the educational value of the local area, encouraging interest in its scenic, historical, architectural, landscape and ecological qualities;
The provision of recreational activities through
- the promotion and organisation of festivals, galas and community activities and encouraging the use and development for the benefit of the residents of the community and the wider public.
## **Achievements & Performance -**
## **Chairs Report: East Pollokshields Quad for Financial Year End March 2025.**
The East Pollokshields Quad has achieved considerable success in terms of its charitable purposes in the period in question (March 2024 to March 2025). It has continued to be an accessible green space for the local community, used by individuals of all ages and backgrounds and local community groups and be regarded as a hub for inclusive civic participation.
Key activities focussed on ensuring community groups continued to have access to the space; organising free and inclusive community events; community-led development of the space.
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This work was supported by charitable donations and through securing grant income from various supports. Both of these streams of income grew in the period in question, indicating the work done by trustees to ensuring that the charity remains on sustainable financial footing.
Collaborations continued to grow with local community groups and organisations through regular events and activities open to community members. Groups included Woodcraft folks, local nurseries, and the Village Storytelling Centre. In Autumn the charity hosted its annual Festival of Light celebration, a remarkable achievement, seeing well over a hundred attendees present with music from artists based in Glasgow, exceptional middle eastern food and a lantern parade around the local area. In the summer the charity organised a social gathering with activities led and food cooked by local volunteers. Funding received enabled the charity to also improve the facilities used by groups and individuals; the roof of the marquee was replaced with more durable material.
A notable feature of all activities that occurred was the fact they are free of cost. The charity has thought long and hard about trying to ensure that the demographic that attends events is representative of the local community and has made progress in this respect.
The charity also received funding to co-develop and co-build a play area in partnership with local residents and architects from Made From Scratch. A number of community activities took place to involve residents of all ages in shaping and developing ideas for the play area together, while strengthening connections with the space and each other.
Finally, it falls on me to acknowledge the obvious fact, that none of the above would be possible without those who volunteer and give their time to the Quad. This is a statement to the community spirit of the area that it does exist, and continues to thrive.
## _Chair of the East Pollokshields Quad._
## **Financial Review**
This year the charity saw an income of £18695 (2024: 4160).
Total payments for the year were £6466 (2024: £12365).
At the end of the financial year, the charity made £11782 (2024: £-8205).
## **Reserves Policy**
The trustee’ policy is to retain £300 to £500 of unrestricted funds.
This year the charity has £14653 (2024: £2424) in the bank at the end of the financial year of which £835 (2024: £39.47 ) is unrestricted.
## **Future plans**
- Recruit new volunteers and strengthen community engagement
- Continue the improvement of the grounds
- Increase Partnerships with community stakeholders
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## **Declaration**
This report was approved by the trustees on 7 December 2025 and signed on their behalf by:
Chair
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## **Examiner’s Report to the Trustees of East Pollokshields Quad**
I report on the accounts of the charity for the year ended 31 March 2025 which are set out on pages 7 to 9.
## **Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner**
The charity’s trustees (who are also the directors of the company for the purposes of company law) 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 (as amended). The charity trustees consider that the audit requirement of Regulation 10(1) (a) to (c) of the 2006 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**
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.
## **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:
- to keep accounting records in accordance with Section 44(1) (a) of the 2005 Act and Regulation 4 of the 2006 Accounts Regulations
- to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with Regulation 8 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.
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## **Statement of Receipts & Payments**
## **For the year ended 31 March 2025**
|**Receipts**
Note
Donations
Grants
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**Total Receipts**
**Payments**
Charitable Activities
6
Independent examination
Legal costs
**Total Payments**
Net movement in funds
**Surplus /(deficit) for year**|**2025**
**Unrestricted**
**£**
**2025**
**Restricted**
**£**
**2025**
**Total Funds**
**£**
**2024**
**Total Funds**
**£**|
|---|---|
||795
0
795
308
0
17900
17900
3852|
||795
17900
18695
4160|
||206
6118
6324
12207
0
0
0
0
142
0
142
158|
||348
6118
6466
12365|
||348
6118
6466
12365|
||**447**
**11782**
**12229**
**(8205)**|
## **Statement of Balances As at 31 March 2025**
|**Funds Reconciliation**
Note
Balance as at 01 April 2024
Surplus / (deficit) for year
**Balance as at 31 March 2025**
**Liabilities**
Independent Examiner Fee|**2025**
**Unrestricted**
**£**
**2025**
**Restricted**
**£**
**2025**
**Total Funds**
**£**
**2024**
**Total Funds**
**£**|
|---|---|
||39
2385
2424
10629
447
11782
12102
(8205)|
||**795**
**13985**
**14780**
**2424**|
|||
||0
0
0|
The notes on pages 8-9 form an integral part of these accounts.
These accounts were approved by the trustees on 7 December 2025 and signed on their behalf by:
Treasurer
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## **Notes to the Financial Statements**
For the year ended 31 March 2025
## 1. Basis of Preparation
These accounts have been prepared on the receipts & payments basis in accordance with:
- (a) The Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005
- (b) The Charities Accounts (Scotland) Regulations 2006 (as amended)
There have been no changes to the basis of preparation or to the previous year’s accounts.
## 2. Taxation
- (a) The charity is not liable to income tax or capital gains tax on its charitable activities.
- (b) The charity is not registered for VAT, thus all costs are shown inclusive of VAT charged.
3. Transactions with trustees and related parties
(a) No remuneration was paid to trustees or any persons connected with them during the year (2024: £nil).
(b) Expenses were reimbursed to the trustees during the year (2024: £1155)
4. Fund Accounting
(a) Unrestricted funds are those that can be expended at the discretion of the trustees in the furtherance of the objects of the charity.
(b) Restricted funds are those that may only be used for specific purposes. Restrictions arise when specified by the donor, or when funds are raised for specific purposes.
## 5. Grants
|rants||
|---|---|
|The Weir Charitable Trust
National Lottery Community
Fund
GCU Giving
GCC
South Side Housing
**Total**|**2025**
**Unrestricted**
**£**
**2025**
**Restricted**
**£**
**2025**
**Total**
**£**
**2024**
**Total**
**£**|
||0
2000
2000
0
0
13650
13650
0
0
0
0
250
0
1500
1500
2852
0
750
750
750|
|||
||**0**
**17900**
**17900**
**3852**|
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## 6. Cost of Charitable Activities
|ost of Charitable Activities||
|---|---|
|Administration/Insurance
Grounds Maintenance
Festivals
Infrastructure Fund
Play Group
**Total**|**2025**
**Unrestricted**
**£**
**2025**
**Restricted**
**£**
**2025**
**Total**
**£**
**2024**
**Total**
**£**|
||142
0
142
158
206
0
206
1425
0
2163
2163
1069
0
0
2990
965
2990
965
8023
3115|
||**348**
**6118**
**6466**
**12365**|
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