2025-09-30-accounts

RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT PERIOD ENDED 30 SEPTEMEBER 2025

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Period start date Period end date
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From 01 10 2024 To 30 09 2025
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Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator
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Reference and administration details

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Charity name Girvan Traditional Folk Festival
Other names charity is known Girvan Folk Festival
by
Registered charity number $C048244
Charity’s principal address Po
Postcode
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Names of the charity trustees on date of approval of Trustees’ Annual Report

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. Name of person
Trustee name Office (if any) vette acre if (or body) entitled to
not for whole year appoint trustee (if any)
1 DE [ Festival Director []]
2 Ei Treasurer GTFF Board
3 DE Secretary GTFF Board
4 Vice-chair GTFF Board
5 GTFF Board
‘ i GTFF Board
7’ DE Chair GTFF Board
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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)

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Name Dates acted if not for whole year
[sid 01/20/2024 — 03/04/2025
PF 01/20/2024 — 03/04/2025
[sid 01/20/2024 — 03/04/2025
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Structure, governance and management	Structure, governance and management
Type of governing document	Constitution
Trustee recruitment and appointment	At each AGM, the members may elect any member to be a trustee. The board may at any time appoint any member to be a trustee. New members undergo induction and training to brief them on their legal obligations under charity law, the content of the constitution, the leadership team and decision making processes, the business plan and recent financial performance of the organisation.
Objectives and activities
Charitable purposes	1. To advance Scottish arts, heritage and culture. 2. To advance citizenship and community development. 3. To advance education in the areas of traditional music, song, dance and storytelling and develop associated performance skills.
Summary of the main activities in relation to these objects	Our annual Festival, held every year since 1975 (with the notable exception of 2020), promotes the traditional arts and has participatory arts & culture, community collaboration and inclusion at the heart of an ambitious artistic programme of traditional music, song, dance and storytelling. Additional activities include outreach activities in surrounding areas bringing high quality arts and cultural programming to rural communities (such as "Ballads at Ballantrae" held in November 2023 as part of Book Week Scotland) and an ambitious programme of commissioning and publishing work that highlights and showcases the traditional culture and heritage of Carrick and Ayrshire.

Achievements and performance

Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the financial period	The 50thGirvan Traditional Folk Festival took place from 2nd–4thMay 2025 and delivered a full weekend of concerts, workshops, informal music sessions and community events. We hosted 5 ticketed concerts alongside a free programme of sessions, family activities, and our spectacular shoreside fireshow in partnership withCRAG Community Arts SCIO. Weekend tickets for the Festival sold out in advance and all evening events and most afternoon events were at capacity. Formal attendance numbers at ticketed events was 855 and our estimate of overall visitor numbers to the town were in excess of 1100. Artists included leading traditional musicians from across Scotland, Ireland and England performing with, and alongside, a cast of local community musicians fromGirvan Folk and Music Club,Girvan Community ChoirandAyr CCÉ. A very special addition to our normal programme of events was the presence of the Sessions and Sailteam in the beautiful tall ship_The Lady of Avenel_which was moored in the harbour for the duration of the Festival and hosted a number of events. Another new initiative was our hugely popular Ballad Bus event – a ‘song safari’ with eminent folklorist around sites and locations within the local area that are associated with traditional song. This event was delivered in partnership with partner organisationSouth Ayrshire Community Transport SCIO. Our last formal Economic Impact Assessment was conducted in 2015 so we chose our anniversary year as an ideal occasion to conduct a renewed impact assessment in partnership withEKOS Consulting Ltd. As we now look forward to the period beyond our golden anniversary we consider how we can continue to grow the Festival’s scope and reputation and cement our vision for Girvan Festival as a vibrant fixture in Scotland’s traditional music calendar for years to come.	The 50thGirvan Traditional Folk Festival took place from 2nd–4thMay 2025 and delivered a full weekend of concerts, workshops, informal music sessions and community events. We hosted 5 ticketed concerts alongside a free programme of sessions, family activities, and our spectacular shoreside fireshow in partnership withCRAG Community Arts SCIO. Weekend tickets for the Festival sold out in advance and all evening events and most afternoon events were at capacity. Formal attendance numbers at ticketed events was 855 and our estimate of overall visitor numbers to the town were in excess of 1100. Artists included leading traditional musicians from across Scotland, Ireland and England performing with, and alongside, a cast of local community musicians fromGirvan Folk and Music Club,Girvan Community ChoirandAyr CCÉ. A very special addition to our normal programme of events was the presence of the Sessions and Sailteam in the beautiful tall ship_The Lady of Avenel_which was moored in the harbour for the duration of the Festival and hosted a number of events. Another new initiative was our hugely popular Ballad Bus event – a ‘song safari’ with eminent folklorist around sites and locations within the local area that are associated with traditional song. This event was delivered in partnership with partner organisationSouth Ayrshire Community Transport SCIO. Our last formal Economic Impact Assessment was conducted in 2015 so we chose our anniversary year as an ideal occasion to conduct a renewed impact assessment in partnership withEKOS Consulting Ltd. As we now look forward to the period beyond our golden anniversary we consider how we can continue to grow the Festival’s scope and reputation and cement our vision for Girvan Festival as a vibrant fixture in Scotland’s traditional music calendar for years to come.
Financial review
Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves		On the advice of Foundation Scotland our 2019 SCIO AGM instigated a policy of seeking to build financial reserves equivalent to six month's operation. This figure is reviewed each year and is currently set at £10,000. Having made small draws upon reserves in recent years we are now working to return to our ideal figure. Unrestricted reserves provide a degree of security in an uncertain funding landscape.
Details of any deficit		We made a further draw on our organisational reserves of £2115.87. We feel this amount is commensurate with celebrating our 50thanniversary. Furthermore this includes the fee for our renewed Economic Impact Assessment which should remain valid for a decade and can be recouped over the same period.
Donated facilities and services (if any)		The organisation is grateful for the invaluable contributions of our volunteers, whose dedication and hard work are instrumental to our success. We are fortunate to have a committed group of volunteers, both those serving on our committee and those who generously offer their time and energies over the Festival weekend and without whom it would be impossible for us to operate.

Other optional information

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

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Signature(s
Full name(s
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Position (e.g. Chair) Festival Director

Date 30/09/2025

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Girvan Traditional Folk Festival

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Section B Statement of balances
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. Permanent Unrestricted Restricted funds Expendable endowment Total current Total last period funds endowment funds period funds to nearest £ to nearest £ to nearest £ to nearest £ to nearest £ to nearest £ B1 Cash funds Cash and bank balances at start of year 15,500 83 16,582 12,688 paymentsSurplus / (deficit)account shown on receipts and ( 6,366) | ( 6,366) 3.805 (Agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) ; Details Fund to which asset belongs Market valuation Last year to nearest £ to nearest £ - —— —— Total Details Fund to which asset belongs Cost (if available) Currentavailable) value Gf Last year to nearest £ to nearest £ to nearest £ - = = Total Details Fund to which liability relates Amount due Last year to nearest£ to nearest£ 7 ——— — Total Details Fund to which liability relates “(cetmate). Last year to nearest £ to nearest £ — a ———— Total Signed by one or two trustees on Date of behalf of all the trustees Signature Print Name approval | P.xlsx / Statement of balances 2 December 2007

December 2007

Girvan Traditional Folk Festival

$C048244

Section C Notes to the Accounts

C1 Nature and purpose of

funds (may be stated on

analysis of funds worksheets)

Type _. . Individual / Number of grants £ of activity or project supported institution made

C2 Grants

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C3a Trustee remuneration If no remuneration was paid during the period to any charity trustee or person connected to a trustee cross this box (otherwise complete section 3b) x

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C3b Trustee remuneration -

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C4a Trustee expenses If no expenses were paid to any charity trustee during the period then cross this box (otherwise complete section 4b)

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C4b Trustee expenses- details

C5 Transactions with trustees

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C6 Other information

Nature ofrelationship Nature of transaction

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APPENDIX3

Scottish Charity Regulator

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orrustees and examiner|'|Thecharity's trusteesareresponsible forthe preparation of theaccounts inaccordancewith
theterms oftheCharitiesand Trustee Investment(Scotland) 2005Actand theCharities|| |||Accounts (Scotland) Regulations2006 (as amended). The charitytrustees consider|that the| |||auditrequirement ofRegulation 10(1) (d) ofthe Accounts Regulations doesnotapply. Itis|| |||my responsibility to examine the accounts as required under section 44(1) (c) ofthe|Actand| |||to state whether particular matters have come to my attention.|| |Basisofindependent
examiner's statement|jyexamination iscarried outinaccordance with Regulation 11 ofthe2006 Accounts
| Regulations. Anexamination includes areviewoftheaccounting recordskeptbythe charity||| |||and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. Italso includes|| |||consideration ofanyunusual items or disclosures in the accounts and seeks explanations|| |||from the trustees concerning anysuch matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide|| |||all the evidence thatwould be required in an auditand, consequently,
| do not express an|| |||auditopinion on the view given bythe accounts.|| |Independentexaminer's|||In thecourse of my examination, no matter hascome tomyattention|| |statement|||| |||1.
which gives me reasonable cause to believe thatin any material respect the|| |||requirements:|| |||:
to keep accounting records in accordance with section 44(1)
(a) of the2005 Actand|and| |||Regulation 4 ofthe 2006 Accounts Regulations, and|| |||.
to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with|| |||Regulation 9 ofthe 2006 Accounts Regulations|| |||havenotbeenmet,or||

1. to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper

understanding of the accounts to be reached. Signed: Date: 22/01/2025 Name: Relevant professional qualification(s) or body (if any): Address:

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Disclosure section