## **Chairman’s Report – for the year ending 31 May 2025**
## **Our Purpose**
- To develop their individual and team football skills, and to develop their self-awareness, confidence, fitness and general social skills.
- We want to ensure that football remains inclusive and accessible to all children in Lauder.
- Furthermore, the health and well-being of our children is the club’s paramount consideration.
## **Our Objectives**
- To provide a structured and safe environment for children and young people to learn and develop football skills.
- Promote personal, professional, and social well-being through football experiences, regardless of an individual’s socioeconomic status, age, gender, race ethnicity, national origin, religion, disability, or sexual orientation.
- To make football more accessible to girls and boys.
- To help children and young people learn skills and values for later life.
- To support our local community by taking part in events and making use of the resources and skills that we have available.
## **Priorities for 2025**
1. Secure the financial viability and future of the club
2. Grow the number of players and coaches
3. Create a sense of the pride in the club
4. Have good governance and controls in place
These priorities are managed through the Club Improvement Plan which has been updated for 2025.
## **Key Highlights and Challenges in 2025**
## **HIGHLIGHTS**
- Club has secured significant funding for projects
- Subscriptions are consistent and payments regular
- Regular income from solar panels
- Cash management is effective and bills paid on time
- Successful taster sessions for new girls players (P1/P2)
- Leadership of the club has been simplified
- Winter training plan is in place
## **CHALLENGES**
- We lost some teams and created gaps in the pathways
- Still some property challenges (electricity, pumps)
- We need more people interested in coaching and helping
- Reliance on a small number of people for leadership
- We need more players in some groups
- There is no consistency in the team coaching approach
- Funding opportunities are harder to find
- Better social media awareness
- Successful Cash 4 Kids fundraising
## **Financial Highlights**
During the financial period of this report, the accounts have been managed effectively and maintained in credit.
- Total receipts for the year were £52,455 and payments of £63,173.
- The club recorded a deficit of £10,718 for the year, which was expected due to the completion of the pitch renewal project. This was a one-off cost and represents an investment in the long-term future of the club rather than an operational shortfall.
- Day-to-day income increased compared with the previous year, reflecting strong community and member support. The trustees are confident that the club remains in a stable financial position and will continue to rebuild reserves over the coming year.
- The Bank account is with Bank of Scotland with Border Accounting Services appointed as our accountants.
The Chairman is proposing these priorities for the new year.
## Proposed Priorities for 2026
1. Grow the number of players, helpers and coaches
2. Create a sense of the pride in the club
3. Continue to manage the financial viability of the club
4. Have good governance and controls in place
Bc 2irman and signed on behalf of the Trustees (5 December 2025)
## Lauderdale Football Club
A Charity registered in Scotland Scottish Charity Number SC048349
Receipts and Payments Account Year ended 31 May 2025
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|Note|2025|2024|
|Receipts|
|Fundraising|1|37,833|18,096|
|Charity|Other|2|14,622|12,295|
|Total|Receipts|52,455|30,391|
|Payments|
|Charity|Other|3|63,173|23,220|
|Total|payments|63,173|23,220|
|(10,718)|7,171|
|Statement|of|Funds|as|at 31°|May 2025|
|2025|2024|
|Opening|Bank|16,745|9,579|
|Surplus(-Deficit)|(10,718)|7,171|
|Closing|Bank|at|31**|May|6,027|16,745|
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Club
Date 24/02/2025
## APPENDIX 3
Scottish Charity Regulator
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| Independent examiner’s report on the accounts |
Report to the Charity name
trustees/members of Lauderdale Football Club
Registered charity $C048349
number
On the accounts of the Period start date Period end date
charity for the period __ Day Month | Vear Cay Month Serr
01 June 2024 to 31 05 2025
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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, | do not express an
audit opinion on the view given by the accounts.
Independent In the course of my examination, no matter has come to my attention
examiner’s 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. towhich, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper
i d.
Signed Date: 26/10/2025
Name
Relevant professiona
qualification(s) or
body (if any):
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Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material problems. Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose