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APPENDIX 1 Period end date i Da oscrr,-- Period start date j Monlh l Ye8r Augusi 12023 | To Office oflhe Scottish Charlty Regulator Reference and adminlstration details Charfty name other narnes Charity is known by R•gi$tèr•d charity numb•r Charlty's windpal addr•vs | Ayr Stom) Basketball Club SC048588 Namas of thè ¢harlty trustees on dat• of approval of Trustsos. Annual Report Trustee name Offlce Ilf any) Datas acted if nol for whole year lor body) entltled to ¥pp￿tIr￿StO* (11 •ny> Treasurer Chair 11 14 1 15 16 17 | 18 19 20

APPENDIX I Reference and administration details Names of all other eharlty trustees during the porlod, K any, (for example, those who ro519n•d part way thrtugh thè flnancial perlodl Mam• Dates aGtsd11 not forwhole ye 1 August 2023 to resh3ned 21at August 2024 Structure: governance and management Type of govemSng doGum8nt Constitution: The Charity is a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisat￿n (a SCIOI.11 was registered in its current legal fomi on 30 July 2018. The charty is emed by its constitution. Trust•9 r￿ru￿rn¢nt and appolnlm•nt The Trust885 are recruited by the ojrrent bDard of trustees from the existing dub membership as a need is Identif￿d. There is a minimum of 3 and a maximLtm of 10 Trustees. The Tw$tees fomi the board who hold rggular meetsngs controlling the activiti8s of thg organi8alion and ovors6eing Ihg s¥Jbgroups and committ88s that h8lp run th8 dub. Thg Trustaes can COaOPt Imax 71 new *rustees du￿ng th8 year. Trust88s are olected each year at the AGM. Objectives and activities Charitable purposes Th8 organisallon's purposes ar&: To adVa￿e the public partlclpation li the SF￿ of basketball. through coactsng and the availability of recreational and competitive 0pWrtun￿es. To provwje recr8ational actNthes and facilitw, through the sport of basketsll. to Impro￿ the lifestyle8 01 Ihose attending Th¢ charity provKles OppOrt￿niti0$ for boys and girls starting with age group U8 through to U18, plus men and women from 18 upwards to participate in basketball co8ching sessions suitable for Iheir age group. Sossions run 7 days a week across 6 different venues. Summary of the rnaln a¢llvltles In rglatlon to these objeGts Members can progr8SS to participate in teams that take part in local leaguo Istrathclyde). regional develcwment and s￿ttISh Championshlp leagu&s (SBCI. For the 2023124 basketbaN geason, the club Contlnued all sectlons it had in 23124 while reducing the numter of te8ms in SBC but keeplng the same number in SLBA

APPENDIX 1 Achievements and performance Summary of the main achl•vemgnts of Tho trustoas conllnued tr) m88t on a regular ba￿s. with a mix of in-person the ¢harity durlng financlal porlod mgatings and T83ms ralls. The AGM was h8kl in-person again this yeaf. Thè 2024 Awards nlght format changed.. instead of a full evening event wrth food, drink. raffle. entertainment the awards, a cut-back format with squads attending the assembly hall at a r￿ed time. It wa8 a good, bul it is hoped that volunteèrs will step lorward to njn ftjture annual awards nights in a fomwl closer lo how they had prèviously b6en. Congratulations to all players and volunle8rs were presented with a 2024 award. 11 was another sm year on court. In the SLBA Cups. the club was represented in 2 of the 6 finals. The U16men retained the cup tsy won in 2023, while the U18men fell short In Iheii defencè of their cup, flnlshing runner&up. In the SLBA leagues it was an Impressive 10 AYT Storni squads (x)mpeling (teams". 3 Senior Men. 1 SenN)r Women, 1 U18men, 3 U16men, 2 U14boy81 across thg 81oagues. U16men Bott won the Cadet Men league- maknng il a league and cup double for th8 U16men In 202> 24 SL8A season, r8peating their feat of the 2022-23 season. On the n8tional stage. the dub conlinue to be wmpetitive in the Scottish Basketball Champion5hp5.' The gids won Ihe U16118w div2 unbeaten wth a 12-0 record. In re8￿￿ctive divls. U18mèn were mid table while both U16men and U14men were in th81)ottom groups as were SM in Dfv2. The U18M reached thei¥ Sc4)ttish Cup final and were runners up. The Jr NBA program was run again for our younger age groups. As well as this, the CDO developed youth leaijers and ran dropn female basketball se$S￿n$. A successful Rising Slomi program ran on Fr￿aY nighls at the Citadel. Membership numbers again grew to record numb8rs. Available coaches capped growth. so a long waiting list rernained in place. Financial review Brief statement of the Gharlty's pollcy This is year slx of the dub opernling as a SCIO. Thg Trustees focus on ros•rve5 remained to ensure th8 r8s8rves are in place to fund the CDO salary commitments as well as hall hir8S to run activities. We were In a heatthy position with a bank balance that woukj allow full funding of the CDO post and fa￿lIty hires even if there was an unexpeGted drop in income. MerntrErship growth increased income and this was tracked to ensure wg would cover tho increased costs a680cialgd with more h811 hire$ and mor• competition entries wthout Impacting the dub funds. The club accounts are in a P)$￿Ve state and there are no deflcits Ireserved or unreseNed funds), Dots11$ of any defi¢H Don*ed faclllli•s and services (If any}

APPENDIX I Other optional information CDO post The final inslalment of th8 grant from Sportscolland for a Club Development Officer post was receNed in 2022-23 financial y¢ar and ran to FgbNary 2024. Wilh the endin9 of this grant. the Trustees having reviewed the club's financial status and the contribution Ihg CDO role mak8$. made the unanimous derysion to continue with the post Ihal now ha8 lo bg 1000A fund8d Ihrou9h thg club. We are pleased Ihat Laura wished to remain in the post and continue th& great wort she has started. The focus will thange. and th8 chair of the Trustees will contiwe to work wth the CDO on objectNes and meawring what is being achleved through the post. Truste8S.' One Trustee stepped down in August 2024 aMI we woukl like lo pul on record our thanks to Laura for conlrlbutions. especially working ¥Mth th8 supplier lo get ourveo cam8ra system and have11 selup for squads to use. The decisSon was taken to continue with the C￿￿ent number of 3 TTuslees until the opportunlty occurred to cijmplel Ihe planned review of what suAommittee8 sttould look after the day to day operation of the club and let the Trustees B08rd support those and focus on medlum lo k)ng tsrm areas and adjust Ihe frequency of Tnjstees meetings before consldering recFuitmenL We were tAeased with how the new process for players to reglster themselves with BaskelballSc4)tland for the season instead of club doing bulk registrations, went. This the workload for our stretched volunteer as well 8S eliminating an outgoing from the club inec*ne, eff8Ctively increasing our available cash wtthoul increasing fees. Future Plans: Season 2024.25 will s8e th• dub repres8nted atjust 4 Iwa3 6 the prior se8sonl of tho national ¢omp8tllk>n leveks11 f8male. 3 malo) Nn by Basketballscouand. Their rernains challenges to develop the f¢mal8 sld8. Ihwgh thls w8s not helped by the goveming body Basketballscotland withdrawing a place for the clubs U149id$. Th8 club withdrew tho SBC SM 8nty duè to lack of Sen￿r$ wishing to play at this1gvèI and new rules moan we cant run it primarily with youth aged layers. Trustees ojntinue to support the ￿m$ ofth8 coaches, CDO and membership as best as &4n. The CDO has again secured a Jr NBA program from B8sk8tballScoland and thls wlll agaln be airned al our younger sections who donl have any regional leagues lo be involve(i In. Declaration Tho trustees d•clwo that they have approvad ts trusteo8' roport al>ov•. Slgned on b•hall of the charIt￿S trustees Slgnature{s} Full nam•{s) Posftlon (e4. Chair) TE4)TCE fvEMI14IE Data 1614 /2f

ENOiX2 Ayr St¢)mi Basketbal Club Recei tsand SC048588 OSCR ments accounts Forth•wrlDd Au8 1023 Ju 2024 Section A Statement Df receipts and pa I￿rI¢￿d nd• ments Expgndabl• endowffjg ds PgrmAnAnl TOtfvnd• T¢Jt¥l fvr¥l• l#kt ndB funds ID A1 Recel ahDn5 $t.033 67 GrEn trom furth8￿1 Gtoss InMThfrryDlnvesknnbotherthen lana bJiklir¥Js R￿tsf￿M & bulLSn r8(ip16 trorn 0￿￿￿1￿ 201 7ISZ7 Al Sub totsl 69.140 2 R•¢olplsfrorn a5Xt& p￿￿$fr￿M sabof I￿eStmE[￿ A2 Stsb totsl 71527 EX￿nS@s1O1￿rKl￿6I￿qa(ak11 Gr065 Iradiw ￿yfi￿nts Inveskn9nt rnaw0wntCOgt8 Pasrywts relalkyditOytD LwltAb les Grgnts de<￿$ 1.710 2￿11 678 82,287 11913 GDvem4rce g)st8: Au￿1 I 1rYJ8￿thknI exaDyn£liun ewalv)nofanThual xcounts Ag Sikn loéal 47.417 17,611 7l189 ￿4P¥￿￿￿ to i•w•nd Purds8of ilVèBtr(ffjrt8 A4 Sub tolal Totalp•yments 47,487 17.611 71189 5 Tr•nthrn to I Ifroml funds Surplusl(d•lk7fQ foryear

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APPENDIX 3 OSCR Sc(tish thrity Regulator Independent examiner's report on the accounts Report lo the Chth nam• trusteeslMem￿rs of ¥2 Ayr Storm Basketball Club Reglster•d Charity SC number On the ac¢ounts of the charity for the pèriod PerKJd start date Period eTrj dete Year l August 20231 31 July 2024 1 S•t out on pag•$ 1.10 {rornembgr to ￿￿d0 Ihew nwnber4 01￿￿￿n￿1$hEei$I Rèspective The tharity's trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance r•sponslbilrties of with the terrn$ of the Charities and TTUSt•e Investment (Scotlandl 2005 Act and the trustaes and examiner Charities A¢¢ounts {ScO￿and) Regulation$ 2006 (as arnandad). The tharfty trustees consider that the audil r9quirement of Regulation 10(11 Idl of the Accounts Regulalor does not apply. It is my r9spgnsibility to examine the accounts as requlred under section 4411) Icl of the Act and to slate whether partlcular matters have come ) my attention. Basis of independent My examination is carried out In accordance wtth Regulation 11 of the 2006 Accounts •xaminer's statement Regu18tion$. An examination Includes a review of the accounling records kept by the charity and a comparfson of the accounts presented with those records. It also iKludes conslderatlon cf any unusual items or disclosures in the eGGounls and Soeks explanallons from the Iiuslees concerning any such matters. The procedur88 undertaken do nol provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit and, ¢onsequenly, I do not express an aLKJit oplnion on the view given by the accounts. Ind•p•ndont •xaminer's In th8 eourse of rny 8X8minalion. no matter has come ts) my attentlon lother than Ihal statement disclos8d on the attathed pag8"] whlch giY8s rne reasonable Gause lo klieve that in any material respe¢l the requirements.. to keep accountlng records in 8ccordance wllh section 4411)18) of th• 2005 Act and RegulatK)n 4 of the 2006 Accoltnts Regulations. and to preparg accounts which accord with the accounts'ThJ records and compty with Regulation 9 of the 2006 Accounts Regulations have not beon mèl, or lawn in order lo enable a propar Signe g Apol (QN Relevanl professi qualificallonls) or (ifa A(Idr 'Pkpa59 dokntg the wor(ts In Ih rclh)wiry pagè. 'Y)SCR wlll acce0 dtrdilal or ¢yp8d shJDalut ws whlch have ¢omo to yOLf atteThl•J) Th) the