Dundonald Community Sports Recreation and Heritage Association Trustees’ Annual Report Period October 2023 to September 2024 ## **Charity Contact Information** **Dundonald Community Sports Recreation and Heritage Association Scottish Charity Number: SCO48735** **Address: Postcode:** **Telephone: 01563 850410 Email: Website:** https://dcsrhadundonald.wixsite.com/dcsrha **Facebook:** https://www.facebook.com/dscrha/ ## **Objectives and Activities** **The SCIO will operate as a charitable organisation for the benefit of the Dundonald and surrounding are communities.** **Its Charitable Purposes are:** **3.1 The advancement of public participation in sport and othe leisure activities for the community as a whole** **3.2 The provision of safe recreational facilities and the organisation of such activities to help support and integrate communities in the area and beyond** **3.3 The advancement of citizenship and community development through promotion of volunteers and civic pride in the community** **3.4 The advancement of the arts and heritage culture through the promotion of Dundonald’s history, including festivals and local community events** **3.5 The progress of environmental protection and improvement through the sustainable management of green space around Dundonald, and to help reduce pollution through promotion of active travel** **Structure, Governance and Management** **Our governing document is based on a written constitution** **The constitution was drawn up based on a working mode; that has been successful in administering a similar organisation to our own** **We propose to have annual audits of our constitution to see if any changes can be made to reflect new best practices and modern methods** **Our Constitution was upgraded/amended in 2023** ## **Trustee recruitment and appointment** **We have had 4 Trustees this past year, all of whom have declared a wish to continue to assist the Association through these difficult economic times, and ultimately to help our community** **The Trustees to date have been chosen on the basis that their organisations signed up as members of DCSRHA, in the hope that they could access our structure to further develop their respective groups to help with funding and the growth of the Associations they represent** **We are currently on the search to recruit additional Trustees from the local community groups, and having spoken to a number of potential Trustees, we are very hopeful that we will enrol some additions in the near future** **Achievement and Performance** **As everyone knows at this period in time, what with both local and Global issues, particularly in terms of finance and economics in general, it has become increasingly difficult for all charitable organisations to raise the funds that would have been hoped and planned for, and to that end DCSRHA have found it difficult to assist as much as we would have liked, nevertheless we have been able to again help the local Angling Club with funds to enhance their efforts at Collenan Reservoir to enhance even further the enjoyment of fishing in a pleasant environment, whilst at the same time adding additional pathways to ensure the ‘Smugglers’ Trail’ is both and enjoyable stroll which is now accessible to various walking groups and disabled visitors alike. DCSRHA will continue to support the Angling Club to enhance the area further as we move forward.** ## **Financial Review** **This past year we have again found funraising difficult as mentioned previously, and as such our income, and therefore our expenditure has been minimal.** **As will be seen later in this report, we hope to work closely with the Local Authority and some external funding agencies to raise some £150,000 in the hope of providing new changing facilities for the local sports field and groups who wish to use such facilities.** ## **Details of any deficit** **Again taking into account current economic issues, this year we show a small deficit of £327.00, but we are hopeful this trend will reverse next year,** **Future Plans** **Now that the Dundonald Field refurbishment is all but complete, with only a few additional safety fences and sports equipment to be installed, we look** **forward, with assistance from the Local Authority to opening the field up for local organisations to use, by the end of 2025. In turn this will mean that DCSRHA will have some income to cover maintenance costs and Public Liability Insurance.** **The field will most likely be predominantly used by the local Amateur Football Team as their home ground, and this will of course not be for their exclusive use, as other organisations such as the local scholl will be encouraged to use the facility.** **It is also hoped that with the new facility the Football Club, will be able to have other teams, such as Youths, Over 35, Children and Ladies’ teams involved which allows the club to become a Community Club which in turn could open up other revenue schemes like funding from the Scottish F.A. The field has and will continue to be used for the Dundonald Highland Games, an annual event with which DCSRHA are delighted to have been involved in over the last number of years.** **We now intend to endeavour to raise funding for an upgraded changing facility, between now and early 2026, which we believe will further encourage other sporting organisations and clubs of all age groups and genders within the community to use these changing rooms which will be provided, and currently we are in discussion with the Local Authority, and a number of external funding agencies to help range the sum of some £150,000 which will be required for such a suitable facility** OSCR Receipts and pa￿￿entS accounts Forth• pgriod ScottEh thanty Rwlat .2023 30 Section A Statement of receipt5 and payments Pennanent Total tsnds Total L4st lundB fundB Ddts Al D￿st￿n3 R*aipts aclp GrLW lrtdino rtalpts Irwme frcth invwtmants rAherlh*) land a￿* bU1￿1n93 Ft6ft1sfrom troJlLY Al Sub lotsl A2 Sub Ivtsl 4S A3 Paym•b GroBB Iradtro PfiyTn￿￿ Gwls and (*Trllcrn Lega C- 3Z>-ts. TLtsI B3 Qth•T•Bwts TLthI piOO D•tsllA T*1 APPENDiX2 Section C Notes to the Accounts C1 Nature and purposè of funds (may be ststed on Type of activtty or project supported C2 Grants Tol•5 Aulhodty under which p8id C3b Tru•t•• r•mun•r•lkn. dgtsl C4b TN•t•• •xp•n•M. detslls Natilf8 of ￿latIOnShi Nature ot transaction C5 Trnn8•ctioM t*lth trust￿* APPENDIX 3 OSCR Smttd) Chty RewL3tor Independent examiner's report on the accounts Report to the nam trusl••slm•mb•r# of C4*r+￿￿rry Registered charity SC number On the accounts ot thè Gharlty for the perlod +%735 Penod stsrt date nlh Period end datg Y88r 8rf out on pa9•• bèttr* Ihts ygo rladdlknnal •ho•knl Rexp•ctlv• The charity8 Irustees a￿ respon￿b￿ lor the ple￿￿18t{On the accounls In accordance responslbllltses of trustegs and ¢xamlnor with the tsm)3 of the Charities and Tr￿Ste¢ Investment (Scolandl 2005 Act and the Charibès AccM)unts (SeotlarMI1 Regulabons 2006 las amendad). 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Set (*rt mattth% h*è t<￿ knyour att8ntion onth8 follovdng page. - oSCR￿￿11 WxepId￿mtal¢￿ DCSREIA Dedaration Signed on behalf of Dundonald CoDununity, Sptsrt Recrea￿On and Heritage Association: Designation: Chair / Temporary Secre Date: IZ J J fv)6 25 Dale: . i&