REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER: SC049276 Report of the Trugtees and L'naudlted Finan¢ial Slalements f(br the Year F.nded 31 March 2025 for NEURO HEBRIDLS Monn JLidd Gordon Ltd Chai'tcrLd AcLouiitttnls 26 Lewi4 Street Siornoway SIL. of Lcivi IIS12JF
IYEURO HEBRIDES Conlents of the Flnan¢lal Slatemtnts for the Year Tr'nded 31 Mareh 2025 P*E¢ Report of Ihe Trugtees dependent Ex¥Jffllner'5 Report Recelpls P4ymfflls Ariounts Stalcment of B#lin¢¢s Notei lo Iht Flnahelal Statemenls
JYEIJRO HEBRIDES Report of the Trustees ror the Ycgr Ended 31 March 2025 The truste prescnl Ihcir rewrt wilh ihe financial slalemenls of Ihc Lhorily fur Il)c ycar ended 31 March 2025. Th¢ Irugie¢s havc adopie(I Ilie provisionb of Accounling and Rcportill8 by Cl)arilics.' Stai¢m¢nl of Recommended Proclice dppliuble lo charilics prcparing Ihcir aLLoullls in aLLordanLL' with thL FinanLiJl RLPI)rting SiJnd#rd appli¢able in Ihe UK and Republic nf IrLland (frRS 102) (cffcclive l JanuAry 2U19)- OWEcfivEs AND ACTIVITIES hJe¢¢lvci and *lm$ Our aim is lo support neurological painiS and carers by promoiing Posiiive heallh and welllxing in the Outer Hcbrides. Oiir piiry>05cs are- a. Thc advancement of health of those suffering fTom neuwological Conditio. b. Thc rclicf of Il)osc in nccd by rcawn of ill-hcalih. disabilily or oilicr disadvanthgc duc lo a neurological condition- Thc advanccmcnl ol-cducalion spccifically ilic undcrslanding L)f ncurolobiical condiiions- d. Or¥114)ng rr¢alln¢ll a¢¢ivili¢s to improv¢ lifc condiliutLs of ¢hox sutT¢ring from or 41ffectcd by n¢urolo¥iLal Page I
NEURO HEBRIDES Report of the Tru5tee5 for ihe Vegr Ended 31 March 2025 ACHIEVEMENTS AND PEIIFORMANCE Charitable activiéiex Qklr main activities for ihib year have b¢cn: l. Rcgulnr Activilies for metnbers, including.. W¢ckly 'cupp8 gnd catch up,. These 18k¢ place each Monday al Ihe Failie C¢nlrc. We have had a number of speakers and aciiviiies at Cuppa and Catch up. including from health represenialives, arts and crafts Aclivili&s, spcakers from Ihc community including Aroha assislcd animal Ihcrapy arbd W4rnei Tale phoiography. Wc rcceivcd funding from the D'oyly Carte chi1Tiiabl¢ Trust io run arls and crnfts sessions. whKh wcrc incrcdibly popiilar wilh wr nicmbcrs. Nciirv EJ¢'bridL'S ib sl¢adily allr(litin¥ ncw m¢inbLY% in Uiil and Barra lind ihcrL. havL bcc Cuppd and calch up mcLIiii¥s hcld in tirinibay lliid Tuigh Chc¥rbabha8h in Nvrth Uibl. Ailivili¢s iwb Uisl httvc in¢ludcd candlc 1]kIng, a poltcry workshop and an Jrts and Crafts workshop. Nruro I l¢bridcs arc workingi with ¥4ublibh¢d grvup supportinB prop1¢ with neuroloTICAl ¢ondillO in Barrs. Wc alyo took 'cuppa and calch up, on iour Rnd were able io have meetings al orher parts of Lcwis and Harris including Coii)unn F.&Lhdridh Nis. A Christinas Lvciil was held in Ilie Cllladh Iiin with niu%1ci1lI 2. Inv()IvLmLnl and TL'prL4cnlalion wilh olhcr a¥LnLiCS lind on variuus ¥roups inLliiding Hcalih B(>ard, ManaELd CliniLal NLitwork PuliL'nl Pbncl. ThLL, n]L118S. lilok pluLX' Tc¥ulurly und NLu(u HLbrid&s had rq>r¢seniaiive% at Ihe5C. Ncuro H¢brid¢s now also lias r¢prcs¢ntalioii &1 Ili¢ N¢urolo8il Alliaii¢c of scotl. th¢ Digilol Citizen PAnel. and Patient travel meelings wilh Stornoway Airporl staff. One of Neuro Hebride.1 Coordinotin8 8rc)UP is now a irusiee for Ille Neurolo8ical Alliance of Scoilnnd, which is helping lo raise aWar¢ne r)f N¢urv HLbrido¥ ay WLII as bpiving a VL)icc lo pcopl¢ living with nwr0logiI conditions frorn rural nd rcinoie areas. -3. ThL maini¢ThJnLL (Trf (?iir wcb%il¥ Jnd tnc(lia wsling8 to LDtiurc di¢x' uri up t() d#ie und i(J expDnd our rcacl) 10 those who arc unablc lo allcnd Ihe Incclings duc lo ¢hcir ncurological condi170n5. The w¢bsil¢ is ¢asy lo a¢r¢ss and dllows lis lo kcL'P mcmbcr4 lip lo dalc with whi¢ I's on thriiu&h ihc evL1.$ calcndar and rcgiilar blo8?. contittiies a% Chkrily c()ordinaitsr And his been in posi since May 2022. Emily or8anises the events and aciii'iiies, represenis Neuro Ilebrides ai meeiings. mainiains the websi(e and social media. and is Ihe firsl poinl of eoniact for ihe charily, Emily is also involved in fundrai$ing and Éronr applicationi. Page 2
NEURO HEBRIDES Report of the Trllstee5 ror the Ye*r Ended 31 March 2025 ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERTrORMANC ndralslne aelli'ltles Wc LonliiiuL lo huvL coIILLtsun L8n$ at # niiTnb¢r of ouilets acro&s Ihe island find arc very graiefijl to the local community for Ihcii. suppi>rt. We received n granl for £5,(K)O frorn UCVO lo fund ma5&agc Ihernpy and Counselling for members following such positive feedback from mas%age Iherapy se&iions in the previous years. We received u further 3 ycars funding from RS maOnald (£14,150 in 2024-25) for funding the co-OTdinator posi, Wc rcccivcd 4 lolal of £12.387 From Ihe Coop ColnmlI1Y fund. W¢ also rLyciV £2.394 and £1,875 from Th¢ Stornowsjy Trust and D'oyly Carfc r¢speclivcly lo fund uclivilics for mcmbcrs. We received a 8rg111 of £lX,soo froni the Weslern l.sle$ Ileblih Board to fvnd a pjol hoist at lonad SpNs Leodhais. These funds were spent afier Ihe year-end. FINANCIAI. REVIEW Reserves polley ThL Lliarily it¥ seokinbp l() build r¢¥crvo¢ li) be in o pi?siiii)ii tsf hnvinu iliroe rnoiiih¥ in res¢rves al oll lirncs. Thi5 larBel will bL kepl under revicw. as Ihc aclivilics of IliL 0[nIslin dcvLIvp. SI'RUCI'URE, CQVLRiYANCE AND MANAGEMENT GoYernin% do¢umemt Thc Chiirily is by its. consliluli()n, which rcccivcd approval frnm OSCR on 8 May 2019. The charity is a Scoiiish Chariiable Incorporated Orgilnisation (SCIO). Reermltment And appolnlment of trustee$ Truqlcc4 arc cxpcclcd Io 8crve for a Ininimuin ofilirce ycars. Th¢ board shall Lonsid¢r ihL 55U8gCs1ion Il15ll only a third (Jf cligiblc twuslLcs %h(puld rclirc at the AOM hLld Ihrcc years aftcr tlie inilial Iriisiccs wcr¢ apw)ini¢d. R¢lirin&i IN8lves rL' LIiu7iblc for rLappninlinciil. Eiich ACJM aii(I Ilic b()grd iiiay appx)inliTiciII 8 JnL'ml)cr li) he a chArily INslcc. Or¥anls•llon%l s¢rurtur¢ Thc affaiiy uf IIK" Lhaiily iind¢r th¢ ¥vnlr(pl of th¢ ¥harity Iru8tces, wiih a co-ordinatin8 8roLip el¢Lt¢d by lh¢ mcmbcrs of Iht orgknisaiion for the day 10 day runnin8 of lh¢ charity and fonvard planning. REFERF.NC:E AND ADMINlSiT114TIVE DEI'AItS Reglslered Chftrlty nurnbor SC04927C) Prlntlpal address 'h¢ baili¢ Conir¢ Bayh¢ad Slumow21 y Islc of Lewis HSI 2DU P•ge 3
I¥EURO HF.BRIDF.S Report of the Trustees for the YeAr Led 31 March 2023 Trustees Chair VILC ¢lioir Trca5UTCT Secrctftry {al¥u known A Pinl2yM)n} Independent Examlner Mann Judd Gord¢)n Ltd 26 L¢wis Sireel Siomow¥y Isle of l£wis IISI 2Jr STATEMENT OF TRUSTEES, RE.SPONSIBII.ITIF.S The irLi4IL'es urL' rLtspunsiblL fur prLparing Ihc RLP()rt i)r ilic TrusIC and IhL. finuncial slaiciTrcnl¥ in aL'LI)rd¥nL'C wilh applicdblL law and UiiilLd Kingdi)Ih A¢L'iiunlin¥ 8iunduriL% (UnilLd Kiii¥di>rn CILnLirolly ALC¢PIL,d Accouniing Pracli¢e). ThL luw applicablc lo Lharilics in Scollaiid, Ihc Ch8riliLS lind Tru%lcc Invcstmcnt (SLoiland) Acl 2(M)S. Charilics Accounls (S¢oiland) R¢giilalions 2006 (as am¢iided) and lh¢ provisions of ihe ¢harity'5 ¢0nslitulion. rcquiTCS the Iruslccs lo prcpar¢ financial Stsl¢menls ftsr cach financial y¢ar whh BIVI. a IN¢ and fair vicw of Ihc slalc of Iffairs of Ihc chllrjty aiid of thc i1)¢oining rLsourccs and npplicaiion of r¢sourc¢s, in¢ludiiig th¢ in¢om¢ and ¢xp¢iidIlu, of th¢ hanly for thai period. In preparing those financ1 siaiemen15. the INstees are required lo 8el¢ti 8uilablc accounting policics and ihcn apply Ihcin consislcnily: obscrvc ihc m¢[hod8 and prin¢ipk8 in (he Charily SORP: 111gkL judL'll7CI)l ui)d Lslimalcs Ihal arc rL'aioiiublc aiid PTudenl: prepare Ihe finthncial slaiein¢nis on Ihe concern busis unless il is inappropi'iale lo prcsumc Ihal thc charily will Lonlinuc in b115incs Thc Irii$lces are resp)nsiblc fur kc¥ping propcr acloiinling r¢x£)Til¥ whilh dis¢lv.8e wilh reasonablc KLurnLy al uny lim¢ Ihc finnncial wsilion ofihe charily And Io L'nahle thcm IC> Lbnsur¢ Ihat ihc financiul slaicm¢nts comply wilh ihe Chariiies and Tru51¢c Investinenl (Scollandl Acl 2CK)5, the Charities Accounts (SLI)Iliind) Rebrulalions 2006 (as amended) and the provisions of ihe thAriiy'$ ¢onslilulion. They •re 8lso risponsiblL lor 8alcguarding the Isseis ftf ilie chAriiy and hthice lor laking reasonable steps for the prevention and deiection of fraud atxl otlier iffegulariiits. Api)rovcd by order ofthe bo&rd of1rn8tecs on ..... ¢,., l .l¢.L.)...... and signed Orb ILS bcl)alf by.. frus1¢¢ P4ge 4
Ind¢pend¢nt Exgm jD¢r's Report ih¢ Tru$te¢$ of Neuro Hebrldts I report on ilie accounls for the year ended 31 March 2025 set oul on pages six lo eleven. liesptelive reApoftiibililit$ of trtte$ txaminet I'hc ¢liAriiy'q irnsices are re.8pottsible for the prepAfaiion of the aecouiiis in aLcordance with the Icrnis of tlie Charities nd TS1CC InvL%lmcnt (Scuiland) Aci 2MS and ilic Charilics Accounts (Scoiland) Rcgulalions 2006 (¢lS aMlcd}. Thc charity's InlCeS coiisidcr ihnl Ihc nudit rcquircmcnt of Rcgi)Inliors 10( l Mal to (c) ot'thc Accounts Regulaiions does not apply. It is my rcsponsibility lo cxarninc Ihc accounts 85 rcquircd undcr Scclion 44( IXC) of Ihc Act and to 51atc whcthcr particular mnttcrs havc comc lo my attcntion. Basis of Ihe indepond¢nl oxaminer'% roporl My examination was Carried oui in aordnCe wilh Regulaiion I l of Ihe C.hariiies Accounts (Scoiland) Regulations 2006. An ¢xaminaiion includes a review of the accoiintinbi records kept by Ihe cliarity and a comparison of th¢ accounts prcscnl¢d with Ihosc ¢0[dI. li also in¢ludc5 NsidCral1OTr of any unusual ilcins or disclosur¢s in tk accounls. and s¢ckin8 cxplanaiions froin you as Irusices conc¢rning any such mailers. The pro¢¢durcs underk¢n do nol provide all Ihc ¢vi(knc¢ Ihal would bc rcquircd in an audil, and conscqucntly I do nul CXPTCSS an audil opinion on ihc vicw bJiVCII by Ihe yccounl5. Independent exAmlnor'8 stalornont In connectn with my ex6n)ination. no maller hAs conie to my aiieniion . { l ) whicli give.s Ine rea.soiiable cau%t 10 believe Ihai, in any maieriAI rtspeLt, Il)e requireinents lo kcep aLcuunliiiLi recoi'ds in nccordllnce with Section 44{1 l(a) of Ihc 2(M)S Acl nnd ReEulalion 4 of the 2006 AcLouiils Re¥ulyli()ns,' ond lo prLpufL aLcoi1nli whiLh acLord wilh Ili¥ ¥¢¢uunlin¥ T¢wrd5 4nd iu vomply wilh ReBulation 8 of Ihe 2006 AcLouiiL% Rc8ulalions h*ve n(Il becii m¢l' UT 12) to which, in my opinion. allcnlion should bc drnwn in ordcr lo enable A propcr un(IcrstHnding of the acLounis lo be riychi'il IL Accnunlanls uf SLoiland Mann Judd Gordon Ltd Cliuriercd A¢Loiiiiliinl 26 Lewis S¢rcct Siornoway 18lc of Lcwi$ HSI 2JF Date: 24111125 Page 5
NEURO HEBRIDES Receipts and Payments Account for the Year Lllded 31 M4reh 2025 31.3.25 Total funds 31.3.24 Tolal fiinds Unresiricled lie81rictcd funds RECEIPT.S Dong¢ion5 and legAcics Donations GTanls Suiidry reccipts 15.432 499 41,919 15.931 41,919 13,982 35,752 15.432 42,4111 57.¥50 Total IMin% rvsourees 15,432 42.418 57,850 49.741 PAYMENTS ChArltable Icilvltlei W&ges Pr¢mise8 rent F.VLnl Lxpcll¥c5 Venue hirL' TclLphune & interiiet PTinling, poslab?L & slaiiuncry Proinotional malcrials & mcr¢h&ndis¢ 8undTy cxpeiisc. Coinpuler expL'n* Siibs¢riplivns Li¢¥ns¥'$ und Insuranc 'I'rainiiig CounbLlling cxpcnses Ac¢oui)taiicy fccs Equipmeni purchased 14,080 1125 7,439 1,692 14.08n 1123 7,439 1,692 120 241 l 0,880 ?,600 4,460 1,40% 120 38 303 120 90 59 84 150 399 138 59 84 150 135 150 577 16J 1.750 .750 797 797 Tolal r¢sources expended 26.441t 30,989 iY¢l Incom¢ 15.970 The noles fDTm part af ihcse finaiicial stalemcnts Pa8¢ 6
NEURO HEBRIDES Stgtemenl of Balances 31 Mareh 2025 J 1.3.25 Totsl funds 31.J.24 Total funds Unreslricled fuiid RLtricied funds Nolcs CURRENT ASSETS Ch at bank in haftd at 411rt of period Nei (deficil) I Income 26,796 9,763 36,559 17.807 18,752 C$h al b8Jnk In hand At end of yeAr The linancial slalernents wcrc approvcd by Ihc Board of Truslcc5 authorised for i&sue on ..i..IJi./.tr.. ,......... and wcrc signcd on ils behalf by.. Th¢ nolcs fonn part of Ihcsc fin4incial 6lalcmcnls Page 7
NEURO HEBRIDES Notes lo the FlnanclAI Slatemenls for the YeAr Ended 31 Mlrth 2025 ACCOUNTING POLICIES Recelmg and Payments Accounti The accounts arc prcparcd on o cash rcceipts find payments basis. TAX*tion The charity is exempt from lax on ils cbari14tbl¢ activities. Fund Aecounting un[tricted frS Can be used in xcordance with the chariiable objeciives ai Ihe discreiion of the trueeS. R¢51ri¢l¢d funds can only bc used for particular restricicd puTSeS wiihin the objecls of the chaTily. Rcslriclions ar1 whcn 5pLxificd by Ihc d()nor or when funds are rld for pani¢ulaT r¢slr1cl putTroxs. DONATIONS AND LLGACILS Grants received, included in the above, dre as follows.. 31.3.25 31.3.24 Tlic Robcrtwn Trusl R S MdcDunald Trust NHS Western 18les AgnLs Hunicr'l'rusi Climaic Changc Hcbridcs C.N.F..S- CLLf) ucvo CNES - Cosl lif Living Fund Siomoway 'l'rusi D, Oyly Curte 7.000 7.000 14,15 18,500 5.000 3,000 7,252 5.000 1,500 5,000 2,394 41,919 35.752 TRUl>TEES' REMUNLRA'fioN AND RF.NF.FITS Th¢iL WL'l¢ no InislcLS' rcinunLYllti(?n or oihcT b.fillI for Ihc yL'ar cndcd 31 Mah 2025 nur fw IhL year LndLxl 31 March 2024. Tru$t¢¢s' txpens T]ierr were no irustecs, expertsex Pkid for ihe y¢ar 31 Mah 2025 nor for the year ended 31 March 2024. P48e 8 conlinued...
NEURO HEBRIDES Notes to the Financlal Statements - contljbued for iht YEar Ended 31 March 21)25 MOVEMENT IN FUNDS NL.t movciiicnl in funds Ai 1.4.24 31.3.25 Umreylricivd fund5 Uiiresiricied General Fund 26,796 13,595 40.391 Reslrieted fundj R¢siricied Slalg Fund Rcstriclcd Cicncral Fund Rcstrictcd Equipment Fund 70 (2,60U} 111,500 70 7,163 18,.500 9,763 9,763 15,970 25.733 T()TAL FUIYDS 66.124 Ncl movcment in fuiids, inL.ludcd in Ihc abovc arc as folk)ws'. Incoming rcsourcc5 Resources cxpcnded Movement in funds Unrestrlrted funds Unresirictcd Cleneral fund 15,432 {1,837) 13.595 Keslrleted funds Rc%lriclcd .Slaffing flind RLsirictLd Gciicral Fund ReSl¢led Equipiiieni Fund 14,150 9.768 (14,0%11) (12,368) 70 (2.6(M)) 15.970 TOTAL FUNDS 28 285) Page 9