2024-08-31-accounts - Friends of Ashton

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APPENDIX 1 OSCR Period start dale Period end date )nlh Y88r Fr( 01 07 2023 To kottish Chanty Regulator offi of the Scottish Charity Regulator 31 08 2024 Reference and administration details Charity name other names eharty is known by Friends of Ashton Registered tharTty nu Charity's principal ad sc Names of the charity trustees on date of approval of Trustees. Annual Report Trustee name Office Irf any) Dates acted if not for whole year lor body) entitled to 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

APPENDIX 1

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)

Name	Name	Dates acted if not for whole year







Structure, governance and management
Type of governing document Trustee recruitment and appointment



	No changes	over period

Objectives and activities
Charitable purposes Summary of the main activities in relation to these objects

	4.1- Advancement of Education for young people with complex health, physical and learning needs 4.2 - Advancement of Sport for young people with complex health, physical and learning needs 4.3 - Provision of recreational activities with object of improving conditions of life for the persons for whom facilities are intended 4.4 - Promotion of equality and diversity in relation to disability 4.5 - Relief of those in need by reason of ill health / disability
	The charity provides a number of experiences which meet the aspirations of our purpose
	. > providing accessible and safe play for young people with complex learning needs. This includes providing opportunities for families to attend outwith school hours to develop positive experiences in a safe and familiar environment. > Access to nature include the building of a pond within the site of seven lochs. > Opportunities to develop healthy bodies and meaningful experiences for life with our fully functioning and accessible Gym > Community cafe for families to attend and share experiences and develop social opportunities > Access to a Sensory Library which opens the joy of words to All young people > Cafe of Tour - Showcasing the abilities of young people to wider communities promoting complex learners ability to participate and give to society > Develop opportunities to learn

APPENDIX 1 Achievements and performance

Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the financial period	Friends of Ashton has had a very busy period
	Cafe / Cafe on Tour The significant investment in Cafe resources has seen 65 young people benefit from work experience. Of those 15 were from our extension. The community aspect of the Cafe has seen over 300 people visit to purchase food and drink. Feedback has been very positive and young people are thriving in relation to Communication, Social Skills and Independence. Families have reported very positively regarding the opportunities to attend a relaxed environment with their children with one parent's attestation voicing for all others " I feel like I'm home, in fact better than home i have opportunities to be happy with my child and seeing them achieve is priceless. I cannot tell you how important i feel when telling people my son is working. I know he is safe and he is loved and for the only time in my week i can speak to other adults. " ( parent) The Cafe on Tour has supported 15 young people engage with working in a range of contexts - 7 company visits and 350 drinks and cakes. Young people were able to develop communication in familiar and unfamiliar contexts for learning and the profile of complex learners has been raised across the city. Our playground and play experiences for young people with complex needs goes from strength to strength since its development between 2018 and 2024. There are now 7 playgrounds each having a focus which ensures all learners can access outdoor play. Young people age 7-18 from across Glasgow have attended sessions with 74 families benefitting from sessions organised. Our Sensory garden supports many of our young people experience outdoor activities which stimulate the senses and following its completition is a firm favourite for pupils and their families Our food to plate work has seen 185 young people access food growing programmes. This has included enterprise activities where 200 soup bags were provided to support families in our community, winning Gold at the Trades Hose Pallet garden competition, 8 families engaging with food education with grow bags for home and fruit and vegetables grown and used in cooking - Tomatoes, cucumber, onions, garlic, lettuce, strawberries, blueberries, potatoes, chives. Our jam making business has developed the skills for young people in relation to developing the young workforce and partnerships with other charities has ensured 28 young people have accessed skill development. The jam making business is now self sustaining. To date we have sold 234 pots of Strawberry jam and gifted 47. We supported the acquisition of an immersive room which has seen the advancement in learning core skills prior to participating in the community for 160 learners. The engagement , motivation and passion to learn has been harnessed through the room which has seen 16 pupils successfully transfer skills into their local community. After negotiations with Glasgow City Council and a number of preservation societies, our seven lochs pond project has finally seen partnerships with local trades, volunteers, charities, young people and families come together to begin to transform an area within Hogganfield loch into a nature sanctuary where young people with complex learning, physical and health needs can easily access the outdoors whilst promoting sustainability. This has been a tremendous project which has highlighted the benefits of working together. It is currently partially finished and we hope to complete this next year. One of our accomplishments was to purchase a mini-bus to support young people access both their local and wider communities. This has come to fruition and we took delivery of a 17 seater minibus with a tailift which means that we are fully accessible for all experiences in Glasgow and beyond. This supported 14 young people attend a residential experience away from home for 4 nights reducing the cost to families with regards to transport. Our supporters have ensured that every child is able to attend a residential experience and over the period 28 young people attended overnight stays at an outdoor adventure centre participating in Canoeing, Rock climbing, Swimming, Walking, Swinging, Archery, pony riding,. These experiences are a once in a lifetime opportunity as the centre is purpose built to ensure complex health needs can be accommodated. The charity donations made it possible by ensuring that the cost of living did not prohibit participation and every young person had a positive outcome. Our fight against poverty has seen us gain support for a Breakfast club, Food pantry and Second hand clothes shop. We have supported 185 young people access a healthy start to the day, 85 families with regular food parcels, 120 family food vouchers and a termly clothes collection point. This is having a significantly positive effect on our families with 100% of those in receipt of support stating that it has helped them at home.

Summary of the main achievements of
the charity during the financial period

Friends of Ashton has had a very busy period

Cafe / Cafe on Tour
The significant investment in Cafe resources has seen 65 young people benefit from work experience. Of those 15 were from our
extension. The community aspect of the Cafe has seen over 300 people visit to purchase food and drink. Feedback has been
very positive and young people are thriving in relation to Communication, Social Skills and Independence. Families have
reported very positively regarding the opportunities to attend a relaxed environment with their children with one parent's
attestation voicing for all others
" I feel like I'm home, in fact better than home i have opportunities to be happy with my child and seeing them achieve is
priceless. I cannot tell you how important i feel when telling people my son is working. I know he is safe and he is loved and for
the only time in my week i can speak to other adults. " ( parent)
The Cafe on Tour has supported 15 young people engage with working in a range of contexts - 7 company visits and 350 drinks
and cakes. Young people were able to develop communication in familiar and unfamiliar contexts for learning and the profile of
complex learners has been raised across the city.
Our playground and play experiences for young people with complex needs goes from strength to strength since its development
between 2018 and 2024. There are now 7 playgrounds each having a focus which ensures all learners can access outdoor play.
Young people age 7-18 from across Glasgow have attended sessions with 74 families benefitting from sessions organised. Our
Sensory garden supports many of our young people experience outdoor activities which stimulate the senses and following its
completition is a firm favourite for pupils and their families
Our food to plate work has seen 185 young people access food growing programmes. This has included enterprise activities
where 200 soup bags were provided to support families in our community, winning Gold at the Trades Hose Pallet garden
competition, 8 families engaging with food education with grow bags for home and fruit and vegetables grown and used in
cooking - Tomatoes, cucumber, onions, garlic, lettuce, strawberries, blueberries, potatoes, chives.
Our jam making business has developed the skills for young people in relation to developing the young workforce and
partnerships with other charities has ensured 28 young people have accessed skill development. The jam making business is
now self sustaining. To date we have sold 234 pots of Strawberry jam and gifted 47.
We supported the acquisition of an immersive room which has seen the advancement in learning core skills prior to participating
in the community for 160 learners. The engagement , motivation and passion to learn has been harnessed through the room
which has seen 16 pupils successfully transfer skills into their local community.
After negotiations with Glasgow City Council and a number of preservation societies, our seven lochs pond project has finally
seen partnerships with local trades, volunteers, charities, young people and families come together to begin to transform an area
within Hogganfield loch into a nature sanctuary where young people with complex learning, physical and health needs can easily
access the outdoors whilst promoting sustainability. This has been a tremendous project which has highlighted the benefits of
working together. It is currently partially finished and we hope to complete this next year.
One of our accomplishments was to purchase a mini-bus to support young people access both their local and wider
communities. This has come to fruition and we took delivery of a 17 seater minibus with a tailift which means that we are fully
accessible for all experiences in Glasgow and beyond. This supported 14 young people attend a residential experience away
from home for 4 nights reducing the cost to families with regards to transport.
Our supporters have ensured that every child is able to attend a residential experience and over the period 28 young people
attended overnight stays at an outdoor adventure centre participating in Canoeing, Rock climbing, Swimming, Walking, Swinging,
Archery, pony riding,. These experiences are a once in a lifetime opportunity as the centre is purpose built to ensure complex
health needs can be accommodated. The charity donations made it possible by ensuring that the cost of living did not prohibit
participation and every young person had a positive outcome.
Our fight against poverty has seen us gain support for a Breakfast club, Food pantry and Second hand clothes shop. We have
supported 185 young people access a healthy start to the day, 85 families with regular food parcels, 120 family food vouchers
and a termly clothes collection point. This is having a significantly positive effect on our families with 100% of those in receipt of
support stating that it has helped them at home.

Financial review

Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves

The charity's reserves are in place to support on-going and new projects. funders have provided grants to support our projects but many of the reserves are still in place as we have not secured our budget for spends yet.

We are currently fundraising for a minibus with a tail lift, a work related project which supports young people into voluntary and paid work in the local community, an inno-walk and continued support for our cafe and food related projects

Details of any deficit

No deficit

Donated facilities and services (if any)

APPENDIX 1 Other optional information Declaration The trustees declare that they have approved the truslees, report above. Signed on behalf of the charity's ttee9 Signaturels) OSCR will accept dlgltal or typed slgnatures Full namels Position {e.g. Chair) chair of Trustees Treasurer Date 29.05.2025 29.05.2025

Enter SC No. below SC 049453

Enter charity name below

Friends of Ashton

			Friends of Ashton	Friends of Ashton	Friends of Ashton	Friends of Ashton	Friends of Ashton	Friends of Ashton	Friends of Ashton	Friends of Ashton	Friends of Ashton	Friends of Ashton	Friends of Ashton	Friends of Ashton	Friends of Ashton				SC 049453	049453
			Receipts andpayments accounts
							Period start date							Period end date	Period end date
	For the period from			Day 01	Day		Month July		Month	Year 2023	to	Day 31		Month August				Year 2024
Section A Statement of receipts and payments
	Unrestricted funds			Restricted funds					Expendable endowment funds			Permanent endowment funds				Total funds current period			Total funds last period	Total funds last
	to nearest £			to nearest £	to nearest £				to nearest £			to nearest £				to nearest £		to nearest £	to nearest £	to nearest £
A1 Receipts
Donations	12352.38				0													-	12352.38
Legacies	0				0													-
Grants	0			141425.68														-	141425.68
Receipts from fundraisingactivities	0				0													-
Gross tradingreceipts	0				0													-
Income from investments other than land and buildings	0				0													-
Rents from land & buildings	0				0													-
Gross receipts from other charitable activities	0				0													-
																-	-	-
*A1 Sub total*	*A1 Sub total* 12352.38	-		- 141425.68				-		-		-	-	-				-	- 153778.06	-
A2 Receipts from asset &
investment sales
Proceeds from sale of fixed assets Proceeds from sale of investments *A2 Sub total* - - - *Total receipts* - - - 0 0 0 0 12352.38 141425.68 12352.38 141425.68 ~~—~~												- -	- -	- -				- - - -	- -	- -
A3 Payments
Expenses for fundraising activities	0				0													-
Gross trading payments	0				0													-
Investment management costs	0				0													-
Payments relating directly to charitable activities	Payments relating directly to charitable 0				0													-
Grants and donations	0				0													-
Governance costs:	0				0													-
Audit / independent examination																		-
Preparation of annual accounts																		-
Legal costs																		-
Other	Other
																		-
																-	-	-
*A3 Sub total*		-		-	-	-	-	-		-		-	-	-				-	-	-
A4 Payments relating to asset and
investment movements
Purchases of fixed assets Purchase of investments *A4 Sub total* - - - *Total payments* - - - 0 0 0 0 0 0 12352.38 141425.68 ~~——————~~												- -	- -	- -				- - - -	- -	- -
*Net receipts / (payments)* A5 Transfers to / (from) funds *Surplus / (deficit) for year*	- - - - - - - - - - - - - ~~=——————~~

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Section B Statement of balances

Details	Unrestricted funds to nearest £	Restricted funds to nearest £ 71791	Expendable endowment funds to nearest £	Permanent endowment funds to nearest £ 0	Total current period to nearest £	Total last period to nearest £
Cash and bank balances at start of year	0		0		-
Surplus / (deficit) shown on receipts and payments account					-
					-
					-
Cash and bank balances at end of year (Agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) Details	-	- 2083	-	-	-	-
	-	- 73874	- Fund to which	- asset belongs	-	-
					Market valuation to nearest £	Last year to nearest £
0					0	0




Details		Fund to which	asset belongs	Total Cost (if available) to nearest £	- 0	- 0
					Current value (if available) to nearest £	Last year to nearest £
0				0	0	0








Details			Total - Fund to which liability relates	-	- 0	- 0
					Amount due to nearest £	Last year to nearest £
0




Details			Total Fund to which liability relates		-	-
					Amount due (estimate) to nearest £	Last year to nearest £
0


Signature*			Total Print Name		-	-
						Date of approval
						29.4.25
						29.4.25

Please note - OSCR will accept digital or typed signatures

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Section C Notes to the Accounts

C1 Nature and purpose of funds (may be stated on analysis of funds worksheets)

The funds are in relation to projects which the Charity has applied for in relation to the charitable purpose.

Attached spreadsheet shows the projects and item expenditure for the account period. The projects that have been successful this period include

Garden - food for thought / Jam / Wildlife pond / Sensory Garden / Playground / Fruit & Flowers / Soup kitchen > Enterprise - Cafe / Candles / Cafe on Tour / Immersive room / Minibus / Drive Deck / Shop > Residential - Holiday and Day trips > Christmas - Experience for families > Cost of living - Family support / Swop Shop / Breakfast Club / food pantry / pre-loved shop

Type of activity or project supported Please see attached spreadsheet	Type of activity or project supported Please see attached spreadsheet	Number of grants made £	Number of grants made £





		Total	- 153778

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
Authority under which paid			£
			0





If no expenses were paid to any charity trustee during the period then cross (otherwise complete section 4b)		this box	X
	Nature of transaction	Number of trustees	£
			0




Nature of relationship		Transaction amount (£)	Balance outstanding at period end (£)
			0





Accounts for year ending 31st August have been submitted 1 week late. This is due to the Chair of trustees having a Significant family emergency over a 9 month period.

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Additional analysis (2)

Receipts 5 Breakdown of unrestricted funds	Unrestricted fund 1 - enter name of fund below	Unrestricted fund 2 - enter name of fund below	Unrestricted fund 3 - enter name of fund below	Unrestricted fund 4 - enter name of fund below	Total unrestricted funds	Total unrestricted funds last period
Donations					-
Legacies					-
Grants					-
Receipts from fundraisingactivities					-
Gross tradingreceipts					-
buildings					-
Rents from land & buildings					-
Gross receipts from other charitable activities					-
*Sub total* Receipts from asset & investment sales	-	-	-	-	-	-
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Proceeds from sale of fixed assets					-
Proceeds from sale of investments					-
*Sub total* *Total receipts* Payments	-	-	-	-	-	-
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Expenses for fundraisingactivities					-
Gross trading payments					-
Investment management costs					-
Payments relatingdirectlyto charitable activities					-
Grants and donations					-
Governance costs:					-
Audit / independent examination					-
Preparation of annual accounts					-
Legal costs					-
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*Sub total* Payments relating to asset and investment movements	-	-	-	-	-	-
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Purchases of fixed assets					-
Purchase of investments					-
*Sub total* *Total payments* *Net receipts / (payments)* Transfers to / (from) funds *Surplus / (deficit) for year*	-	-	-	-	-	-
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Nature and purpose of funds

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Additional analysis (3)

Receipts 6 Breakdown of restricted funds	Restricted fund 1 - enter name of fund below	Restricted fund 2 - enter name of fund below	Restricted fund 3 - enter name of fund below	Restricted fund 4 - enter name of fund below	Total restricted funds	Total restricted funds last period
Donations					-
Legacies					-
Grants					-
Receipts from fundraisingactivities					-
Gross tradingreceipts					-
Income from investments other than land and buildings					-
Rents from land & buildings					-
Gross receipts from other charitable activities					-
*Sub total* Receipts from asset & investment sales	-	-	-	-	-	-
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Proceeds from sale of fixed assets					-
Proceeds from sale of investments					-
*Sub total* *Total receipts* Payments	-	-	-	-	-	-
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Expenses for fundraising activities					-
Gross trading payments					-
Investment management costs					-
Payments relating directly to charitable activities					-
Grants and donations					-
Governance costs:					-
Audit / independent examination					-
Preparation of annual accounts					-
Legal costs					-
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*Sub total* Payments relating to asset and investment movements	-	-	-	-	-	-
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Purchases of fixed assets					-
Purchase of investments					-
*Sub total* *Total payments* *Net receipts / (payments)* Transfers to / (from) funds *Surplus / (deficit) for year*	-	-	-	-	-	-
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Nature and purpose of funds

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APPENDIX 3 Independent examiner’s report on the accounts Friends of Ashton

Report to the trustees/members of	Report to the trustees/members of	Charity name Friends of Ashton
Registered charity number	Registered charity number	SC 049453
On the accounts of the	On the accounts of the	Period start date Period end date
charity for the period		Day Month Year Day Month Year
		to 01 07 2023 31 08 2024
Set out on pages		(remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets)

Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner		The charity’s trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the terms of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) 2005 Act and the 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 examiner’s statement		My examination is carried out in accordance with Regulation 11 of the 2006 Accounts 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, I do
		not express an audit opinion on the viewgiven bythe accounts.
Independent examiner’s		In the course of my examination, no matter has come to my attention [other than that
statement		disclosed on the attached page*]
		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. to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper
		understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Signed:**		Date: 05.06.2025
Name:
Relevant professional qualification(s) or body		Bachelors in Accounting & Finance 1st Class hons
(if any):
Address:

*Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply. If the words do apply, set out those matters which have come to your attention on the following page.

**OSCR will accept digital or typed signatures.

APPENDIX 3 Disclosure section Only complete rf the examiner needs to highlvJht material problems. Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose