Kinlochleven Community Benefit Fund
Scotush Charity Number SC049946
Annual Report and Financial Statements
For the year ended 31st December 2024

Kink)chleven Community Benefii Fund
Scottish Ch￿lty Nurnber SC04Y)46
Indewident eytaminees rtpori b) the tr￿£￿6 on the wiawjittd Kinlochlevtn Commynity Benefii Fynd
I rq>ort on the accounts of the thanty for the Feat eth 31st Trccmber X)24 whKh are set out OTh paRu 3 to 6.
RupeeriFe rc8POn8ibilitie8 of and iDJq>eDJcDi examiner
"lThe charit￿$"I'￿￿te(s art responsible for the preparation of tl* accounts in accordarjce with the tem)s of the f.haMties artdTrustee
It)V￿tMent (scotlaj￿) Art 2005 Irtd the ChaFititg.Iccounts (Scodlrtffj Rwlation$ 20(k%. The chattry. m1$￿e$ consxlttthat the
adit re9Uittmetttof Re￿1*[￿)n Iqll Idl of iht Acc¢)Unt$ Rtpplariorts dot$ notipply. Ji J$ my tespon$ibiliry toexjmtht the
accounLS iegutyed undei secoor) 44(Jl Icl drhe Aa *r¥J to stste whethei pallKular mallers have come tomy arrer)r#)n.
Basis of indepcndent exwDinces &taiemeDI
My examinatth ￿ carr￿d out in accordance WLth Re8ulaNon I l of rhe C.haTitie5 Accounts fvodatKiI RcAulaiion5 X>Cb5. An
eLgrnin2tK>n indudes * ttV￿v ol the accounting records kept by the charjty aftd a cotryJa￿0n of the accTr]nts prt%ented wth tknse
record& It also includes ci>nsidtratx>n of any ￿USUal ittins or dtsdosurcs ￿ the accourtt$,2rtd seeks explanations fri>m tht tr￿stee$
Clhicefixt)R any such trfdtters. The W(￿edUleS urtdttttktftdo rtot pmvjde au thc cvidence that wodd be reguired in art audi4 2nd
cortseguend!. I do rt¢Jt txprt&s art audit Opbliort ort thtvitw givtrt by the accounts.
lttdepelldtttt txufiioee$ $t**thent
In thc course of my tx2mir&ti(M4 rtr) ￿￿tter has comt to my attefttioTh."
which RiVeS mt rtasonable caust to bdicve that iti anj. mateiial respect the le9uj￿￿￿￿t$'.
' to kttpaccountinx records in 2ccordatKe with sectTh 4411) lal of the 21X)S Act Atxl ReguhtMm4 of the XMhS
.Iccounts ￿e¥￿at￿)￿s, artd
. to prepare accounts whKh accord with the2ccounti￿ records cottply with ReRulatM>n 9 of the 21KI6
.Iccounts ReRulatJo
have ftot bttft me¢ or
to wkn"ch. Ln my i)pJniofy attthitK)n Fhould bc drawn m or<kr to a propu underxtsTh(br¥of the accounts to
bc reached.
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Finance i%larta
I'oluntary ArtM>rtlAKhaber
An r)rothaid. L]apgan Road
I'ort w￿l•M
PH33 6PFI
2025
VOLUNIARY AC￿oN LOCHABER

ochkyen Cornrnuniiy Br]xfrt P￿d
Receips qnd Accoun1*
For the yttr ended 31st Dectmbtt 2024
Scoithh ￿allry Nwnber S(J•)946
YeRrlo
Yearto
Yar to
2024
Unrutricted
YJ24
Res¢Tic*d
20
21125
TOL41
T¢xal
Receipts
Note
.77
79J27
Bank in￿[c￿l teceived
Othu Chlrithble Attnryli
Rcturn or(Jf1ntF￿ds
21
Totsl Receipts
46,791
46,￿1
79J27
Payments
Owifable ActiVitieÈ
JY•nts 14
57,973
57,973
7JJOI
Indyendeni
TOMI PAymen
57,973
s￿1￿￿/(Da￿lEI for the yr2r I￿t￿re
(11.1811
6J126
s￿￿/{DefIciE) for thE
(A026

nknthieyen C￿&MUnIty Btlltfit Fund
ReceiptB And PA￿t￿￿ Ac4x>unts
For ihe year ended 31st December2024
Scottiih CthaAry NuMkrSCOW)46
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Ytsr•
Ytsrto
2Q24
2024
Totsl
Sta*rntiitof *t3tstDEcernber2024
Opentht (aih al bank and ￿ haTrJ
119.279
11*279
113.253
Aikl Ir(¢>mp
791
I￿01}
57.9
791
Ekyendiiurt
TYansfw&
57.973
hand
J98
nkamd Cash Bajamces
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FWOS Ileld W. KLI..
113,T19
Pery(
9&10
98
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NotrstotF* tttouhts
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andtheCMihle5 ACC￿15 IScotLindl Rel￿11￿n5 20C6 (J5 Jrnendedl.
2 H•TrYeJrAIpuvpDse Lllunds
UnrestrKted funds4￿th(£tth& rnaybe used at dI￿￿t￿￿n oltht trustees in furtherance c+the obiKts of chaitty. The twstht5 rnlkntawl a
unresitttedfuolforthe#*itroay tyn￿￿801the Charrtv (knlni ihei*a¢ the (ha¢tyfe<ei￿d8r¥￿rs1thal11￿ E46.770fr0rn Wro Furds p￿$
£21 rewrned fiorn Klrl+xhknen Bcwb.
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pJrpose5.
NO remuner4ti•nw4% paidtothe tty$¢￿ (* anycohr*ctso personsdurrythÈ*¥12023. £NIU.
4 Grnrtx
Re5￿cted
Totsi >)24 T•kni 2021
13,385
11926
31385
66AOI
21
791
Nath¢•th HvthoLt
LochiberHythoLtd
R•um &Gra￿tFUnds{XIi￿thlts*n
13,385
33.385
21
46.791
79.327
Vrnw*ted Retrfcted
rds
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L￿at￿ls
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Theie ¥￿e rn tTrlsleTh tei*Een fiJrd5 th2yar12023.'£FJIL>.
UNtttrthd AtttrKted
IndependeniExarnknathin
8 Lbt d OenehdJrfe5andAmunts
Kinllxh￿*n TNst-Tti* DDOts- £3.SIAlnO
Kknkthlwen C(ffnmunty ￿h￿01-khOOlT￿p$- £6Jryir•J
8th￿5. 00￿5 *ort5 gjrfxe. £4.021.20
St P•ulsEptsti)pal Church. £35aoo
I￿and pa￿- f56ZIKI
I￿and Park- El18430
LÈKihttsn. Halkx*èn Party. É2SOJ)O
SouthLochaber 8th¥man. Ewlirnent-£77a03
Attion foi ￿n￿rs- O¥er50s PArty- £l,SL¥JIKJ
nkKhl*•on u•ns Sh•d- É1.7S0nO
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prth4rySthool. EtynPrtént.É4￿$9.79
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10 Lknre5Erfcted FUTr
Attst
31st
VnrÉgt4ldedFuThdÉ
46.791
6,791
108x68
7.973
11
At3tst
2024
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KCBF Trustee's Report 2024
Period= I" Jan 2024- 31" December 2024
Contact Information..
Klnlochleven Communr¢y Benefrt Fund SCIO
Scottish Charity No. SC049946
Charity Objertives and Acti¥itles:
The KCBF is o Scottish Charrtable Incorporated Organi5ation.
KBCF helps the residents of Kinlochleven by workin8 Wfth groups and organisatlons to achleve the
followlng..
The advancement of educatlon, the advancement of health, the advantement of titizenship
or community development, the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science, the
advancernent of public participation in sport, the provision of re¢￿atIonal facilltles, or the
or8anisation of recreational activities. with the oblect of improvit)8 the condtlions of life for
the persons for whom the facilities or artivities are primarily intended. the advancement of
environmental protection or improvement, the relief of those in need by reason of a8e, 111
health, disability. flnanclal hardship or other disadvantage.

".Elnlochleven
2024 Overvlew
Board and Manawnent Updates
The hEld 111 SeFtember 2024. All trustees were in attendance.
ere elected as new tru51ee5 and subsequently dppointed as
Setreiary, TrpasiJr¥i diid Ch3ir, respectively.
Andy Cooper was appointed as the KCC representative in Ortober 2024.
No representative frorn Kin JL4le Jvii IIIFh f rtyp.nl i'¢3
.rpbpnt *t the 2024 AGM but in subsequent
meetin8S two students
greed to join for 202415 with both
attending rneetin8s and having one shared vote. KHS has been approached to offer the role to new
pupils for 202516.
Despite standlng down as trustee on 2nd September 2023
existing trustees with handover and accessing the bank accuunt
ontinued to support
2024 Fundlng Rounds
There were only two funding rounds in 2024 due to technology issues which prevented the board
from operatin8 between February and September 2024.
A total of 16 applications were received over the two rounds, of which 13 were approved. as detailed
in the tsble below.

XlThloehleYen
Round
Applicant
Description
Grdnted
To replace the indoor bowling club
Feb 2024 Leven Centre Indoor Bowls Club carpets/sets
£4,000.00
Feb 2024 Kinlochleven High School
School trip5 for pupils
Replace doors with steel frames and
doors due to vandalism
£6.500.00
Feb 2024 Kinlochleven Community Trust
£3,500.00
Feb Funding Round Total £14,1)00.00
Capital costs for Ice Factor building
refurbishment
ort 2024 Powerhouse Climbing CIC
£15,000.00
Sensory equipment, art/music
sessions and rent
Oct 2024 Kinloch Tot5
£1,526.00
Oct 2024 Action for Seniors
Over 50s party
£1,500.00
Oct 2024 South Lochaber Bowmen
Archery equipment
£773.03
Oct 2024 Handy Hub
Halloween Partv
£250.00
Oct 2024 Kinlochleven Men's Shed
Overheads
£1.750.00
Oct 2024 Island Park
Fl￿WorkS night
£2,746.50
Oct 2024 Kinlo£hleven Community Trust
Renovation costs for Aluminium Story £15,000.00
Family Hub.. staff costs, building costs
and equipment
Oct 2024 Kinlochleven Community Trust
£16,000.00
Oct 2024 Kinlothleven Nursery
Equipment and outdoor clothing
£4.055.79
Oct Funding Round Total £58.601.32
2024 Totsl £72,601.32

Kinloebleven
Bethefit
2024 Finance Overvlew
The total awarded in 2024 was £72, 601.32, well in excess of the amount feceived in grants from
Green Highland Energy which in 2024 totalled £46, 770.03. At the end of 2024, there was. however,
still a large amount of funds available as shown in the financial Ove￿ieW below.
Note that the £15,￿0 grant to Powerhouse Climbing CIC has not yet been paid a5 this Is conditional
on the lease being signed, which 15 expected to happen soon.
I tD c2024Fi
l-Jan-2024
Opening balance
£113,779.(Xl
£52,291.23
£57,972.52
£108,097.71
Total In
Total Out
31-Dec-2024 Closing balance
Date
To/from
In
Out
Balance
26-Feb-2024 Kinlochleven Community Council
12-Mar-2024 KCT
£5,500.00
£119,279.00
£3,500.00 £115,779.00
12-Mar-2024 Kinlochleven Community HiBh School
l-Aug-2024 Kinlochleven Bowls
6-Sep-2024 St Pauls Episcopal Church
20-Sep-2024 Kinlochleven Bowls
26-Sep-2024 Nathrach Hydro
25-Oct-2024 Island Park
£6,500.00 £109,279.00
£4,021.20 £105,257.80
£350.00 £104,907.80
£104,929.00
£118,314.15
£562.00 £117,752.15
£2,184.50 £115,567.65
£250.00 £115,317.65
£773.03 £114,544.62
£1,500.￿ £113,044.62
£1,750.00 £111,294.62
£144,679.50
£15,000.00 £129,679.50
£4,055.79 £125,623.71
£16,000.00 £109,623.71
£1.526.00 £108,097.71
£21.20
£13,385.15
25-Oct-2024 Island Park
30-Oct-2024 Carrie-Ann Leighton
30-Oct-2024 South Lochaber Bowmen
30-Oct-2024 Action for Seniors
30-0rt-2024 Kinlochleven Mens Shed
28-Nov-2024 Lochaber Hydro Ltd
2-Dec-2024 Kct
£33,384.88
12-Dec-2024 Kinlochleven Primary School
16-Dec-2024 KCT
30-Dec-2024 Kinlochleven Baby and Toddler

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BeNelll
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Objectives for 2025
The full rewrt of 2025 funding and other aLtpiity will be given In the 2025 Tnjstees, Report. but
below is a summary of the 2025 objettives and progress to date (August 20251.
Objectlve
Pro8re5S
Distribute funding in 3 fundlng rounds throughout the year
Funding rounds in February and
June complete. NeKt deadline for
applications is October.
Work with the Voluntsry Action Lochaber team to update
polities, guidance for applicant5, improve the application
fomi / make it available in digital format and refine the
scorlng matrlx
Completed Spring 2025
Purchase laptOP5 to assist with trustee operations
Completed Summer 2025
Launch a website to host the online application form,
guidance notes and publish deialls of Erants
Started. due to be completed
Autumn 2025
Appoint new trustee5 to bring the total back to 6
Scheduled to take place Augusl
2025
Trustee'5 De¢laration
Si8ned on behalf of the Trvstees-
Date= 2510812025
Position- Chalr