**SCOTTISH CHARITY NUMBER: SC050087** ## **DALMORE CEMETERY LAIRHOLDERS ASSOCIATION SCIO** **TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024** ## **DALMORE CEMETERY LAIRHOLDERS ASSOCIATION SCIO TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024** ## **CONTENTS** ||**Page**| |---|---| |**Trustees’ Annual Report**|1| |**Receipts and Payments Account**|3| |**Statement of Balances**|4| |**Independent Examiner’s Report**|5| ## **DALMORE CEMETERY LAIRHOLDERS ASSOCIATION SCIO** ## **TRUSTEES’ REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024** ## **REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATION DETAILS** ## **Scottish Charity Number: SC050087** ## **Current Trustees** ## **Contact Address** ## **STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT** ## **Governing Document** The Association is a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation (SCIO) which became a registered charity on 20 April 2020. The assets of the unincorporated association, Dalmore Cemetery Committee, were transferred to the Association on that date. The purposes and administration of the charity are set out in its Constitution. ## **Recruitment and Appointment of Trustees** The charity’s trustees are appointed or reappointed by the members at its Annual General Meeting in accordance with its Constitution. ## **OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES** ## **Charitable Purposes** The Association’s purposes are: - the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science; - the advancement of environmental protection or improvement; - the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage. ## **Activities and Achievements** The Association’s main activity during the year was the management and maintenance of Dalmore Cemetery in the Western Isles. There were 24 funerals in the year, and all arrangements were made for these, including grave digging and cooperation with undertakers and memorial stone providers. The environs were cared for, including grass cutting and an effort to minimise damage caused by rabbits. A contractor was appointed for the re-fencing of the entire cemetery, with the intention of the work being carried out in 2025. The maintenance of burial records continued as required. ## **Trustee Remuneration and Expenses** The Trustees did not receive any remuneration or expenses during the year. Page 1 ## **DALMORE CEMETERY LAIRHOLDERS ASSOCIATION SCIO** ## **TRUSTEES’ REPORT** ## **FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024** ## **FINANCIAL REVIEW** ## **Financial position** As a result of the surplus of £347 for the year (2023 - surplus of £1,555), unrestricted funds of £7,520 (2023 - £7,173) and restricted funds of £53,940 (2023 - £53,940) were held at year-end which the Trustees consider adequate to enable the Association to continue for the forthcoming year. The restricted funds represent a donation received to undertake environmental improvements at Dalmore Cemetery. ## **Reserves policy** The general fund represents the unrestricted funds from past operating results not yet utilised. It also represents the free reserves of the charity. The trustees have examined the charity’s requirements for reserves in light of the main risks to the charity and consider that sufficient reserves to cover the group’s annual costs, which currently equates to around £8,000, should be held in unrestricted reserves. This would allow the charity to continue to operate in the event of an interruption in its income streams and the unrestricted reserves at 31 December 2024 is in line with this target. Approved by the Trustees and signed on their behalf by: Date: 19 May 2025 Page 2 ## **DALMORE CEMETERY LAIRHOLDERS ASSOCIATION SCIO** ## **RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT** ## **FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024** ||**Unrestricted**|**Unrestricted**|**Restricted**|**Year ended**|Year ended| |---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**funds**||**funds**|**31.12.24**|31.12.23| ||**£**||**£**|**£**|£| |**Receipts:**|||||| |Donations||**200**|**-**|**200**|100| |Grants:|||||| |Commonwealth War Graves Comm||**-**|**-**|**-**|180| |Lair dues||**8,479**|**-**|**8,479**|7,300| |New lairs||**200**|**-**|**200**|150| |||**8,879**|**-**|**8,879**|7,730| |**Payments:**|||||| |Gravedigging expenses||**3,910**|**-**|**3,910**|3,410| |Repairs and maintenance||**3,708**|**-**|**3,708**|2,400| |Equipment||**119**|**-**|**119**|-| |Insurance||**318**|**-**|**318**|296| |Advertising||**66**|**-**|**66**|60| |Meeting expenses||**11**|**-**|**11**|9| |Retirement gifts||**400**|**-**|**400**|-| |||**8,532**|**-**|**8,532**|6,175| |**Surplus/(Deficit) for year**||**347**|**-**|**347**|1,555| Page 3 ## **DALMORE CEMETERY LAIRHOLDERS ASSOCIATION SCIO** ## **STATEMENT OF BALANCES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024** ||**Unrestricted**|**Restricted**|**At**|At| |---|---|---|---|---| ||**funds**|**funds**|**31.12.24**|31.12.23| ||**£**|**£**|**£**|£| |**Bank and cash in hand**||||| |Bank and cash in hand|**7,520**|**53,940**|**61,460**|61,113| |**Funds**||||| |Opening funds|**7,173**|**53,940**|**61,113**|59,558| |Surplus/(Deficit) for year|**347**|**-**|**347**|1,555| ||**7,520**|**53,940**|**61,460**|61,113| Approved by the Trustees and signed on their behalf by: Date: 19 May 2025 Page 4 ## **INDEPENDENT EXAMINER’S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF DALMORE CEMETERY LAIRHOLDERS ASSOCIATION SCIO** I report on the accounts of the charity for the year ended 31 December 2024 which are set out on pages 3 to 4. ## **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) Act 2005 and the Charities Accounts (Scotland) Regulations 2006 (as amended). The charity’s trustees consider that the audit requirement of Regulation 10(1) (d) of the 2006 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 view given by the accounts. ## **Independent examiner’s statement** In the course of my examination, no matter has come to my attention: 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 • 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. Name: Address: CIB Services 63 Kenneth Street Stornoway Isle of Lewis HS1 2DS Date: 28 May 2025 Page 5