2021-07-31-accounts - Release Scotland

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APPENDIX 1 OSC r

Trustees’ Annual Report for the period	Trustees’ Annual Report for the period	Trustees’ Annual Report for the period	Trustees’ Annual Report for the period	Trustees’ Annual Report for the period	Trustees’ Annual Report for the period	Trustees’ Annual Report for the period	Trustees’ Annual Report for the period
	Period start date				Period end date
	Day	Month	Year		Day	Month	Year
From	27	07	2020	To	26	07	2021

Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator

Reference and administration details

Charity name Release Scotland Other names charity is known by Registered charity number SC50329 Charity’s principal address 4 Caddonlee farm Cottages Galashiels

Postcode TD1 1UE

Names of the charity trustees on date of approval of Trustees’ Annual Report

Office (if any)	Dates acted if not for whole year	Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (if any)
Chair


		Apex Scotland
		Business In The CommunityScotland
		The Wise Group
	31/08/2020
	11/03/2021

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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
	Two Tier SCIO


Objectives and activities
Charitable purposes Summary of the main activities in relation to these objects
	The promotion of equality & diversity
	Release Scotland engagement has increased over the year, with thanks to and recently stepped down trustee for shaping the Release Scotland approach to Scottish Government. Various trustees had met with Scottish Government colleagues over the year to pick up on the Release Scotland agenda. Other activities that Release Scotland have been involved in include working with the care sector in Scotland and the SSSC; providing commentary on their toolkit for hiring people with convictions. Contacts within Irish Government are also keen to work with Release Scotland following some funding they received to set up an equivalent service or organisation in the Republic of Ireland. Release Scotland were also featured as speakers at a number of events including the annual conferences of both Recruit with Conviction and the University of Strathclyde.

APPENDIX 1 Achievements and performance

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

Chair’s report Release Scotland activity over the last 12 months, alike most organisations, had been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Before the incorporation of Release Scotland as a formal charity on 27[th] July 2020, the Release Scotland working group took a decision to largely hibernate activity. This was because the pandemic had created a job-short market, with Scotland’s main issue being that people were out of work, thus reducing opportunities for those with extenuating circumstances, such as people with convictions. In June 2020, the Release Scotland working group recognised the need for planning to scale and was, shortly after, registered as a formal Scottish charity. Activity was restarted, and for the next 6 months, Release Scotland continued to support both individuals and businesses through its report form on the website. In January 2021, it was realised that the website had been removed from the internet due to previous agreements around website hosting coming to an unexpected end. The reinstatement of releasescotland.com as a key tool for success became a priority. The Chair is pleased to report that a new Release Scotland website is available, with special thanks to trustees , and Apex Scotland. The tracking of website activity will be a key metric for Release Scotland over the next year, as a way of measuring progress and success. The pandemic is not over, but as the lockdown ended in the summer of 2021, the labour market has switched from a job-short market to record numbers of job advertisements and opportunities. There has been a record fall in the number of applications to each vacancy, which demonstrates that companies are struggling to hire, as well as a shortage of resources. There have been a number of theories for the cause of this, including: the instatement of employment models such as IR35; the early retirement of older workforce following the pandemic; the impact of Brexit on immigration and the job security in some sectors causing workers to change their vocations. Whatever the cause of these resource shortages, Release Scotland will be able to grapple an opportunity to demonstrate the importance of hiring from underutilised areas of the labour market. Our purpose as a charity is at the forefront of what is coming over the next few months. Of the Top 10 areas with the most unfilled vacancies in UK, 4 of these areas are located in Scotland. A key challenge for Release Scotland is funding, and this is likely to continue as a challenge as we enter into 2022. Over the next 12 months it is key that we develop a coherent strategy which addresses what Release Scotland wants to achieve, how Release Scotland should obtain long-term funding, its asks of Scottish Government and its product for employers. Release Scotland hope to hold an event as activity continues to progress.

Financial review

Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves Details of any deficit Donated facilities and services (if any) APPENDIX 1	Release Scotland is developing it’s financial strategy which will be implemented in Year 2 of Activity
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Other optional information

Declaration

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above. Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

Signature(s) Full name(s) Position (e.g. Chair) Chair Date 16[th] March 2022

Enter SC No. below

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SC50329

					Receipts andpayments accounts	Receipts andpayments accounts	Receipts andpayments accounts	Receipts andpayments accounts	Receipts andpayments accounts	Receipts andpayments accounts	Receipts andpayments accounts	Receipts andpayments accounts	Receipts andpayments accounts	Receipts andpayments accounts	Receipts andpayments accounts	Receipts andpayments accounts	Receipts andpayments accounts
							Period start date									Period end date	Period end date
		For the period from			27 Day			07 Month				2020 Year	to	Day 26		Month 07				Year 2021
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 £	to nearest £
A1 Receipts
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		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-		-	-	-	-	-
					-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-		-	-	-	-	-
*A1 Sub total*	*A1 Sub total*	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-		-	-	-	-	-
A2 Receipts from asset &
investment sales
Proceeds from sale of fixed assets - - - Proceeds from sale of investments - - - A2 Sub total - - - Total receipts - - - ~~——~~														- - - -	- - - -	- - - -		- - - -	- - - -	- - - -	- - - -	- - - -
A3 Payments
Expenses for fundraising activities		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-		-	-	-	-	-
Gross trading payments		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-		-	-	-	-	-
Investment management costs		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-		-	-	-	-	-
Payments relating directly to charitable	Payments relating directly to charitable
activities		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-		-	-	-	-	-
Grants and donations
		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-		-	-	-	-	-
Governance costs:
					-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-		-	-	-	-	-
Audit / independent examination		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-		-	-	-	-	-
Preparation of annual accounts		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-		-	-	-	-	-
Legal costs		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-		-	-	-	-	-
Other	Other	Other-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-		-	-	-	-	-
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**A3 Sub total **		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-		-	-	-	-	-
A4 Payments relating to asset and
investment movements
Purchases of fixed assets - - - - - - Purchase of investments - - - - - - A4 Sub total - - - - - - Total payments - - - - - - ~~—====—~~
*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 £ - - - -	Expendable endowment funds to nearest £	Permanent endowment funds to nearest £	Total current period to nearest £	Total last period to nearest £
Cash and bank balances at start of year			-	-	-	-
Surplus / (deficit) shown on receipts and payments account			-	-	-	-
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Cash and bank balances at end of year (Agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) Details	-	-	-	-	-	-
	-	-	- Fund to which	- asset belongs	-	-
					Market valuation to nearest £	Last year to nearest £





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









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





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



Signature			Total Print Name		-	-
						Date of approval
						08 March 2022

Accounts / Statement of balances

December 2007

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Section C Notes to the Accounts

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

C3a Trustee remuneration C4a Trustee expenses C2 Grants C3b Trustee remuneration - details	Type of activity or project supported	Type of activity or project supported	Number of grants made £	Number of grants made £





			Total	-

	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)
	Authority under which paid			£






	If no expenses were paid to any charity trustee during the period then cross (otherwise complete section 4b)		this box	x

C4b Trustee expenses - details			Number of trustees	£





C5 Transactions with trustees and connected persons	Nature of relationship	Nature of transaction	Transaction amount (£) Balance outstanding at period end (£)

			Number of	£
			trustees
C4b Trustee expenses -
details



			Transaction	Balance
			amount (£)	outstanding at
	Nature of relationship	Nature of transaction		period end (£)
C5 Transactions with trustees
and connected persons

C6 Other information

December 2007

Accounts / Notes

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Additional analysis (1)

Analysis of receipts and payments

1 Donations

1 Donations
	Unrestricted funds to nearest £	Restricted funds to nearest £	Expendable endowment funds to nearest £	Permanent endowment funds to nearest £	Total current period to nearest £	Total last period to nearest £
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Total 2 Grants	-	-	-	-	-	-
	- Unrestricted funds to nearest £	- Restricted funds to nearest £	-	-	- Total current period to nearest £	- Total last period to nearest £
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Total 3 Gross receipts from other charitable activities	-	-			-	-
	- Unrestricted funds to nearest £	- Restricted funds to nearest £	Expendable endowment funds to nearest £	Permanent endowment funds to nearest £	- Total current period to nearest £	- Total last period to nearest £
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Total	-	-	-	-	-	-
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4 Payments relating directly to charitable activities

	Unrestricted funds to nearest £	Restricted funds to nearest £	Expendable endowment funds to nearest £	Permanent endowment funds to nearest £	Total current period to nearest £	Total last period to nearest £
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Total	-	-	-	-	-	-
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AccountsAdditional notes (1)

December 2007

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Additional analysis (2)

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

December 2007

AccountsAdditional notes (2)

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Additional analysis (3)

Additional analysis (3)					-	SC50329
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

AccountsAdditional notes (3)

December 2007