oJrf THE PEOPLEYS PROJECT (SCIO) TRUSTEES REPORT & FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 31- JULY 2024 SCOTTISH CHARITY NUMBER:. SC050335 CARSON & TROTTER CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS 123 IRISH STREET DUMFRIES DGI 2PE 20 Referenee 4dmAnl$tr*dve detallB ScK>ttish charity number SC050335 Oth¢r names kI￿￿n by TIK P¢ople'5 Project (Lljtrfries) R¢gist¢red office Tlre¢ Crowns Court Car50ll & Trotler CIL¥teted Accounlants 123 Irish Stre¢t DGI 2PE Banke Bank of Scotlaod 91 High Stree¢ Dumfries DGI 2BN The ￿￿SLee$ who have served ￿ charity d￿rIll8 the year and SI￿ the year end were as follows.. Appolntffieni ond ty4lninA I'he Charitys ffiistees are appointed or re-appointed by ￿ board at the annual general meeting each yrAr. All trustetts appointed on illCOTwfdtian of the SCIO. Strnclur4 governan¢e and n￿￿#ge￿¢￿t The charity is a Scottish Charitsble Jncorpornted Orgam'sation ISCIO) alld the purposes and administration arr#ngaMIts are set out in its ConstittLtion. Th¢ SCIO was incorporated on 30th July 2020. The chan'ty was previously unincoTporat¢d association but Changed its legal fom to a SCIO. The as9ets of the utiincorporatsd association wer¢ transfetted to tILe SCIO on 30th July 2020. Ch#rit4bie P￿pOse5 - To give people of 8113ges the OPPOTtutiity to nJ8ke 8 diffuence to their and the live5 of other people I(￿allY - To create an eco-friendly environment. tt￿lung Dum[ri￿ and GaUowAy the ¢le4nest pla¢e in the UK and a top tourist destitiation. - To develop the bistory and natural enviroDment of and Galloway. - The provisAOll of recffatiotRL facilitias Page I .. GoDtinu¢d Achievements Ind Perforn￿Mee 202312024 has been another bwy and suK¢ssful year for The PeL)ple's ProjecL DuJJJfrie8. We ljave added to our list of volunteers and hAve eApandsJ OUT projccts to ¢llh￿¢ areas ofour town and also ￿rosS Dumfiies and Galloway. We have." The People's Project collaborated wlth the Medieval Bruce H¢ritsg¢ TnLSt to ¢el¢brdte the above projeci as the Btu fa￿llY h&s strong links v4ith our regioTr The￿ w¢r¢ ¢elebrdtions acr085 Dumfries and Galloway with Bru￿ comiections, ulminating in a Medieval Market and Fayre in DwnfrLes town centre alld a re-enactjnent etKampmeni with ￿Cia￿d actiVAti￿ at C&%tl¢dyk¢s Patk(m 13 a￿1 14 July th¢ W¢¢k￿K1 n¢4r¢8t Blu￿,3 birtlthy. The People's Projwt V0h￿￿er5 wcrc inyolvcd in ￿ally￿p￿t5 of thc Celebratio￿￿.. Mcrnbcr5hip gf th¢ Skering Gn)up. planning. fund raising Mcmb¢rship of Logistics Group, organising ¢hc M¢di¢val m￿¢t and thc Rc￿n￿trn¢nt at Cas¢l¢dyke5 Park Responsibility for making plops, liaising with local businesses and F4M Prison iXmJfr Maimtaining Castledykes Park cThsuring it wps its best Creating a Stall for the M¢dieval Market, other stalls at the m￿l¢val Market e.g. stock5, face in hole boards Litter pickins and V￿edIng aTeas arouTMI the lovjn Conlinued to work ¢0118lx)ratively with the council by weedinE. cutting ba¢L planiing and mulching Extra work at C￿l¢dYk¢S lo il w&5 looking ILS b¢st for th¢ Rdxrt th¢ BTuoe cclebratioL8 MaiDtsined the seated area, flower beds and 8Utrounding area as well as weedTng the ¢8r also orgatiised hanging baskets for residents and busin¢ss¢s Ellsured the Square was lookin8 8LK)d for Visito￿ to ow IOWD foT tbe Bwce Celebratio￿ liaisillg with the Wbeatley Group aryl D & G Council. PTovided somo hanging baskets for some businesw Worked with Polic¢ Srollaud Yi)uth Voluntrers to weed the seatsl aTea a[￿ gaTd¢ns in the car paTk. Maintained the flower plattters with mus¢uDI Staff now Watering the plantets. Maintain¢d the seated area by krtPXAg it weed and litter free Maititained the rose bed - Ck4rfA the river walkway of we Devo Maintained the flower at th¢ steps of bridge Page 2 .. ¢ontiDued Work¢d with Police sCo￿and Youth Volwrteers to weeAJ the karde￿ p4tbways a￿1 Steps at DutiJfiie8 MUs￿m. Maintained the planters on tILe IVhite5and5, The Stoop and Morrison'8 roundabouL Financed the haDging baskrts in Th¢ Vennel. next year we att S￿)nsor108 flower tubs rather thall1￿10g baskets. Assisted oth¢rpartie5 in creating the Midsteeple Garden Our plant and seed stslls at Dull&ie8 Market were w¢ll 4ttended this year with people both bringing alld taking 8eed8 and plants. Many diffemit cOmm￿ty groups wIl￿ted plants as well as nurseries alld individuals. Assis￿d io plant thr DuTnfrie5 of 400 trees, representing one for every person who died ofcovid in the region. 28,000 bulbs were plantal on the Annan and tAththie Road verg¢s at the •Jtran¢es ￿ the tt) brighten up the entrances to the town. Continue to support financiallythe salary of the proj¢c¢ ￿￿￿8¢t and ancillary works. The pathway continues at a pa¢¢ at various Sectio￿ ￿rOSS th¢ region. lllvolvement in the propctsed creation of the Stsr of Caledonia at the Scortish boTderneaT Gretna. ocid Media We have created a new website, allowing us to reach out to more people and ￿rEa￿lSatiOn& creating more posiings on FaceBool Jnatty asking for&8sistance. Fundi The People's Projeet calendar ofDunthies and Galloway for 2024 was our main sowce of fuDding. We OccasK>n￿lY T¢ceiv¢ donations. £250 from Volunteering Matter8 to speDd on pollinatillg plants for MaTk¢t Squate. Dumfries alld GallowEy Coll￿11 has provided us with a variery of garda)ing stwls and otherequip]nenL Page 3 for the The Peopl¢'s ProjKi Dutllfrias will b¢ ¢reoting a Jnernorial atea on Brooms Road in Collaboration with British I£EiOn. Fin8Dclal revRew The accounts show a llrt defi¢it for the y¢ar of £44.004 (2023.. d¢f￿1t£18.03S). Reserv¢8 at the ye4r end were £15.838, 811 of which were unrestri¢ted. This report was approved by the t￿￿'teC5 of tbe clwity on 31$t 0￿¢[ 2024 alld signed ou its behalf by Page 4 I report on the accounts of the ¢han"ty for the y¢4r thd¢d 31st July 2024 which are set out on th¢ folk)win8 pas￿. Resptedve respoDsAbillde8 of trustge$ 4nd ¥5gmiller Th¢ trustecs, arc rc4M)n8ible for the prcparation of thc accounts in ￿cordance with the ternLS of tbe Chariti and Tn￿tee Investment {S¢otlAnd) Act 2005 and the Charitiu Accounts {Scodand) Rcgulations 2(K)6 (as amended). The trustees ￿lder that the audit requirem¢nt of Regulation 10(I)(d) of the Accounts RcgulatiOTLS doE5 not apply. It is rny responsxbility io examiD¢ the aKounts as requarcd uJKler Section 44(1}(cl of the Act and to slat¢ whether particular matters hav¢ ¢onK to my attention. Basis ofthe independent examiner s 8t*tement My exaTnination is carried out in accoTdaRce with Regu]ation I l of the Chariiies Accounts (Scotland) Regulations 2006 (as am¢nded). An examination includes a revi¢w of the accountillg records kept by the cl]arity and a comparigA)n ofthe arxounts preSe￿Ied with those records. It also includes COLsiderdtTOll of any unwual items or disclosures in the ac¢ounts. and seeks explanations from the trustee$ concerw any su¢h matters. The prlxedures undertaken do not provide all the evidettce that would be required in an audit. and conseq￿tIY l th not express an a￿di1 opinion on the view given by tbe accouttts. Independent exAmther'$ s¢at¢menl In the course of my examinalicffl, no matter h&8 come to my attention a. which gtves Ttr rewnable caw to believe that in any rnaterial respect th¢ r¢quirements: to keep a¢wunting records in aCcorda￿e Mryth Seclion 44(1)(al of the 2005 A¢t and Regulation 4 of th¢ 2006 A¢¢ounts Regulatiotts. attd to p￿par¢ a￿OUnts xcord with the acc4)unting recffils aTJd ¢onwty with RegulatiOD 9 of the 2006 ount8 Regulations" have not been theL or b. to which, in my ()pinion. attention should be drawi in order lo enable a prqjer under$t2nding of the accounts to be rr4thed. C.ar$on & Trotter ChArtertd Aeto•ntsDts 123 Irish Street Dllrnfrle$ DGI 2PK Date: 19th November 2024 Psge 5 Unrestrlcted Fullds Restrleted Fund$ Total 2024 Totsl 2023 Note ei Donatior&$ Fuu(IrAising illBome Bank illtrrest ￿e1Ved 56,440 11,305 149 56,440 11,305 149 40,384 10.768 Total recelpts 67,894 67,894 51,152 Futtdraising ex￿￿lture Expenditure on charitsble activities 4.161 107,737 4,161 107.737 4,113 65,074 Total payments 111,898 111,898 69.187 (Defi¢it) lor year {44,(M)4} (44,004) (18,035) The Doles on pages 7 to 8 form IDtwal part of 4¢0Unt& Pase 6 21124 2023 Bank th￿d e*sh In h*nd OpeTLill8 balances (Deficit} for th¢ y 59.843 (44,0041 77,879 (18,036) CJo8ing balan 15.838 59,843 Reserve8 Unrestricted [￿ndS 15.8J8 59.843 15.838 59,843 The charity Iw no othu inveStM￿ts, assets or tMterial liabilities. Approved by thv trubtE¢b on 31bl October 2024 and bigned on thciT behalf by The ￿oteS on pages 7 to 8 form llltegral part of ¢hw¢ 4counts. Page 7 Blsis of accounllng TheK accounts have been prepared on the rtteipts & Foyinents basiB in accordance with the Clwities & Tn Investttwhi (Scotla￿) Act 2005 and th¢ ch￿iti￿ Accounts (Scotland) Regulaiiojjs 2006 (as an￿￿ed). DfynitiQn8 received 2024 2023 Genernl donations 56,440 40,384 56,440 40,384 FllDdralsln8 illtome 2024 2023 Calethr 5POD50Tship Calendar sales 3JOO 7305 4,750 6.018 11,305 10,768 AII is wweslricted. Fundral8kng expemiei 21124 2023 Calett