## **Jeanfield Swifts**
## **Community Football Club (SCIO)**
## **Report and Accounts**
**For the year ended 31 August 2025**
**Scottish Charity: SC050390**
**Annual Report and Accounts For the Year Ended 31 August 2025**
## **Jeanfield Swifts Community FC SCIO**
|**_Contents_**|**_Page_**|
|---|---|
|Reference & Administrative Information|2|
|Trustees’ Annual Report|3 – 5|
|Report of the Independent Examiner|6|
|Receipts and Payments Account|7 – 8|
|Statement of Balances|9|
|Notes to the accounts|10 – 11|
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## **Jeanfield Swifts Community FC SCIO**
## **Reference and Administrative information For the Year Ended 31 August 2025**
## _**Registered Office & Principal Address:**_
Riverside Stadium Bute Drive Perth PH1 3BG
_**Website:**_ www.jeanfieldswifts.co.uk _**Charity reference:**_ SC 050390
## _**Board of trustees:**_
The following served as trustees of the charity during the financial year:
_Current Trustees:_ Edward Davies Ross Gunnion Steven Antoniewicz
The following became a trustee on 1 September 2025: Graeme Coulter
## _**Independent examiner:**_
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## **Jeanfield Swifts Community FC SCIO**
## **Report of the Trustees**
## **For The Year Ended 31 August 2025**
The trustees are pleased to present their report and the financial statements for the year ended 31 August 2025.
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
The Charity is incorporated as a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation (SCIO), governed by its constitution and registered with the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator on 24 August 2020 (charity number SC 050390).
The organisation is composed of
- Members who live within the Perth City [Centre, North & South] ward boundaries
- Associates who live outwith the ward boundaries defined above but are associated with the club in the capacity of player (over 16), coach or official
- Charity Trustees (composed of Elected Charity Trustees, Appointed Charity Trustees; and Co-Opted Charity Trustees, following the first GM).
The names of those who served as trustees during the year and other reference and administrative information is shown on page 2.
## **Objectives and Activities**
The main purposes of the charity are:
- The advancement of public participation in sport as players, coaches, officials and supporters, irrespective of age, race, religion and gender;
- The advancement of health through the provision of activities that have proven benefits for wellbeing including, in addition to organised football training, healthy eating/nutrition classes, space for addiction support services and other physical and mental health services.
- The advancement of community development through operating a Community Football club which makes a positive social impact on the community of North Perth and the wider City of Perth.
- The advancement of education
- The prevention and relief of poverty
- The relief of unemployment
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## **Jeanfield Swifts Community FC SCIO**
## **Report of the Trustees (continued)**
In 2024/25 Jeanfield Swifts Community FC continued to build both its organised football offer and its community programmes. There was growth on both the boys and girls pathways of the organised football section, with the girls section in particular attracting new players across all age groups.
Holiday camps were offered at very competitive rates in Easter 2025 and Summer 2025, catering for over 30 children in total at Easter and more than 50 at three separate camps during the summer holidays. These popular activities not only provide local families with a low-cost option for keeping children entertained and healthy during the holidays, but also offer an initial taste of coaching to some of our older youth players who help out with some of the sessions. In addition to the camps during the school holidays, the club also made provision at short notice for camps during industrial action within Perth and Kinross schools. These camps also provided parents with short-notice cancellation options when individual strike days were called off.
Several new coaches were introduced to the club during the year, each benefiting from coach education. The club provided £1,350 worth of coach education during the year.
Two of our community programmes that continue to thrive are the Welcome League and Women’s Walking Football. Welcome League provides a weekly pitch session for refugees and asylum seekers who live in Perth. This activity is funded by the UK Government Home Office through Perth and Kinross Council. Women’s Walking Football is a popular programme that attracts both those who played in their youth and those who have never kicked a ball before. The group organises social activities in addition to their pitchbased sessions, and has established itself as a firm fixture in the club.
Away from the pitch, our Community Development Officer launched a new Youth Club and a series of Coffee Mornings during the year under review. The Youth Club catered for children in P5-P7, while the Coffee Mornings opened the doors of our club lounge to local residents one morning a week during the winter months. Both programmes benefited from funding provided under the Warm Welcome banner by Perth and Kinross Council.
In addition to these programmes, our Community Development Officer also worked with schoolchildren at Riverside Primary School and Perth Grammar and St John’s Academy. These sessions offered the youngest participants a way into football and provided the older children with options for semi-supervised sessions after school.
The second half of the year saw the trustees focus a great deal of energy and effort on building the case for funding from the Scottish Football Association to install two new 3G pitches at the club. With assistance from a funding consultant and an architectural consultant, who had both worked on other successful bids previously, the club put together an ambitious plan for an investment of over £2 million in redeveloping the facilities at Riverside Stadium, under the working title “Riverside25”.
In June 2025 it was confirmed that that the SFA would provide 50% of the cost of 1 pitch. This was added to the existing package of £300,000 from Jeanfield Swifts FC Trust, support from Gannochy and the announcement of a dedicated budget line from Perth and Kinross Council who earmarked £100,000 for the project. Following the announcement of the SFA’s support work continued throughout the summer on preparing the plans and surveys required for lodging an application for planning permission. Riverside25 has become a multi-phase project with funding for the 1[st] pitch secured in 2025. Phase 2 comprising the second pitch and additional works will follow as soon as possible with the intention to submit further bids for funding in 2026.
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## **Jeanfield Swifts Community FC SCIO**
## **Financial Review**
Details of income and expenditure can be found on pages 7 & 8 and in the accompanying notes.
Income of £127,648 was received during the year. While the largest single contribution to income was from membership subscriptions, as in the previous year, this was supplemented during the year under review by grant funding and a club-wide raffle held just before Christmas 2024, which raised an impressive £17,292 for the individual teams. Details of the grant funding can be found in the notes on page 10.
Expenditure totalled £122,288 giving a surplus of £5,360 for the year comprising net income of £1,658 in restricted funds and an increase of £3,702 in unrestricted funds.
Funds carried forward total £48,503 of which £27,577 is restricted as detailed in Note 5 and £11,968 is the unrestricted general fund.
## _Reserves Policy_
The trustees do not currently have a policy regarding reserves, other than meeting the day-to-day running costs of the organisation.
## **Signed on behalf of the Board of Trustees**
## _Edward Davies_
**Trustee**
**Date: 25 March 2026**
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## **Report of the Independent Examiner To the Board of Trustees of the Jeanfield Swifts Community FC SCIO**
I report on the accounts of the Jeanfield Swifts Community FC SCIO for the year ended 31 August 2024, which are set out on pages 7 to 11.
## **Respective responsibilities of Board of trustees and Examiner**
The charity’s Board of Trustees is 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 (the Regulations). The Board of Trustees consider that the audit requirement of Regulation 10(1) (d) of the 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 Charities Accounts (Scotland) Regulations 2006. 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 Board of 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, 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.
Date: 25 March 2026
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## **Jeanfield Swifts Community FC SCIO**
## **Receipts and payments account for the year ended 31 August 2025**
|**Note**
**Receipts**
**Payments:**
Grants
4
Sponsorships
Subscriptions
Camps
Affiliation fees
Let payments
Bank interest
Raffle
Other
**Total Receipts in year**
Disbursement of funds to teams
Programme delivery
Team events
Festivals
Coach education
External coaching
Facility hire
Facility maintenance & cleaning
Grounds maintenance
Consumables
Teamwear
League fees
Referee fees
ANA affiliation fees
Trophies
Website
Printing
Insurance
Other professional fees
Large equipment
Minor equipment
Bank charges
Sundry expenses
Independent examination
**Total Payments in year**|**£**
**Unrestricted**
**Funds**
-
7,996
59,610
8,205
-
3,272
111
17,292
340
**96,826**
8,022
2,773
892
2,028
1,350
4,340
24,121
2,823
1,767
1,040
19,620
525
5,649
3,967
1,506
1,923
1,320
435
35
-
5,585
2,158
-
100
**91,978**|**£**
**Restricted**
**Funds**
30,272
-
-
-
-
-
-
550
**30,822**
-
19,152
-
-
-
-
1,118
-
-
-
1,280
-
-
-
-
1,486
-
-
5,660
-
1,506
-
109
-
**30,310**|**Total**
**Funds**
**2025**
**£**
30,272
7,996
59,610
8,205
-
3,272
111
17,292
890
**127,648**
8,022
21,925
892
2,028
1,350
4,340
25,239
2,823
1,767
1,040
20,900
525
5,649
3,967
1,506
3,409
1,320
435
5,695
**-**
7,091
2,158
109
100
**122,288**|**Total**
**Funds**
**2024**
**£**
-
11,670
59,618
4,405
-
8,042
431
2,092
**86,258**
5,000
16,103
752
998
1,455
4,090
26,921
2,566
3,580
728
13,947
1,130
3,378
2,055
994
1,594
-
344
-
-
3,882
2,255
135
100
**92,006**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
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## **Jeanfield Swifts Community FC SCIO**
## **Receipts and payments account for the year ended 31 August 2025 (continued)**
|**Note**
**Net receipts / (payments) in year**
**before transfers**
**Transfers between funds**
**Net receipts / (payments) in year**
**after transfers**|**£**
4,848
**Unrestricted**
**Funds**
4,848
(1,146)
3,702|**£**
512
**Restricted**
**Funds**
512
1,146
1,658|**5,360**
**Total**
**Funds**
**2025**
**£**
**5,360**
**-**
**5,360**|**(5,748)**
**Total**
**Funds**
**2024**
**£**
(5,478)
-
(5,478)|
|---|---|---|---|---|
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## **Jeanfield Swifts Community FC SCIO**
## **Statement of Balances as at 31 August 2025**
|**Note**
**_Funds reconciliation:_**
**_Bank & cash balances:_**
Fund brought forward at 1 September 2024
Net receipts / (payments) in year
Funds carried forward at 31 August 2025
Bank current account
Deposit account
Instant access account
Go Cardless
Stripe
**Total funds**|**£**
**Unrestricted**
**Funds**
17,224
3,702
**20,926**
8,901
9,328
111
1,291
1,295
**20,926**|**£**
**Restricted**
**Funds**
25,919
1,658
**27,577**
739
0
26,838
0
0
**27,577**|**Total**
**Funds**
**2025**
**£**
43,143
5,360
**48,503**
9,640
9,328
26,949
1,291
1,295
**48,503**|**Total**
**Funds**
**2024**
**£**
48,891
(5,748)
**43,143**
18,813
21,863
0
1,067
1,400
**43,143**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
## _**Other Assets (estimated value):**_
Equipment
**813** 2,062
**The accounts on pages 7 to 10 were approved by the Board of Trustees on 25 March 2026 and are signed on its behalf by:**
_Edward Davies_
**Trustee**
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## **Jeanfield Swifts Community FC SCIO**
## **Notes to the Accounts For the Year Ended 31 August 2025**
## **1 Basis of accounting**
The accounts have been prepared on a receipts and payments basis in accordance with the Charities & Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 and the Charities Accounts (Scotland) Regulations 2006 (as amended).
## **2 Nature and purpose of funds**
_Unrestricted funds_ can be used in furtherance of any of the charitable objects at the discretion of the trustees. A single unrestricted fund is maintained for the day-to-day operations of the Charity.
_Restricted funds_ can only be used for particular restricted purposes within the objects of the charity. Restrictions arise when specified by the donor or when funds are raised for particular restricted purposes.
## **3 Trustees' remuneration and expenses**
No remuneration was paid to trustees during the year and no expenses were reimbursed to them.
## **4 Grants**
|Perth & Kinross Council –_restricted grants for Welcome League_
Jeanfield Swifts FC Trust –_restricted grant for Riverside25_
NHS Tayside Charit. Found. –_restricted_ _for salary of Dev. Officer_
Perth & Kinross Council –_restricted_ _for Warm Welcome Fund_
Perth & Kinross Council –_restricted_ _for Welcome League_|**2025**
**£**
**950**
**6,000**
**12,500**
**2,678**
**8,694**
**30,272**|**2024**
**£**
-
-
-
-
-
-|
|---|---|---|
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## **Jeanfield Swifts Community FC SCIO**
## **Notes to the Accounts**
## **For the Year Ended 31 August 2025**
- **5 Movement in funds**
|**otes to the Accounts**
**or the Year Ended 31 August 2025**
**Movement in funds**||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Note
**_Restricted funds_**
Holiday Hunger
1
Welcome League
2
NHS Fund
3
Warm Welcome Funding
4
Riverside25
5
Tiny Changes
6
Mental Health
7
_Total restricted funds_
**_Unrestricted funds_**
General fund
**_Total funds_**||At 1/9/24
Income
£ 5,058
£ 0
£ 0
£ 9,644
£ 0
£ 12,500
£ 0
£ 2,678
£ 0
£ 6,000
£ 3,800
£ 0
£ 17,061
£ 0|Expenditure
(£ 2,942)
(£ 2,866)
£ 0
£ 0
(£ 7,146)
(£ 3,250)
(£ 14,107)|Transfers
£ 0
£ 0
£ 0
£ 0
£ 1,146
£ 0
£ 0|At 31/8/25
£ 2,117
£ 6,779
£ 12,500
£ 2,678
£ 0
£ 550
£ 2,954|
|||£ 25,919
£ 30,822
£ 8,266
£ 96,826|(£ 30,310)
(£ 91,978)|£ 1,146
(£1,146)|£ 27,577
£ 11,968|
|||**£ 34,185**
**£ 127,648**|**(£ 122,288)**|**£ 0**|**£ 39,545**|
## Notes
- 1 The "Holiday Hunger" was a programme funded by Perth & Kinross Council to run a lunch club to contribute to the Council's holiday hunger project, ensuring local children received a lunchtime meal during school holidays.
- 2 Welcome league is a programme funded through Perth & Kinross Council with money from the Home Office to provide a football session for asylum seekers and refugees.
- 3 The NHS Tayside Charitable Foundation provides funding for the salary of a Football Development Officer, whose role is contracted through Live Active Leisure. The first 50% of the funding was received shortly before the end of the year and will be paid out during the next financial year.
- 4 Warm Welcome Funding was received from Perth & Kinross Council as part of its Warm Spaces offer. The funds were used to cover the costs of offering a warm space during the winter months and the space used will be invoice and paid out in the next financial year.
- 5 Riverside25 is the charity's large capital project to take over the lease of Riverside Stadium and install 2 new all-weather pitches, as well as reconfigure some of the existing buildings. It is a two-phase development funded jointly by several partners including the Department for Media Culture and Sport (through the Scottish Football Association's Pitching In fund), Perth & Kinross Council (including an element from the Placemaking Fund), Gannochy, Jeanfield Swifts Endowment Trust and NHS Tayside Charitable Foundation.
- 6 In March 2023 Tiny Changes awarded a grant of £3,800 to work with local secondary schools in close proximity to the club, to deliver and host a series of sport, health and wellbeing sessions for young people between the ages of 12-18 years old. Spending of this grant was held over for a period of 12 months due to a change in personnel. However the programme has now been delivered, and the small remaining balance will be used for additional schools sessions in the coming year.
- 7 The "Mental Health" programme is delivered through a Partnership Agreement with Live Active Leisure Ltd ('LAL') which was entered into in March 2024. There is a commitment from both the SCIO and LAL to deliver shared local priorities around the development of football in Perth City – North.
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