CRAG COMMUNITY ARTS SCIO RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT PERIOD ENDED 31 OCTOBER 2025 CHARITY NUMBER: SCOSOS37
CRAG COMMUNITY ARTS SCIO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS PERIOD ENDED 31 ocfoBER 2025 Contents Pagc Trust¢¢s and professional adviseTS Trust¢es Annuat Report Ind¢pendent Rxaminees Report Receipts & Payments Account Statemcnt of Balances Not¢s lo the Financial Statcments
CRAG COMMUNrrY ARTS SCIO TRUSTEES AND PROFESSIONAL ADVISERS PERIOD ENDED 31 ocfoBER 2025 Registered Charity Name CRAG Community Arts SCIO Charity Number SC050537 Trustees Sally GEaham (Chr) Blake Stubley (Secretary) Tsabel Archbold (Treasurer) Helen Humphries Sieivart Sheddon Antliony Merritt Sandra Clelland Philippa Baird Independent Examiner Alistair Campbell FCCA Galbr4ith Pritchards 20 Bams Str¢et Ayr KA7 IXA Registered Office 24 Hamilton Street Girvan KA26 9EY B[erS Royal Bank of S¢otland Cartsdyke Avenue Cartsdyke East Gr¢¢nock PA15 IEF
CRAG COM[uNITy ARTS SCIO TRUSTEES AIYI¥4UAL REPORT PERIOD ENDED 31 OCTOBER 2023 The Trnstees have pleasure in presenting their rcN)rt for the period ended 3 L 2025. Reference and Administrative Delails Reference and athninigtrativ¢ details are shown in the schedule of rnembers of the boanl and professional advisers on page l of th¢ financial sfatemcnts. The Trustees Th¢ trnstees ivho serv¢d the charity during the year wer¢ as follows: Sally Graham (Chair) Blake Stuble}' {Secretary) Isabcl Archbold (Treasurer) Helen Humphries Stewart Sheddon Anthony Merritt Sandra Cl¢lland Pllllippa Baird Structure, Governance and Managemenl Governing Document Crag Community Arts is a S¢oltish Charitable Incorpordted Organisation. It is governed by its constitution and is registered as a charity under number SC050537. Appointment of Trustee5 At AGM, the niemb¢rs mav elect any member to be a trustee. The board may at any lime appoint any member to be a trustee. Trustee Induction And Training NeTrv members undcr80 induction and tsxining to brief th¢m on thetr legal obligation5 und¢r chlty law. th¢ content of the constÉtution, the leadership team and deGision making proCeSs, thc business plan and recent financial perfomian¢¢ of the organisation. Organisation Mie tnjstees administerthe charity. A meeting of the trnstees is held at least once in each year with any ttustee being in a position to call a meeting of tnistees in addition to ihis. No trnstee may se¢ as an employ¢e of th¢ chatity nor entitled to any remunerntion or ¢xpenses. Risk Management The trnSte have a risk management strategv ivhi¢h compris¢s:. An anni reviw of the risks the charity may fice Thc establishmcnt of s)stems and pro¢edurc5 to mitigate those risks and The implementation of pWc£dUr designed to minimise anv potential impact on the charity should those risks materialise
CRAG COMKUNITY ARTS SCIO TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT lethltlQa) PERIOD ENDED 31 OCTOBER 2025 Objectives and Activities Tlie elwity shall promote, niaintain, iillprove and advance tlie edIation of cl)ildren, young people and adult5 particularly by the lCourage]I¢nt of di¢ Arts and ueativity through..- - the provision of Arts woishops, perforniattces. projects and ev¢nls' -"Supportig Comunity development in Carrick. Ayrshire in particular (although not èxclusively) by providing or assisting in the provision of facilities for participation in arts projects, and - improving quality of life through bringing people together to participate tn and appreeiat¢ art. - bringing affordable Arts to sjnall towis and ruTal communities througlioul S¢oiland. Achievements and PerforniAiice W¢ receiv ARIA futtding at th¢ ¢nd of tho previous ffftanciaj year to run the Strandline Illuminat¢d Trail 202415. The trail consisted of 21 Illumined sculptures refl¢ctiMg the history. heritage and culture the ioivn of Giryan. The event itself wa5 as popular as eiier ividi locals and visitors alike. New for this year was th¢ addition of a'free Idonations epted. first fool buff¢l at the Wcc School at the end of the trail. Thts pD)vidcd a great opportunityp to for staff and truste¢s to talk lo visitors and we receiv sOe vaiuabl¢ f¢¢dback. Strandline allows pwpl¢ in di¢ nwai SW lo &cess and experience a quality arts ¢v¢nl on their doorstep. We slart¢d 202) with tlie third year of funding frow tli¢National Lottery Comwunity led fund supportuig the Projcct Coordinator to cany on the good work. and further funding frolli various wind farni fut)ds enhbling us to retain the CatiVe Assistwit position and later funding from Kil8allio¢h Wind fami enabled us to ¢mploy an Arts Development oftfi¢¢r lo assist with planning delivering activilieg. Carrick Futures, Kilgalliocli fwidfftng also fiwd¢d the lantern ProjectlFestival of Light and Strandline ivitli addilioiial funding froni Assell ValleyJNad8ra and Destinion Soutli Asry31)iTe. A big boost in 2025 ivas Awards for All National Lottery funding which allowed us to organisc an exten$Ave programme of workshops for kids, families and adults witl) a theme for th¢ y¢w- Claddacli celebrating our coastal ¢nviroNllent. All workshops We Ilieiued around the coast ld includ¢d poetyl spoken word, a r¢sid¢ncy )d dance proj¢¢t All February 2026. All workshops were well attended and received at f¢¢dba¢k. The F¢$lival of Lighi was a reprieve of the second ¢vcr fcstival, nlled Song of the Sca, fitting in around our general a$tal dieme for the year. Th¢ large lanterns consisted of Black Head¢d Gull walkable lantern costutttes, a giant rtIC and s¢v¢ral largc jellyfish. Kids and ¢ollhmunily in¢Jllb¢rs ade fish. sharks, dolpliins etc. Tb¢ f¢stival ended with a spectacular fire show on tbe shorc ivith the main SwIptE being two large n)acker¢l int¢rtwirted. Strandline emulated this Ihwne also and made us¢ of the Giant turtle again. wbilsl givitig a nod to $e&side towns of old with 1¢¢ cffam con¢$. giant love heart sweds. and tli¢ wak¢rel 8culptur¢ being madc into a1onlwD installalion. Our weekly groups have continued with the Clioir going from $tr¢ngth to strength. guttiing new ¢Jnbers to total 20,"gard¢ning group re¢¢ived nding from Ayt¥hir¢ Climatc Hub and Paint n Patter coiitinued with the Cliaty Sp&¢s funding. Ottce again we collaborat¢d ivith Girvan Traditional Folk Festival in May, widi a wllaborative sliorefroni ra1¢,lappentllg' involving tllany volunteers. botli locals and visitors. helpitig ivith weaving the fw¢ sculpthre, dressing up as crows. dancing and pApers playillg.
CRAG COMMUNITY ARTS SCIO TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT (eonllnued PEIUOD ENDED 31 ocfoBER 2025 Achievements and Perforniance (cont'd) Crag ivas also involved in Mau¢liline Hol), Fair. with the giant Jcan and Rabble Puppets also th¢ hoir p¢rf0ed in tli¢ kirk singing a variety of S¢otti8h and burns songs. We provided workshops and tm'o pupp¢l¢¢rs al Go Girvan's Tattle Fest in Junc, h05ted th¢ ftrst Fcstival Fringe thiring the Girvan Arts Festival, ran an open art exhibition in August for local artist$ and provided a venue for Open Stydlos AyrshiTr in Septcjnber. Wlih funding from Kilgalli(Kh w¢ ¢Jllployed a new Arts dcvelopmcnt Hrorker. Katie Bradley was app)inted kn the post late in May and b¢8an work on Friday 6th June 2025. She l¢ft the post on 8tli October 2025. We employed ttvo young ppIe on the Thriving Comniunities Employabilily scheme and tli¢ new Arts Developmcni offi¢cr $18rtcd in July 2025. Our AGM ivas in August and Steivart Slicddort joined a5 a new Trnstc¢ with the previous chair and secretary re-ele¢ted. Trnstees are Sally Gr#hani as cliairp¢rson, Blake Stubley as $¢crelary. Isabel Arclilx)Id as acting treasurer. We dis¢u$sed the need for an Arts Production Space I Storage l equippd Ivorksliop fa¢iiitA¢5 and had two business plans pr¢pared. One funded by Soutl) Ayrsljire Collncil and one by SURF, produced by Community Enterprise. Witii limited space in 2025 were lucky to b¢ tepOrarIlY abl¢ to rent a Council unit for 6 iyeeks only. FinneiAI Review The Receipts and Pa)'ments Account ftir the p¢ri(Ml shoivs total income of £147,607 and total ¢xpenditure of £152.953 whith results in a deficit of £5,346 Platts for Future Periods We ree¢ived the first tranche of funding from ARtA towards th¢ 202516 Strartdline, Winter Festival ¢v¢nt in Octokr w Iliis ca1¢$ forward to the n¢M, financial year. We hai'e re applied for National IA)ttery Funding- tlie Community Action programme and are aiyaiting die outcome. W¢ are also aivaiting nYS of application to Carrick Futures to support Lantern project in 2026 and to ke¢p on one of th¢ wplo)'ability scheme young peopl¢ as an admin assistant. With the rapid groi4th of Cra8 Coniiiiunity Arts Iliis yearw¢ will also look at slrengih¢ning our board of tntste¢s. resources iv¢ require to Jllov¢ fon¥ard, for ex&inpl¢ additional members of staff and sUprt for taking fonvdrd the Big Arts Space id¢a in 2026. We a150 regnISe tlie n(d for mor¢ help ivith ftngncial record keeping and are exploring the posgibility of paying a bookkeeper. Approved by th¢ Trnstees on 8.1 July 2026 and signed on their behalf. Isabel Ar¢hbold Trustee
INDEPEIWENT EXAMtNER'S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF CRAG COMMUNITY ARTS SCIO FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31 OCTOBER 2025 I report on ac¢ounts of the cjwity for th¢ period end¢d 31 October 2025 which are s¢t out on pages 6 to 8 Res ective res onsibilities of trustees and e3aminer The chaTity's trustees atr responsible for the ppar&lon of th¢ accounts in accordance with the temis of the Charities alld Trustee Investtnent (Seoiland) Act 2005 and the Chariti¢s Accounts (Scoiland) Regulations 2006. The clwity trustees ¢onsider that the audit requirement of Regulation 10 (I)(d) of the Accounts Regulations does not apply. It is my respi)nsibility to examine the account5 &8 required under section 44 (1)(c) of the Act And to sfate ivhether particular matters have come to my attention. Basis of inde dent examiner's statement My examination is caffied out in accordance with Rcgulation I l of the Charities Accounts (Scotland) Regulations 2006. An examination includ¢s a tevie*' of the aluntIng records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts prcs¢nted with those e0rds. .It also includes consideTrtion of any unusual items or diselosures in the accounts, and seeks explanations from the trustees concernlng any such matters. The proceduff s undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit. and consequently I do not expr¢ss an audit opinion on die view ven by the accounts. Inde endellt examiner's statement In the course of my ¢xamination, no matter has come to my attention :. which giv¢s me reasonabl¢ cause to b¢li¢v¢ that in any material respect the requirn¢Dts:_ to keep accounting records in accordance with Section 44 (1){a) of the 2005 A¢t and R¢8ulation 4 of th¢ 2006'Accounts Regulations, and to prepare accoullts which accord with the accounting records and comply with R¢8ulation 9 of the 2(106 Accounts R¢gulations hav¢ not been m¢L or 2 to which. in my opillioffj attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper undeT5tsnding of the to be reached. Alistair Cfimpbell FCCA Galbraith Pritehards 20 Barns Sireet Ayr Ayrshire KA7 IXA 2WI. July 2026
CRAG COMMUNITY ARTS SCIO RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31 OCTOBER 2025 Unrestricted Restricted Funds Funds Total 2025 Total 2024 RECEIPTS Grants Received Fiindraising Donations 111.074 111,074 33.972 126.985 13.040 33.972 TOTAL RECEIPTS 36.533 111,074 147,607 143,132 PAYMENTS PAyment for Charitable Activities Fundraising Costs Hall Rcnts ProperNt R¢pairs 1.996 684 1,996 2,539 725 725 Events and Acttvities Costs Sub Contract LaboLTr & Staff wages Travel Materials 29,921 919 292 96,025 960 125,946 1,879 io 138 722 101,403 2,089 107 590 124 579 Administration Costs In5urnn¢e, Electricity & Telephone SuDdries 68 5,895 884 5,963 5,495 997 Governance Costs Independent Examiner Accountancy 1,032 203 1.032 203 1.235 480 480 TOTAL PAYMENTS (DEFICIT)ISURPLUS FOR YEAR
CRAG COMMUNITY ARTS SCIO STATEMENT OF BALANCES AS AT 31 ocfoBER 2025 Unrestricted Restricted Funds Funds Totsl 202S Total 2024 BANK BALANCES AND CASH IN HAND Opening balances 11,170 47.064 58.234 49,192 Slus for Year 629 9 042 Closing Balan¢¢s OTHER ASSETS Debto LIABILITIES Accrued ¢xpenses Approved by the Trustecs on £7 July 2026 and signed on their behalf. Isabel Archbold Trustee
CRAG COMMUNJTY ARTS SCIO NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STA TEMENTS PERIOD ENDED 31 ocfoBER 2025 BASIS OF ACCOUNTING Th¢ acwunts have been prepared under the receipts and pavments basis and ar¢ in accord•)ce ivith The Charitics and Trustee Investment Iscotland) Act 2005 and the Charitics Acwunts {Scotland) Regulations 2006 (as amended). NOTICE AND PURPOSE OF FUNDS Unrestricted thnds aTe those that mav be uscd at the discretion of the tNstees. in furtheraD¢e of the objects of the charity. The tnCeS maintain a single unr¢stricted nd for the day to day rnnning of the charity. R¢stricted ndS may onl), be uscd for specific putp)ses. Restrictions ]se when specified by the donor or when funds are raised for selfIC purposes. During the year. the chatity received the folloiving restricled grant income.. National Lottery Community t£d Fund Carrick Futures Aw'ards For All National Lottery Kilgallioch Assell Vall¢y ARIA SAC SURF VASA 16.400 22,652 19.890 18,090 4,900 10,465 3,375 2,500 111074