2024-03-31-accounts

Scottish Charity Regulator

Caithness Street Pastors SCIO

Scottish Charity No — SC050806

Annual Report and Financial Statements For the year ended 31 March 2024

Trustees’ Annual Report

For the year ended 31 March 2024

The trustees have pleasure in presenting their report together with the financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2024.

Reference and Administrative Information

Charity name

Caithness Street Pastors SCIO

Charity no

SC0050806

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Structure, Governance and Management

Constitution

The Charity is a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation (SCIO). It was registered in its current legal form on 03/03/2021. It has a single tier structure and as such the trustees are the members of the charity.

Appointment of trustees

The management committee, which normally meets every 3 months, are the charity's trustees.

Trustees are elected at the annual general meeting. There must be a minimum of four and a maximum of eight trustees.

Objectives and Activities

Charitable purposes

To advance the Christian faith in accordance with the Licence Agreement executed with Ascension Trust (Scotland) and mission core values: 1. The Sacredness and Sanctity of Human Life 2. Valuing and honouring the community 3. Being a person of Integrity 4. Taking Personal Responsibility 5. Promoting the Growth and Development of the Individual to their Fullest Potential

Activities

We train volunteers drawn from Christian churches of different denominations to provide a listening ear and practical help to the socially marginalised and the needy. We typically patrol the streets of Thurso and Wick, in Caithness, on every second weekend nights and work in partnership with the police, local councils and a range of voluntary and statutory organisations in order to reach and help all those in need. We provide help to those who are struggling to get home, provide proper footwear to walk when needed, comforting presence and a non-judgemental listening ear to those who need it.

Achievements and Performance

We have grown from one team of volunteers to two teams of volunteers in the past year enabling us to cover Thurso and Wick areas more frequently and reach more vulnerable people in the evening as they return home after an evening out. Training and equipment are provided for all involved on an ongoing basis.

Financial review

Our main source of funding is voluntary donations from the public which is supplemented by seeking charitable funds from local organisations. The intent is to keep enough funds to cover expenses such as clothing, training and License Fee.

Reserves policy

No reserves policy at the moment.

Plans for future period

To grow this ongoing ministry to reach more people in need.

Statement of Receipts and Payments for year 31 March 2024

		Unrestricted	Total		Total
	Note	Funds	2024		2023
Receipts
Donations		2,209	2,209		-
Uniform payment		122	122
Bank interest		-	-		-
Total receipts		2,331	2,331		:
Payments
Governance costs	3	-	-		-
Purchase ofequipment	3	.	-		-
		:	:		:
Total payments
Surplus/(Deficit) fortheyear		2,331	2,331		.
Statement of Balances - As at 31	March 2024
	Unrestricted		Total	Total
		Funds	2024	2023
Opening cash at bank and in hand		-	.	-
Surplus/(Deficit) forthe year		2,331	2,331
Closing cash at bank and in hand		2,331	2,331	-
Bank and Cash Balances
Current account		2,331	2,331	.
Cash in hand		-	-
		2,331	2,331	-

Notes to the accounts - for the year ended 31 March 2024

1 Basis of accounting

These accounts have been prepared on the 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 are those that may be used at the discretion of the trustees in furtherance of the objects of the charity. The trustees maintain a single unrestricted fund for the day-to-day running of the charity.

Restricted funds may only be used for specific purposes. Restrictions arise when specified by the donor or when funds are raised for specific purposes.

3 Payments

The charity opened its treasurers bank account in October 2023 after which various donations and uniform costs for a new Street Pastor were received for a total of £2,331. The first payment out for the bank account was £400 for six months governance costs to the Ascension Trust. The cheque for this amount was sent by Caithness Street Pastors on 27 March 2024 but it was not cashed until 9 April 2024. So the Charity has no payments to show on the Statement of Receipts and Payments for this year.

4 Related party transactions

No remuneration was paid to the trustees or any connected persons during the year 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024.

Independent Examiner’s Report to the Trustees of Caithness Street Pastors SCIO.

| report on the accounts of the charity for the year ended 31 March 2024 which are set out on pages 1 to 5.

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 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 | 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 [other than disclosed below*]

1. which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements:

2. e to keep accounting records in accordance with Section 44(1) (a) of the 2005 Act and Regulation 4 of the 2006 Accounts Regulations

3. e to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with Regulation 9 of the 2006 Accounts Regulations

4. have not been met, or

5. to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

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Address: Date: 11‘ October 2024 - a