2026-02-28-accounts

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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	1	3	2025	To	28	2	2026

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Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator

Reference and administration details

Charity name	Stobswell Forum SCIO	Stobswell Forum SCIO
Other names charity is known by	Stobswell Forum
Registered charity number	SC051135
Charity’s principal address	Arthurstone Community Library (First Floor Communities Office)
	Arthurstone Terrace
	Dundee
	Postcode DD4 6RT

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

	Trustee name	Office (if any) Dates acted if not for whole year Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (if any)	Office (if any) Dates acted if not for whole year Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (if any)	Office (if any) Dates acted if not for whole year Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (if any)
1	Colin Clement	Chair		Stobswell Forum SCIO
2	David Macdougall	Vice-Chair		Stobswell Forum SCIO
3	Mike Setton	Tresurer		Stobswell Forum SCIO
4	Lorraine Clement	Secretary		Stobswell Forum SCIO
5	Robbie Fotheringham			Stobswell Forum SCIO
6	Ali Floyd			Stobswell Forum SCIO
7	Joy Melville			Stobswell Forum SCIO
8	Helen King			Stobswell Forum SCIO
9	Nicola Fraser			Stobswell Forum SCIO
10	Lisa Coull			Stobswell Forum SCIO
11	Thomas Coutts			Stobswell Forum SCIO
12	Kenny Christie			Stobswell Forum SCIO
13	Roy O’Kane		May 2025 (at AGM)	Stobswell Forum SCIO
14	Sandy Green		September 2025	Stobswell Forum SCIO
15	Ivaylo Vasilev		February 2026	Stobswell Forum SCIO

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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	Dates acted if not for whole year
Fionn Stevenson	January 2026

Structure, governance and management

Type of governing document

SCIO Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation

Trustee recruitment and appointment

All potential trustees are interviewed by the chair or other senior trustee, if that delivers a positive result the potential trustee are added to the trustee mailing list and included in all internal discussions for a period of three months or longer. If at the end of this period there is a willingness to move forward on both parts a vote is taken by the existing trustees with a straightforward majority deciding the decision. Note-We have reviewed and updated the process during the past year.

Objectives and activities

Charitable purposes	The advancement of citizenship and community development to promote for the benefit of everyone living, working and visiting Stobswell without distinction of political, religious, gender or disability and other opinions by working with the Local Authority, voluntary organisations and local people. The Forum works in common effort to advance social welfare and wellbeing with the object of improving the conditions for all of those livingand visitingStobswell.
Summary of the main activities in relation to these objects	Supporting individuals and community groups to identify and articulate their needs, then take practical action to address those needs.Encourage and support public involvement in the planning and development process. Help to develop a community plan that identifies local needs and sets out a programme for addressing them Build and maintain partnerships between community groups, voluntary organisations and public sector bodies to improve local decision making.
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Achievements and performance

Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the financial period	Dolly Parton Imagination Library. The Forum working with partners in other areas of the city have delivered the DPIL to central Stobswell with funding to kick start the project being delivered by the Maryfield Regeneration Forum. The project is delivering free books delivered direct to their homes to children aged 0-5 in key areas suffering from deprivation within the community. Stobswell Connect. The Forum continue to operate the community hub supporting local third sector organisations to deliver improved advice, signposting and support in the local area. The Stobswell Forum supported by the local community in partnership with St Andrews University delivered a resilience and cohesion workshop to examine the medium and long term effects on the community of the anti-migrant protests which took place during the year. Stobswell Festive Celebration & Appeal. The annual Festive Celebration and Appeal is organised annually working with the council, local schools, doctor surgeries and local people. The main activities are opening a Christmas Shop in the month prior to 25th December, two Light Night Shows and a Christmas Concert at the local high school plus the organisation of the Festive Appeal which generates funds for local people in need of assistance, additional festive lighting has also been delivered during the year. Community Arts Projects, We continue to work with local housing associations to deliver new art in Weavers Yard.
Financial review
Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves	The charity aims to hold a minimum of £7,500 in un-restricted reserves at any one time.
Details of any deficit	The charity does not run a deficit. The Stobswell Forum activities are project based with all projects expected to be at least in a break even position.
Donated facilities and services (if any)	N/A

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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) Colin Clement Full name(s) Colin D Clement Position (e.g. Chair) Chair Date 7th April 2026