RELEASEAYIISHIRE
FOR THEYEAR ENDED ISTJANUARY2025
CHARITY NUMBER 5C051648
OAINS
ACCOUNTApifs
EiLERSLEY HOUSE
30 MILLER ROAD
AYR KA7 ZAY

EA
TRUSTEES
PAINCIPAL ADrJRESS
54 MaucNlne Road
Auchinleck
South Avrshi
KA18 2BN
Inde￿ndent Exarniner
a Acc)ur.t2rts
30 Miller ROJJ
Ayr
South Ayrshlre
ZAY

RELEASE
YRSIIIRE
TRUSTEES REPORT
FOR THEYEAR END
D IsfJANIJARY2015
Charltabje
0se$
The arganisation's PLrposes are. Ihe adnrtemeDt of ￿¥zenShIP or tommltnity devel¢)pment the advancemenl of
heakh through positNe Pfcmrtlon of mental wdlbeing awawess r*sir& the advaKement of education by
provison of taibr made trainlng to ¥c4uDteus and members of the publi¢ and to pr(ffi￿ Ilfelong ￿arnI￿ and fostrr
ood retktiorns withln ¢ommuftilies.
2024 - was a big year for us, we hid secured kndinB from The NatKJnal Lottery to get our first ever (harity m￿a8er
on a self ernployed basis. this was a mas&%e step lor the tharity as it would now allow US to ramp thwig5 UP wrth
rqards to campaigns, estnts znd meetings etc which tsnforrunatdy had *￿eN limrteé to over the past few years.
Inlllally our chirlry mawei cane in and got ojr new olliee OTKani5ed and made swe al our le8alitles were in place
and also Sourced our volunteer5 tralnlng io ensure everyonewas up co dale. we st3rTrd to cc¥nFqle a Iix of local
comrnunily 8roups we wanted ro go oui rneet to stsrt getting the charlty In amon8St the W￿ley neNMk withln
A￿s￿l￿E- tf*5e S￿lU￿e￿ 360 Menial Health Char¢Ly 5oJth Ayfshlre. South Ayr5hl,"e Health & 5xlal Partnershlp, East
& 5cwth Ayrshlre Coun¢5ts and rna￿¥ rnofe Includ1￿ CQTnmuriw PD4ce3nd wellbelrrf Officer5.
We rontinuqd aur Campai8ns. thls year w2 Pub C￿l8r& io ￿l￿b￿ration with PrestFest ¥thlch was pretty
successful. we 8aw each of iho 12 bits in¥%)fv￿ Rd•as• Bar Runrt4f*. COaSt•is. m?￿h and ptssters to give out
O￿T th• week•nd to all the pub 8o•rK W• also laurbchgd our Tattoo Padour Cafty3i8n aft4r a rs¢•nt passln8 within
OLY area Ardln ihis went drwnwell and we m3na8ed to 8et ovw 30 13tt00 p3dours acros5 AyTshire imlved.
Ths sear wt torttiAued to distnbute ourawa¥eness boxes. *thith contain free awareness bards. pen5 ènd intormath)n
cards on our service to increase 3wareness-weare now totaling at ICX] boxes across Ayryhire.
r rlari th￿ year. haviry wr new charkty rnana¢er thi knard was to name there. alonyide meetlne l%xal
orKani5ations and our ¢on%inued campai￿s and advertisuit we attended 0￿r 25 events. with the he5p of our
outstandinevdunteers. At these ￿entS we would give our free merchandise io hew r¢omotp the service and increase
awarenes5 arouné men'5 rnental heath ènd a&0 run odd raffle ￿ help raise funds. These events induded, The
Holy Fair. Kilmarnock Fair Fèstpnl, Kiftcaid51on Fun Day. fftFèst New Cumnock, D￿8￿OrTh FIreF￿hterS Wellbeini Day.
Woodroad Par* Fun Day and a goodfèw mNe.
We aso rtarted ctsllaiing a Vcdunieei Resource pack- contsinkw Serri￿5 wailable Irom all across Ayrshlre 1ncluth.ng
small c￿nmunity group5 ftf all aspect5 aff2CtEnt mental health - ths ￿ our val￿teerS a library of rewurce5 to
reath to il someone is s*kiw si>me supporL
Going off ol last years kih¥alk feedback we atam) dec4led not to do ?ny major lundrèsine c4mpaiffts and decided th15
was the year to gNe back and propel our (ydt there ènd go back to where started with the redessgn of our
posters. wèsiarted toget the pogersvpand ab￿rt •re toinuea5e aw3rèr*ssfrom erounl lewel.
rfer the past year we were really fortunate to have had some arnaan¢ donatons made - a few matches and
specialised events were heky in ai# of Release- ttris pve us ar amain8 boost In fttnds whlch allowed u5 to contlnue
giving our free merchaodise and ￿￿eS1￿ and disTribute ou.. rcodslde tran￿r5. We were also able to buy our Release
Van and get It sign-wrrtten - hawng ihls vehrcle on the road 80ing about Aytshire promorin8 our *￿Ce has beefi
arna￿n8 and we bave had 50 many ctsmmÈfiis! It also allows ts- rc a::In. eieprs Wi:F, our largei ￿ere5 of ffjulpmEnt
Including our new iurtom M4f4vee. Speclal mention 80 to
ho organised a Chanty Joxin8
Event as part of theli collrfe CoU￿- thi5 raised £10512.20. 1)e New CuFnno:k eD¥ r
Tedm Yrfho raised £6(￿. the
North Ayrshiie 8oxins Teain who raised £6800 and to the famiw frthds of
ho arran8ed a M￿¢XIa1
I￿￿11￿8 d4y- la￿1￿8 £2604. A ma>si¥e th4Trk you to everyone wh¢ d¢nated to',he charity this yeai as without yots we
wouldn't be able to do *hat we do.

RELEASEAYRSHIRE
STEE5 REPORT
FOR THE YEPth ENDED IsfJAN
Wt launched our new Merchandise this - Xrnas &ubls Mugs. Stanley style M￿5 and also trur brand new
Hoodies as a way 91 brireing money ba<k into the charty w hdp us be a little more sew sustainable going fomard.
Th?se have been well re￿IVed andthe uptake in sae5 h35 b*n rea￿ promi￿￿￿.
Arh)ther tr￿sY year at Rdeasè. having our tharity manaeer on bts¥d has alo*Ed u5 to focu5 on gettin8 the charity
more knowv wr(hin thher c￿mUNty groJps and or83nisatbons. a massfft than% to all our Volunt￿1$ who give up
their time to help u5 to increase awareness w reduce the stigrna around men's ment•1 heath. ￿,5 been a stper busy
year with events and next year we nope to conto)ue with the5ame speed and keep PTwelling thlngs forw¥d.
Amasyve thankyou to ￿ Cumnock o￿￿10pmerrt TTUSt- accepted ouifw¢*ne akwicatlon fu 2025 to Brve our
Charity rnana8er an extra 4 hours to be used within New C¢Jmn¢xk- prornoii￿ Mental Wdlbeing wthin the
communrty- we alreaty ha¥t somt an¥aJn¢ Idtss on howt1¥5 will be ¥5ed.
O¥er the next year. we hopetosaln funding fcrf thailty mana8Er 05 the Df work wehave done o¥*r
the pist ye¥ simply w¢Juldnt be p¢)5511Ae- wlll kjol flowp dlfferent as*nues io tslplund the job role. We have
another bi8 year ahead Wifh Pty%enri41 Ihange comin8- S￿￿e[hin8 we are extremely exdtal for. Our alm Isto keep
PU5hinK the Iharity tothe f(Yefront ar￿ Eet ournarnewe.l known wtthin Ayrshwe- we will do thi5 Wtth funher
atnpaigns. advErt15ing and attend￿8 Event5 and v*¥tln8 tngte Egtnrwnity 6fOUPS LJr8ani5ations wf(hin
Ayrshire.We aim to source fundin8 ￿ hdp seu¥e the foundati￿5 of the thafity lot the next fesv yeaT5anO also
erKouraie rewvolunieeis to corne on bo•re bycreatini a new volunteer incenlive packaie. to help them Imprp
skill 5rts whilst still 5UPPWtinK the thartty Kett#)£ volunieerexper*nce. Here's to 2025.
ReseNes
The irustee5' pofy $5 to retain £2.(￿￿] minimum per month in iyder to meet crmmiifflents aThl to cover ènv
un•xp4a8d •xp*fiditure. The trnstees believe that ihis is an atteltable rathee ￿ wfjll contlnue to m￿r(Or the
positrfjn.
I￿n
Yd•f asfolh)¥A5'.
R*crultmert i
The managernent committee, which normaly meets on the L45t Wednesday of eath fflorth, are the charws tnotse5.
Membership of the chority i¥ ?pen tts &Thy member of the general wblit to allow for x>m¢ tontinurty. Trusiees are
elected ot the •nnual senEral methf* whith is hdd in Marth. There must be a miftimum of ei¢ht members in
attendanct.
The Charlty is a Scottish CForitable Intorpfrned orlani5ati￿ la Saol. It reitstered in rts current k(al fonn on
18th March 2022. The charity was prewY¥usty zn unir.corporated a$S￿lation but ¢har4eé its legal IDrrn to a SCIO.
.9f2025 and s￿ne4 ¢)n bthalf ofthe trnstees asa bo*.

REL
REP(ThTBY THE INDEP
OENTEXAMtNER TO
FOR THEYEAR
ND
D IsfJANUARY 2025
I report an ihe accounts of the than.ty for the yearended lstjanuwy 2025.
ftE5Plrtlve re5ponslbllltles of iru5Lees ar￿ examlmr
The c.laDty'5 t￿slee5 are resp￿s￿ble forthe preparatlonof thèatcounts in Kcord•￿t wth thet*m)sof thecharit￿$
and Trustee Investment 15cothndl Aci 2C4)5 and the Charttie5 ArcDunts IScotI•￿) ReKuktion$ 21Th. The charity
tiustee5 consider that audit requiremert o., Regulauon IIXLI Idl of the Accounts Rwlat{￿S (knes not apply. 11 is
my respon5rbility to Exa￿￿ne the as TequireLI vndLY S¢a*n 4411) Icl ol Ehe Acr and ro stare whether
articulw matters ho￿ wme to rbw attentkn.
Baslsof knd•pffident￿rn￿￿% ststsmont
My exarnlnation Is carried out in accordance wffh ReRulaUon 11 of tho Charsbes Accounts Iscotlandl Re8ulation$ 2(I)6.
examination includes a rewew of the accoynting reroré5 kept by the chanty and a tomparis0Th )f the actounts
presented with those records. It atso I￿luts considern.ion of arv uThu5ual items IK di￿O511r￿S in the ¥¢ounts and
seeks explanath?ns from the trust￿3 concemiry any stxl mallers. The tyocedufes undertaken do not pra￿de all th
ebidence that would be required in an audiL and consequentty I do noi an audit oplnion on the wew ¢¢ven by
the actoJnts.
Indepèndent examlner'sAai*meNt
In the coJrse of my examinauon. •0 matter hascometo my aitent
l. wNch me rea50nab* cause w bellevethat In anymawal iespeathe requiremenrs..
. to keepatc0ur¢t1￿ rtctyds Mi accordafft withSettioJ 4411) (al ofthe 2(D5 Actand Rwlathn 4 ofthÈ 2[¥)6
Atcounts Re8ulatSons, and
- to prepare 3ccourt5 whith attord wlth the accountini rtxords Ind comptywsth Rqulation 9 of the 2C*)6 Accounts
Regulations
ha* not been mel
I to which. in my oplnlc*). attention 5hwld bedrnvm In order io en•Nt a proptr understsThdins ofthe 4r£ovntsto be
reached.
fflDAINS
>ACCOUNTANTS
Dain5 15 3 tradin¢ nameof Vlilhim ￿n(an + Co Ltd

RELEASEAYRSHIRE
RE
PAYME
Fovt THEVEAR ENDED 1ST
Atc
umr
ANUARY 2
Fufidralsln¢I￿Orn•
tlonatlon
Fundrai5in8 e%Erfjts
Grant
28.145
5,472
28.14S
5.472
3.816
37,433
10.776
6.696
9,500
26.972
3￿16
3.816
33.617
Tot•1 Rtteipts
33￿1?
3￿15
37.433
25.972
Fundraislntexpenses
Fundraisin8 Expenses
1,715
1.715
Payments lorcharltsble•rtNllles
Insurance
Adverti51118
Prornorlonal Items
Independent examination
Motor Expenses
Van Purtha5es
Self Employed Charity Minaier
Telephone
Trainin8 Costs
Office, PTintlr46 and Siatlortery
General Expenses
810
6M36
17.131
720
1.939
810
6.0
17.131
720
1.939
447
4.016
12.281
9MI
52
912
1.129
1394
52
922
1.129
1394
37.303
19.059
13.68SI
15.1841 18.8691
7.913
Cash balance broughi fo￿ard
9AKI 17.809
9I96
Cash balancecarried forward
S.124
3,816
17.809

RELEASE AYRSHIRE
STATEM
FOR THt YEAR ENDED ISTJANU
2Q24
Bank and e*sh tft hand
Bank baL4nce
17,8Tr3
17.8CI>
Uniestritted Fvnds
5,124
R¢stricted Funds
3.816
17.809
rcr Vehlcles
Cash Funds
FixÈd Assets
8.9¥1
17
14.840
17.8Cg
roved by the Ipustees oi IIJ/O¥12G.25 aryl s gned on thetr behaw br.

NOTe5 TO THEACCOU
FOR THEYEAR ENDED I
Y20Z5
NOTE l. Oonatlon5 R•(elved
2025
24
The chèrrty reEeived LkJn•tions ffom the followlw-
E8ger UK
Jurt8iwng
Willate McDowall
GSX Irvire
SLR Joinery
North AYrS￿re 8oxinB
R&V Mckenzie
Empl¢yee Charities
GE Cale(k)nian
i¥housp 011?rnl
1.081
1.620
525
250
3.500
10,512
230
8CM)
28J45
10.776
2. Transart
ns wlth
Yhe trustee5 did oot receive ¥ry rernuneration. bjt one tntstee was paid expenses of £193.50 travel 12024 -
Plfjd Out
NatI￿la4 Lottery
New CumnockDT
3.816
3A16
3A116
3,816
l The restrKted fund has to tseus¢d w help ful￿ the salary of a thartry rnanagEr.
2 The resLrkivJ fund hasto be used for Sal￿ ¢0sts OF the chanty maha8er to spend an
exTra 4 hours to beuseilwithiv 14EW Cum¥wxk. Ilwswill btSPEnt in 2025126