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Charlty contact Infomiation OUR ISLES AMD OCEANS Your charity's name Our Isles and Oc8ans SCIO Scottish Charity Number. SC051904 Address The Mount, Naim Postcode IV12 5XB Telh0fte number Email address Website ymw.ounslesandoan9.org.¢ httpS:lfvn.Iabook.coM1OUllslesQCeans https:IAYMY.instsgram.comlourislesandoanSl cs CamScaJ]ner
Charlty Trustees Objectives and actfvitles Covid, its lockdowns and all th8 8ssociated issues had a parti(xJlarly harsh effect on young people Just at that point in their INe5 when they shwld have been enjoying university. their first job5, new relationships arKI lrfe in general. The 18-35yr olds were already the generation with the fastest increase in mental health issues and lockdown's isolation exacerbated that resuftirKJ in a number of young people feeling that the 'ladder of lrfe" had been kicked oul from under them Our Isles and Oceans was set up to help get that ladder back up arKI to gNe those young people the seffsteern and Confiden needed to help them climb it again and to get them into or back into sustainable livellhoods where they are contsibutiThJ to T)CAety rather than being a potential drain on it. The sea has no frierKI or foe and is a great leveller and those who sail on it must work together and communi12te. They have no altemative other than to °get on with if as you can't just get off a boat so we set up a sail training programme to help Ihose apptying get a sailing qualrfication but also to help them rebuild their self-esteem and to regain their confidence. The ultimale goal. having gone through the basic saAI trainlng prograrnme was for a number of benefi(aaries to apply to do a leg of the CliN)er Round the Wortd Yacht Race. Thls would involve them gaining advanced sail training and h8viNJ a lrf&chaThJing experience on the world's ocans as part of a 22 person crew.
Structure¥ governance and Magement Type of govemlng document Our Isles and Oceans SCIO18 govem8d by a con8tltutlon Trustee recruitment and appointment stood down during the year {3 May 2024). There was 8 reassessment of the future direction of the Charity and ts abilty to deliver its original aKns following e8*3nation as the rnlationship with Clipper suffered some s at arourKI the same time. ac Flnal deci81on8 were left perKllng the Grmpletion of the Clipper Round The Worfd Race 21Y23-24 and to those Our Isles benefidaries who were taking part finishing their respective legs. The remaining Tfustees met on Friday 20th September 2024 and rasoTr4ed tha( as the relationship with Clipper had irretrievably brthk8n down and that there was no other affordable Means of delivering the CharlS objectives and activities, the chanty would ath to be wound up.
Achlèvements and perfomianc• Having put 79 young people Ihrough an Inhlal training wogramme with great success, 3(xn8 20 applied to do the Clipper Race. From those, 6 were selected, did their advanced training. Of those 5 went on to complete their legs of the race - a massive achievement for tham and a life changing experience. The biggest successes have been the changes in mindset, confidence and self*esteem in the vast majonty of the 79 original beneficiaries and even more so in the 5 who went on to do the race. Getting young people to regain their self•esteem and seN•confidence to the poinl where they have got into or bad( into employment or apprenticeships with some of them having taken the hugè declsion to change the course of thelr careers ha8 made a Img difference.
Financlal revlew After the successes of the year to 2023, lundraising dropped away in 2024 as focus fell to ensuring the ra was a success for those taklng part. It then Stop whilst the Trustees declded on the future of the Charity. The Charity raised £2,405.81 between donations and furKJraising activities. It spent £6,148 on flights, vaccines and ac¢ommDdation for those taking part in the Clipper Ra and £3528 on administratiorrfset up costs leaving a deficit in the year of £7.270.34 Statement of the chanty's policy on reserves The Charity likes to hold a small reserve of £2.500 to cover any immediate unforeseen expenditure. It had £4.154.68 at the year end. Details of any defiul Th? deficit for the year ¢xcurred as a result of the change in focus fr(xn fundraising to ddivery Ixrt in the knowledge that the Charity had built up reserves last year of £11.425. Whilst there was uncertainty around the future of the Charity from May onwards, fundraising activities stopped perKling decAsions being taken. Donated facililies and services The Charity has no donated facilities or services
Futuro plans After the great suc(xsses ad)ieved In it's ffit 18 months, the change in the relationship with Clipper, the change in the economy generally and our inabilty to find an altematfve cost-effectNe solution for the sail training, the decision has been taken to apply to wind up the Charty. Declaratlon Slgned on behaw of the charily trustees: Print name l)eslgnation Date
derlt EM•fftlnerfs R ort to rustees olow Ie$ •fid O¢t4ns sao I roport on the accounts ol the charlty for theyeir ended 31 Au8USt 2024 whkh are set out on p•Ée$ 2 to 7. Ive res sl ees and Examiner The charlvs truslee5 are responslble lor Ihe preparallon olthe accounts In xtordante wilh the tern15 of the Chafiiles and Tru51ee Investment Iscotlandl Ad 21XlS and the Charitles A((ot5 Iscoilondl Re8ulatlons 2(¥)6 las •mendedl. The th•rity trustee5 consldei tha¢ the audit requlrement ol Re8ulallon Iqll Idl of ihe 2(KkS ACcots Regulaiions ths not appty. It is my respon5ibllity to examlne the account5 ès requlred under secllon 44{1) Icl of the Act and to stale whether particular rnatters have come to my attentk)n. Basis of inde endent examlnerfs atement My exarnination Is carried out in accordan with ReEvlation li of the 21x6 Accounts Regulalion& An examinalKn includes a review of the aUntIng records kept by the tharity and a tt•mparls0fi of the xcounts presented wlih those records. It a150 Indudes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accourts. and seeks explènat)ns from the tfustees concerThng any such matters. The procedwes undertaken do not provide all the eden thal would be required in an audit. and consequently I do not expiess an audit opinioft on the viewgt¥en bythe accoun ndent examlnels statement Inde In the(ou¢ of my examination, matter has come to my attention whkh Sfves me reasonable cause io ihai In any maierlal respect the requlrements: to keep acc(¥unting records in accordancewh Serticn 4411) (a) of the 21x15 Act and Regulatioft 4 of the 2006 kcounts Regulations to prepare aCcThts whrh accord with the accoun114 records and Comp with R•8ulatlon 9 ofth• Accounts Re8ulions have not been met. or 2. to V4hlth. In myoplnlon. attentlon should be drawn In order to enable a proper understanding ol the accounts lo be reached. 5+ed.. Name: Reant Pfolessk)nal quallfkatknlpiofesslonal body: Addre55 Date: Zoz?, cs CamScaJ]ner