Islay Senior Citizens Association
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Annual Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 31[st] March 2025
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Trustees Annual Report
For the year ended 31[st] March 2025
Reference and Administration
Charity Name : Islay Senior Citizens Association
Charity Registered Number : SC 052033
Islay Senior Citizens Assocation Charity Number
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Structure and Governance
The Charity is an unincorporated association. It is governed by its constitution.
Recruitment and appointment of trustees
The committee is appointed from the membership and members are invited to nominate individuals who are believed to have the skills and commitment to contribute to the management of the affairs of the charity. The committee and office bearers are appointed at the Annual General Meeting.
The maximum number of Trustees is 10
The minimum number of trustees is 4
Management
The trustees are responsible for the strategic direction and governance of the charity. The weekly activities and events are planned and organised by the trustees.
Objectives and activities
Charitable purposes
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The organisation’s purposes are:
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1.1 To support, coordinate and enable, groups that provide activities for older people to develop and thrive.
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1.2 To support social interaction and combat isolation and loneliness of people over 55 years of age.
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1.3 To organise events and activities that connect older people and communities.
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1.4 To act as a focus for raising funds for the benefit of older people on Islay and Jura
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1.5 To promote older peoples’ voice in shaping their community through representation locally and nationally.
Activities
Our activities aim to involve and attract older people across Islay. We try to engage older people in social interaction, combating social isolation and loneliness. We try to make all our activities accessible and affordable.
Membership
Members apply with a written form with contact details.
Membership is free.
Membership stands at 102 members.
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Treasurers Report
2024 -2025
Income
The balance was boosted in 2024 with funding of £19000 from Age Scotland. This restricted budget was spent by December 2024 as per funding requirements.
In 2025 we received funding from Third Sector Interface Community Mental Health Fund £2000 and HSCP Living Well grant £4000
Fundraising raffles are a vital source of income with £1488 raised
£209 was raised by being part of Argyll National Lottery.
Donations from our activities and fundraising raffles account for the majority of our unrestricted funds.
Expenditure
All activities are subsidised.
| All activities are subsidised. | ||
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| Activity | Actual | Suggested donation |
| Fish and chips | £15 | £10 |
| Movie afternoon | £15 | £10 |
| Tea and Talk | £6.50 | £5 |
All transport provided is free and remains a large expenditure.
£420 was spent on a successful Dementia awareness training day
We have taken out insurance for our volunteers.
Reserves Policy
The trustee’s policy is to maintain reserves at around 2-3 months of normal running costs in order to meet commitments and to cover any unexpected expenditure.
Plans
We have entered a new partnership with Islay and Jura Community Enterprises, who have applied and granted funding for 5 years. It will mean that we will receive approximately £5000 per year funding for 5 years.
We will continue our activities and add a Singing group and Men’s Group from September
Bowmore Lunch club will enter a partnership with ISCA who will provide financial and administrative assistance.
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Approved by the trustees and presented to members on 12[th] September 2025
Signed on their behalf
| Islay Senior Citizens Association Charity | Islay Senior Citizens Association Charity | Islay Senior Citizens Association Charity | Islay Senior Citizens Association Charity | Islay Senior Citizens Association Charity | |||||||
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| Reciepts and Payments Year to 31st March 2025 | |||||||||||
| 2024 | 2025 | ||||||||||
| Income | unrestricted | restricted | unrestricted | restricted | |||||||
| Donations | £5,709.10 | £9,651.76 | |||||||||
| Fundraising | £301.50 | £499.00 | |||||||||
| Raffles | £1,488.00 | ||||||||||
| Grants | £26,080 | £6,000.00 | |||||||||
| Misc | £50.00 | ||||||||||
| total | £6,010.60 | £26,080 | £32,090.60 | £11,688.76 | £6,000.00 | £17,688.76 | |||||
| Expenditure | |||||||||||
| ileach | £233.00 | ||||||||||
| Stationary | £65.47 | £290.34 | |||||||||
| Equipment | £55.80 | £54.98 | |||||||||
| Refreshments | £810.00 | £377.00 | |||||||||
| Celebrations | £1,620.00 | £244.77 | |||||||||
| Venue Hire | £36.00 | ||||||||||
| Activities | £2,817.00 | £7,029.18 | £12,737.95 | ||||||||
| Volunteer Expenses | £281.90 | £55.80 | £320.75 | ||||||||
| Donation | £150.00 | ||||||||||
| Transport | £3,165.00 | £2,504.90 | |||||||||
| Training | £420.00 | ||||||||||
| Insurance | £61.60 | ||||||||||
| total | £4,216.17 | £11,814.18 | £16,030.35 | £1,072.72 | £16,228.37 | £17,301.09 | |||||
| Bank balance at 31st March 2024 | £29,236.53 | ||||||||||
| Cash in hand | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bank balance at 31st March 2025 | £29,604.20 | ||||||||||
| Assets | 0 | ||||||||||
| Liabilities | 0 | ||||||||||
| There were no unpresented cheques and no outstanding invoices | |||||||||||
| The accounts werepresented to and approved by the Islay Senior Citizens Assocation on | |||||||||||
| 12th September 2025 | |||||||||||
| Treasurer | |||||||||||
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Islay Senior Citizens Association
Chairs Report
2024-25
Our year started with a continuation of the Film and lunch at the Machrie hotel every fourth Friday, this event is fully booked every month, and the choice of films has always been very entertaining with a break in May due to Feis Ile.
Fish Friday Lunch for members in Bridgend Hotel the first Friday in the month, our members can book to have lunch in the dining room which holds 54, for £10 they receive a full, freshly cooked Fish and Chip lunch and a cake tea and coffee. This has proved to be the most popular event of all and we have a full dining room.
Tea and Talk, an afternoon event with speakers followed by tea and cake. The speakers have presented on some interesting subjects including Finlaggan, RNLI, and Botanist gin.
A burns ceilidh was held in November in Port Ellen in the successful new venue of Little Charlottes.
We held a celebratory VE day Anniversary Party in May which was attended by around 100 people with great entertainment from the Spotlight Boogies a singing group from Oban.
A new singing group was added to the events available later in the year, held once a month in Kilarrow hub – a good turn out to avery enjoyable Saturday afternoon.
Transport has been provided where necessary for all these events, this is the largest costs we have as elderly and infirm members, some with dementia are travelling from some very rural areas.
A huge thank you to or arranging all the events and transportation to make everything possible.
WE ask all our members to help us reach out to other elderly people on the island letting them know what’s on and what services are available to them and working with other organisations to help where people are isolated.
Chairperson
Islay and Jura Senior Cilzens Association Charity Page 7
Independent Examiners Report.
To the Trustees of Islay & Jura Senior Citizens Association. Reg. Charity Number: SC 052691
| report on the accounts of the Trust for the year ended 31*t March 2024, which are set out on pages 1 to 7.
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 Charites and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 and the Charities Accounts (Scotland) Regulations 2006. The charity trustees consider that the audit requirement of Regulator 10 (1) (a) to (c) of the 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 the examiner’s report
My examination is carried out in accordance with Regulator 11 of the Charities Accounts (Scotland) Regulations 2006. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts and seeks explanations from the trustees concerning 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/no other matter has come to my attention which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect requirements
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To keep accounting records in accordance with Section 44 (1) (a) of the 2005 act and Regulation 4 of the 2006 Accounts Regulations, and
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¢ To prepare accounts with the accounting records and comply with Regulation 8 of the 2006 Accounts Regulations.
There are no other matters 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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at iation Page8 Islay and Jura Senior Cilzens Assoc ates Independent Examiners the ae nior Citizens Association. Reg. Charityity Number: SC To the Trustees of Islay & Jura Se tize “ j t on pages1 to 7. | report on the accounts of the Trust for the year ended 31" March 2024, which are set ou pag Respective Responsibilities of Trustees and Examiner. The charity’s trustees are responsible for the preparation: of the accounts in; accordance seri iahcaeats of the Charites and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 and the Charities Accounts (Scotlan ae ra tl 2006. The charity trustees consider that the audit requirement of Regulator 10 (1) (a) to (c)o F 44 (4) Regulations does not apply. It is my responsibility to examine the accounts as required under section (c) of the Act andto state whether particular matters have come to my attention.
Basis of the examiner’s report
My examination is carried out in accordance with Regulator 11 of the Charities Accounts (Scotland) Regulations 2006. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity anda comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts and seeks explanations from the trustees concerning 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/no other matter has come to my attention which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect requirements
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Tokeep accounting records in accordance with Section 44 (1) (a) of the 2005 act and Regulation 4 of the 2006 Accounts Regulations, and
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To prepare accounts with the accounting records and comply with Regulation 8 of the 2006 Accounts Regulations.
There are be other matters 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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