# **ARC Annual General Meeting Wednesday 17th December 2025** ## **AGENDA** 1. Welcome, Introductions, Apologies 2. Trustees report & presentation – 3. Treasurer’s report – 4. Discussion & acceptance of the Trustees and Treasury Reports, 5. All Trustees step down, Convenor asks for nominations for Trustees and Chair, Secretary and Treasurer. 6. Those nominated accepted if not contested, otherwise votes take place 7. Decisions recorded 8. AOB 9. Close # **ARC – The Addictions Recovery Cafe Trustees Annual Report and AGM 17[th] December 2025** ARC Charity number SC052066 ## **ARC – The Addictions Recovery Cafe Trustees Annual Report and AGM 17[th] December 2025** ## **Reporting period 19[th] June 2024 to 17[th] December 2025** There have been various changes within the ARC since October 2024. Late in 2024, we were asked that we vacate our purpose built premises in John Street by Christmas. No particular reasons were given. We requested and were given an extension to allow us time to look for alternative premises Initially we moved to the Queens Hall. The QH staff were incredibly welcoming and made our time there run smoothly. We used the Clyde Corner Cafe to provide excellent soups and sandwiches. We wish to thank both the QH and Clyde corner for helping us through this transitioning period. Unfortunately, the environment at the QH didn’t necessarily suit some of our recoverists. In such a public building, there is little privacy and this openness lead to attendance dropping sharply. We also had to consider the long term signifiant costs in staying there. We were then offered to have the ARC Wednesday hosted at the Food-Bank. We moved in May 2025 and have been successfully operating there since ARC ARC - The Addictions Recovery Cafe Trustees Annual Report and AGM 17th December 2025 OSCR RwL41or WW.os(r.ory. SC052066 ARC has continued to be a success from the day it officially opened on the 17th May 2023. We still have an average of 25 to 35+ attending on the ARC Wednesdays. Mostly recoverists but we welcome members of the public. We provide home-made soup, usually two choices, freshly made sandwiches, cakes and biscuits, hot and cool drinks. Most important are our efforts in listening and talking to everyone who attends, confidentiality is adhered to. We can provide advice although we generally refer (signpost) people to various professional services. Such as: ACHA (Argyll Community Housing Association)- Bute Advice- benefits, housing, gov. access Live Argyll - digital learning, Adult literacy, SVQS, Maths and English LAAS =￿LOMOnd Argyll Advocacy Service) AliEnergy (at the Foodbank on Fridays) - ARC has been handing out Winter Packs; socks, blankets, gloves and hot water bottles - supplied by AliEnegy. These have been gratefully receiv Citizens Advice (via the Foodbank) The family drop-in groups are now run by Street t the Recovery Corner (The original Hub) in Joh ARC ARC - The Addictions Recovery Cafe Trustees Annual Report and AGM 17th December 2025 OSCR RwL41or WW.os(r.ory. SC052066 We have developed a close relationship with With You in Dunoon over the last 2 Y2 years and are developing a good relationship with the Food-Bank The TahDah women's support group is an offshoot from the ARC, still going strong, meeting on Tuesdays at the Community Hub with a growing number of members - it is a very confidential time together. with much conversation. laughter and tears, where solutions and conclusions abound. ARC have been providing funding for Gym and Swimming Pool memberships at Cove's Hunter Quay Village and for Yoga at the Queen's Hall in Dunoon. We intend to continue with the Swimming and Yoga through Christmas and as the gym there has now closed, we are in negotiations for gym access at a number of locations. ARC took part in the annual Recovery March, this year in Stirling. We joined a coach load of Recoverists and supporters from Dunoon, providing ferry tickets for the event - for an enjoyable day The ARC is involved with a new recovery group - the name is yet to be chosen. The first conference was held at the Recovery Corner with 25 people attending. The next meeting will be on Tuesday Ilth February 2026. It was recognised that the ARC will play a significant role in this. # **ARC – The Addictions Recovery Cafe Trustees Annual Report and AGM 17[th] December 2025** The structure of ARC has changed in the last 8 months, some of the volunteers moving on for various reasons as have a few Trustees. We are actively looking for volunteers, office bearers and Trustees to allow the Charity to continue. Our intention is to obtain a a self employed Co-ordinator to help in the day to day management of the ARC. Certainly in Dunoon and the Cowal, there are not too many volunteers coming forward. ARC is not alone in this and our understanding is that most volunteer organisations are struggling as the pool of available people ages. In conclusion, we are determined to keep the ARC up and running. With so many people attending weekly, there is such a good atmosphere in a warm and welcoming place. We would like to thank all the people and organisations in Dunoon along with our Trustees, Volunteers and recoverists, who make the ARC what it is. ## **ARC financial Summary** ## **For the period 1[st] April 2024 to 31st March 2025.** Mrs Macs Books have prepared and signed off accounts for this period – now ready for submission to OSCR **Unrestricted Restricted funds Funds** Cash and bank balance £40,638.00 start of year **Totals** Cash and bank balance £40,638.00 £40,638.00 start of year Surplus/(deficit) shown on -£2,521.00 -£9,103.00 -£11,624.00 receipts and payments Cash & Bank balances £38,117.00 -£9,103.00 £29,014.00 ## **ARC financial Summary For the period 1[st] April 2024 to 31st March 2025.** |Can Donations|**Petty Cash**|**Bank**|**Totals**| |---|---|---|---| |**Balances start of**
**year**|**£245.69**|**£40,391.90**|**£40,637.59**| |**Donations/other**
**income**|**£1,678.55**|**£1,462.49**|**£3,141.04**| |**Transfers from bank**|**£0.00**|**£1,040.00**|**£1,040.00**| |**Total Receipts**|**£1,924.24**|**£42,894.39**|**£44,818.63**| |**Payments**|**-£569.24**|**-£14,195.53**|**-£14,764.77**| |**Payments**|**-£569.24**|**-£14,195.53**|**-£14,764.77**| |**Transfers to Bank**|**-£1,040.00**|**£0.00**|**-£1,040.00**| |**Total Payments**|**-£1,609.24**|**-£14,195.53**|**-£15,804.77**| ||||| |**Balance end of year**|**£315.00**|**£28,698.86**|**£29,013.86**| ARC ARC financial Summary Operating Costs To Date - 17th December 2025 OSCR *ww.os(r.ory. SCO52066 As of the 3111 December 2025 Cash Bank Totals Cove Gym £5,500.00 Cash and bank balance to d £328.23 £24,150.99 £24,479.22 Rebate 576.92 Foodbank a,250.00 (rhe Gym deal Is now closed) Cove Swlm £4,923.08 to end December (£501Wednesday ARC at the Queen's Hall 51h March to 28th May £L950.00 Room Hlre £1,260.00 Jonl Yoga £1,075.00 GRAND TOTAL £18.966.63 QH Beverages £240.00 QH Yoga Room £1,185.00 not Includlng food Clyde Food £873.47 £2,260.00 £2.373.47 To End December Yoga Is contlnulng 13 Wednesdays £1801day Walkers con¢￿'ner £1,287.00 £1171month x 11 With 5th Month Free APPENDIX 2 Enter SC No. bdow ARC - Addiction Recovery Café Receipts and payments accounts SC052066 OSCR For the period from Scottish Qharity Regulator April 2024 31 March 2025 Section A Statement of receipts and payments Unrestricted Restricted furhds funds Expendable endowment fvnds Peffflanent endowment funds Total funds current ￿rIOd Total fund5 last iiod to nea￿st £ to neal￿t £ to n8wp5t £ tD r*rBst £ to r*aTr5t £ Al Recelpts Donations 2.65 2.65 8.78 Legacies Grants 56.92 Receipt5 from fundraising activitie Gr05S trading receipts Income from investments other th land and buildings Rents from land & buildings Gross receipts from other charitab activities 2.20 46 46 17.61 Al tota 3.11 3.11 85.52 A2 Receipts from asset & investment sales Proceeds from sale of fixed assets Proceeds from sale of investment A2 tota Total recei 3.11 3.11 85.52 A3 Payments Expenses for fundralsing actlvities Gross trading payments Investment manage¥nent costs Payments relating directly to char activlties Grants and donations 9.10 14.73 45.17 able Governance costs: Audit l independent examin Preparation of annual acco Legal cos othe tion nts A3 tota 9.10 14.73 45.17 A4 Payments relating to asset and investment movements Purchases of fixed assets Purchase of investments A4 Sub tota Total payment 5.63 9.10 14.73 45.17 Net receipts I Ipaymen 12,5211 19.1031 111.624 40,352 A5 TransfeT5 to I Ifrom) furKIs Surplus I Ideficlt) for 12,5211 19.1031 111,624 40,35 APPENDIX 2 ARC - Addiction Recovery Café Section B Statement of balances SC052066 Unrestnrted hjrpts Expendable Pertnanent ResuKted fijr￿ erthwmefit endowry*nt futxls funds Total current Toral last period Detsils to rtearest Bl Cash funds Cash and bank balances at start of 40.638 40.352 payments account (2.5211 19.1031 111,6241 286 Cash armj bank balances at of yea I￿g￿e b￿a￿e5 *ith rECWFts aTrJ payment5 nt(slJ 38.117 19.1031 29.014 40.638 Details to I￿reSt£ B2 Investments Crnt I a¥wLryblel Detai15 B3 Other assets Details to r%arest Details le5bmJtel Lastyvor B5 Contlngent Ilabllltles Total sigT￿d by one ￿twO tt on behaff of all tr￿ trustee Date of 2011212025 OSCA R & P AcctyJrtx15x I Ststunert of baLwK85 APPENDIX 2 ARC - Addiction Recovery Café Section C Notes to the Accounts SC052066 Cl Nature and pury)ose of funds (may be stated on analysis of funds workshee Type of activity or woiect supp(Kted Indr¥idual i institution Number tsf grants C2 Grants Tota C3a Trustee remuneration If no remuneration was paid during the period to any charity trustee or person co trustee cross this box {Ot1￿[￿lSe complete section 3bl nected to Authority under which paid C3b Trustee remuneration - details C4a Trustee expenses If no expenses were paid to any charity trustee during the period then cross this lothenvise complete section 4b) Numberof C4b Trustee expenses - details Tran5acbon Balance (Krtstsrbding at ¢x4 end (£1 Nature of relationship Nature of transaction C5 Transactions with truste and connected persons C6 Other inforTnation OSCR R & P AccounLxlsx l Notes December 2007 APPEMt4X 2 ARC - Addiction Recovery Café SC052066 Additional analysis11} Analysis of receipts and payments l Donation5 Ti*al CUr￿t fijrn Trtal L3St fvnd5 t){￿atiOnS 8.789 8.78 2 Grants T¥*al tsJrr*)t fiJTrJ5 Trtal Lsst ta Tr2arE5t£ SRC Start Up Fu 5.0(M) 5(M) CLLD Fund 20.00 SFAD FAIF Grant Grant Community Supwt Persona Fu SWF 2.500 1.313 ADP Fund Cc¥nmunity Mentsl Health nd well￿n9 TSI Fund 7.615 5.000 10.00 56,92 reference 3 Gross receipts fr￿n ot￿r charitable activities Trtal fijrn Totsl L4St fiJTrJ5 fvnd5 Fu raising Scot Transp￿ Irmbative FUTh4 2.200 17.61 46 46 19,81 4 Payments relatirMJ direcuy to tharitawe artivtbes T(*al Curt￿ Totsl L3st furK to e Activities 14.7 14.7 O￿A R& N*es111 PPENLYX 2 SC052066 Additional analysis 12} 5 Breakdown of Unrestrict￿ ￿ndS fvnd7.￿ twrfJZ.u*r fiyK13.entrT fvnd4.w Totsl Totsl und51&5tperiod Recei Donation5 2.65 2,65 8.78 cies Grants Receipts from fundraisin 11.81 acbwties Rents from land & buildings r05s recwp an 463 3.113 46 3.113 Jb trtsl 22.801 Recei s from asset & Investment sa PrrKeeds from sale of fixed assets Proc inve5trnent5 3.113 3.113 22.801 PÈ ments Expense5 for fundraismg acti¥ibes Gross trading paytnents Inve5ttnent tnanagement costs Payments relating dirertty to chantsble athvrt" Grants and donations 5.634 22.478 Audrt l independent examin Preparation of annual acc Legal c Jb tc*al 5.634 5.634 22.47 Payments rd8ting trj asset and In¥estment movernents Purchase5 of fixed as Purc investrments Sub total 5.634 5.634 22.47 12.5211 (2.5211 323 TransfEr5 to I lfraffll futKIs Surplu5 Ildeficit) for year 12.5211 .5211 323 Nature and hjnds OSCR R& nrte5 QI D￿embEr 2rJ17 PPENtIx z ARC - Addiction Recovery Café SC052066 Additional analysis131 6 Breakdown of restricted tunds . name L* 2. enter rome d 3.erter rwr* d 4. enter name of fur￿ last Receipts Donations Legacies Gran15 Recei 45,11 frotn fundraisin Gr05s tradin [eC￿pts Income from Investments other than land ac￿￿￿eS Rents fti>tn land & buiklings Gross rec*pts from other chantsble Sub totsl 45.115 Recei from asset & in*stment saks PrrKeeds from sale of fixed assets Pr(Keed5 from sale of inve5tsnents Sub total 45.11 Payments Expenses forfundTai5in9 ￿b¥1b95 Gr05s trading paytnerts Investment manègement tosts Payments relating dirertly to charrtable a(tivf( Gran15 and donations ￿￿￿eMan(e costs: 9.I03 9.10 22.696 Auditl Independent exatnin Preparatth of annual acco Legal c Sub totsl 9.103 9.103 22.6 Paytnents rdabng to asset arml invest￿t rnovements Purchases of fixed assets Purchase ot in¥eslrnents Sub total Total payments 9.103 9.103 22.69 19.1031 19.1031 22.41 Transfe[5 to I lfrwil fvnds Jrplus I Idefi"c*l for year 19.1031 19.1031 22,41 Nature and se of fvnds OSCA R& P nctes 13) D￿ernber 2C4J7 APPENDIX 3 OSCR Scottish Chaity Regulator Independent examiner's report on the accounts Report to the 'c1￿￿rtY name trusteeslmembers of ARC- Addiction Recovery Café Registered charity SC052066 number On the accounts of the charity for the period Period start date Period end date th 2024 to 31 03 2025 Set oul on pages [eM￿nt￿ to indu(Je the pa t￿S rAathJitmJ sheets) Respective The charty's trustees are responsible for the preparation of Ihe accounts in accordance responsibilities of with the temis of the Charities and Trustee Investsnent {Scotland) 2005 Act and the trustees and examiner Chartties Accounts (Scotland) Regulations 2006. The charity trustees consider that the audit requirement of Regulats'on 10{1) (d) 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 independent My examinab'on is carried out in accordance with Regulation 11 of the Charities examiner's statement 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 also includes consKleration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts and seeks explanats'ons from the trustees conceming any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evKJence that would be required in an audit and, consequently, I do not express an audrt opinion on the accounts. Independent examiner's In the course of my examinab'on. no matter has come to my attention [other than that statement disclosed on the attached page'] vthich gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements: lo keep accounting records in accordance wtth section 44(1) {a) of the 2005 Act and Regulation 4 of the 2006 Accounts Regulations, and to prepare accounts which accord wth the accounting records and comply wilh Regulation 9 of the 2006 Accounts Regulations have not been mel, or 2. to which, in my opinion. attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understsnding of the accounts to be reached. Signe Date: 14 December 2025 Nam Relevant profession qualification(s) or bo (if any Addres *Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply. If the words do apply, set out those matters which have come to your attention on the following page. APPENDIX 3 Disclosure section Only complete rf the examiner needs to highlight material problems. Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose