FRIENDS OF THE GYLE PARK (SCIO) Scottish Charfty No SC052465 Trustees, Annual Report Flnanclal Statements For the year ended 31st March 2025 Friends of the Gyle Park (SCIO) Trustees, Annual Report and Financial Statements For the Year ended 31° March 2025 SC052465 CONTENTS Trustees, Annual Report Activities & Achievements Ind8pendenl Examiner s Report Statement of Receipts & Payments Statement of Balances Notes to the Accounts Friends of the Gyle Park (SCIO) Trustees Annual Report For the Year Ended 31st March 2025 SC052466 The trustees have pleasure in presenting their report together with the financial statements and the independent examinerfs report for the year ended 31 July 2025 Reference & Admlnistratlve Inforniatlon Charity Name Friends of The Gyle Park (SCIO) Charity No 8CO52465 Address Governing Document: the group Is a two tier SCIO registered wilh OSCR since 1110412023 with purposes and administration arrangements as set out in our constitution. AppoSntment of Trustees Trustees are appointed or reappointed by the members at our Annual General Meeting each year Charitable purposes. to preserve, conserve, protect and improve the environment of the area known as The Gyle Park for Ihe benefit of the public. Actlvltles and achleYement8: The past year has been a busy one for FOGP (SCIO) on a wide range of lasks from developing and improving the govemance structure of the new organisation and carrying out task5 to improv8 the Gyle Park as a local facility. The comm ittee is working through a programme of developments including increasing membership numbers. policy updates, The current number of members is 53 and continues to increase steadily. The FOGP (SCIO) Facebook Page continues to be well used with over 1,000 members and is main method of ccKnmunicalion with group members, park us8rs arKI the local communty. The group launched a new logo and branding this year with the help and support of a local website business. The group lamched a new websrte this year which allows people to join as 8 member of FOGP(SCIO) on line as well as still being able to sign up via paper forms. Sign up for our events can also be done on Ihe website. Friends of the Gyle Park (SCIO) Trustees Annual Report For the Year Ended 31 March 2025 SC052465 Since the launch over 200 unique people have vi51ted the website. We have also started a regular members newsletter and have plans to continue to develop our on line presence An ongoing project during the year has been our Community Sur4ey to obtain the views of the park users and the local Community, The first phase which obtained 294 responses plus class responses from the local primary school has now been completed and we have moved onto phase two. A copy of the survey is available on https Ilwww frIend￿sOf Llepark co ukl fileslugdlc5ad96_d8e3c90270334ccfb9dOf1338c1 a81 cc. We have also supported other Friends Groups in Edinburgh who have approached us for help in developing their own survey. The Path Improvement Project was completed during summer 2024 and the improvements have been warmly welcomed by park users. There have been numerous comments through the survey and other lines of communication saying that the park is now much more accessible for people with mobility issues and for parents using push chairs etc. The increase in the number of benches, including some ncw memory benches, available has encouraged people to spend more time in the park. After a considerable period of lime the issues with the reinstatement grourKI works, following the Water Board sewerage pipes project, have been resolved and the landscaping works completed. Hopefully the area will be fully useable in late summer after the new grass is fully established. Road safety and parking continue to be a major issue with little progress being made since last years report. The park continues to be well used for a range of purposes including organised sport as well as for physical training by local sports and dance groups for training. The park Is also well used as a recreational and walking area. The park is also an important active travel rout8 and is well used by people on foot or cycling to local amenities, schools and workplaces. This use has increased wilh the completion of the paths improvement Pfogramme including improved lighting provided by City of Edinburgh Council. There was good communication and collaboration between the Council and FOGPISCIO) on the lighting project. Our involvement ensured that lighting was provided on one of the paths which otherwise would not have been included in the improvement programme. As an organisation we are lucky to have a team of dedicated volunteers who spend many hours ensuring tlidt ttie park is kept clean ana tidy anol help Increase the number of natural features In the park. We are very grateful to the team and the other individuals who also cary out regular litter picking and other tasks to keep the park spick and span. Many thanks to you all In collaboration with the Park Ranger several bulb planting sessions have been organised for interested volunteers planting around 3,000 bulbs which added a range of colour during the spring. This ongoing work by the team of volunteers is providing a colourful spectacle Ihat improves each year. Volunteers also carry out a range of other activities within the park such as gardening, maintenance of the Community Orchard, litter picking and the Big Spring Clean. The offer by the David Lloyd Centre of the use of a hul in their grounds to store our gardeniro and lilter picking equipment has been a tremendous help in Ihe organisation of this work The Fun Run is becoming a regular feature on the annual programme of FOGP(SCIO) and numbers participating continues to increase. Frf•Nl• of th• Gy1• pa￿ {SCIO) Tru•t••8 Annual R•port For th• Y•ar End•d 3111 March ￿20 R8pr88erftatlons contlnue to bo m•Jo ￿ t•foro to relevant pwM8, Ind(¥Jlng the Local Councillorn, the Cthre & L8isur8 Departrnerf8 Communty Parks Offiw and Edlthrth Lan, Mo8t of t￿86 ar8 at local1ov81 and are ba88d on devem a good In1￿MIl to tsvelcp a coikne aFvoxh to thittyng po83iblo dov8Wxrtts re￿1¥0 hssLbS that arlJ•. How•vor thorg has bw, for 8•V8ral yèar3, an rylng188uo wlth 8itlng of bln8 wlthln P•*• whith roquir88 a tharo• In Council Policy to r8801ve this i88u•. Taking a prooCtiV8 apkyo FOGP(SCIO) took a dwLAation to the approprf8to Coundl Committe•. Tho dewat1￿ was WBI OU aThJ obtAlnod • c¢xnmltm•nt tr(￿ tho comrnlttOO to look a pos•ibl• roaolution•. G￿6 Part wth Councll Departments arKI othff 8tatkrtwy and voluntary organi8ation8 hal ryDvod very beneficial. A Wo￿ng rn18t1￿￿1lP has already boon ￿￿11*￿d wlth tho r￿￿tlY ft>rm•d Corstorthlrn Gyle Communty CO￿¢11. Futur• Plan• Provl•ion of lrrfrym8ti￿ Boards wfwo wc4>riato e.g. Communty Ortrwd wiu conlinuo lo work prepanng A d8v•lcpmont plan for ￿ wk. This is bory dorn through Consultati￿ wrth mombors, park users and th8 kxal (y)mmunty u wo11 a8 0th partn•r organ18ation¥. To hold, or pwtiCiP8to in, somo fundralsing ev￿￿ durh)g tho yw to ftJThJ projects core e￿at6 of Ihe LYgani8atiLn. Tru•t•• r•mun•ratlon and •xp•nM•: 48 in ts con8tittrtlon doomirt N> r￿lun0ratIon1$ paid 8tatsm•rt on RM•rv•• Pollcy- Currenty the FOGP(SCIO) hav• unr•8trlct•d r••rn8 £4,194 WKI r88tridod fiJnd8 of £3,005 for FYOiOCt• within th• pork. Th• finondal po81t1￿1$ wlthln tho flnanclal r•Mrv￿ WLY of tho organ188lk thotr bthalf ty. $8cr8tsry Fr1•￿ of Th• Gy1• Park {8CIO) Ind•p•nd•nt Examlnern Roport For th• y•w •nd•d 31" hlarGh 2025 ExamIn￿8 R8PQrt to fv TruJto•5 of FrI￿d8 d Tho Gyle Park ISCIQ), reghtwed th¥ty runbér SC052465 pagm 7 aTrJ 8. R••p•cav• rn*pOn￿bl1ltlM of tnMt•• and •x￿In•f tru8t•88 are r88pon•ible for preparatlon d the accounts In tho twms Chariti88 and Trust88 Inv88trnent (Scotknd) 2005 Act 'the 2005 Acr and tho Chwftm Pax4)unts (Scdknd) Regulation8 2(XB (a8 amondod) (Wio 20C￿ ROguM￿n3'). Tho dwity tn*t608 cAn8id8r tho audit roquIr￿￿rt of R8gukn 10(1) (d) 2C￿ A£xLXrt• Regul*1￿3 doe8 not appty. It 18 my re8Fon8ibilty to ox•nin• th• ag roqulr•J und 80Gtion 44(1) (c) of th• Act and to 8tato wh•th•r part￿lar mattWI hav• to my attwrtiL Ba•1• al lnd0p￿d•nt •x•nln•e• •tat•m•nt y l• carrfod out In accA)rdanc• with R•gulatk>n 11 crf the Chwitiu Aecounts (SaJllffKI) ROwlatio￿ 2Cth. An ox•nln8tlon Includ08 a r•vl8w of the aC(J￿ntInG r•cud8 k•pt dwity of th• accomts pr888nt8d with th088 rec￿8. ft also IrKluda• c￿￿￿J￿8t10n of ￿ unusual 5tsm8 or di8cIo8ur88 In tho aKounts and gooks oxplanatlon8 frum tho tru8t888 C¢XK*mirYJ any wch rnatt￿. Tho proc4dTh urwjertkn do not wovld• all •vid•r that bo requlr8d in an audlt and, consequwrtly, I do not oxpr888 an audlt oplnbon cm tr In my oxamlnation, ￿ rnattor ha• e¢mo to my attentlon:_ 1. whi* glv88 me reasonable (xuse to believe that in ary matorlal re3F•d the to k88p ac4)￿ntArY roc4xd8 in accordanc8 with 44(1) (a) d th• 2C((S Ad 4 of the 2Cth ACc￿nts R8gulatlons, and to pr8pw8 accounts whlch aLrord wfth the aC￿unting r￿d8 •id ojmply with R8gulatlon 9 the 2C(e Account8 R&aulatlons have not ts8￿ mo( or 2. to wNch, In my cpinion, attenti(￿ Ihoukl b• drnwn In Lydar to mblo a wcp•r Un￿ry Slgn•d 2026 FRIENDS OF GYLE PARK (SCIO)- SC052465 RECEIPTS & PAYMENTS ACCOUNT FOR PERIOD ENDING 31ST MARCH 2025 2024-25 Restricted Unrestricted 2023-24 Restricted 3,089.98 RECEIPTS Note Transfer balance from FOTGP Unrestricted 1,302.52 Donations Grants Fundraising 148.75 87,203.00 2,360.00 1,645.00 Total Receipts 87 351.75 3 089.98 1302.52 EXPENDITURE Insurance Equipment & materials Services Bank charges 250.40 244.38 233.90 87,203.00 584.40 Total Payments 87 436.90 868.80 244.38 Surplusl(Deficit) for the year 85.15 3 136.20 3 089.98 1058.14 FRIENDS OF GYLE PARK (SCIO) . SC052465 Stat•mont of 8alan¢e8 for p•rlod endod 31•t March 2026 Restricted Unr88tn'ct8d Total Funds Funds 2025 T(rtal 2024 FuThJ8 lux￿lIAtIon Note Cash & Bank Balanc88 at 8tart of year 4148 Surplu• (d•fictt) for y•ar 3136 3051 4148 at ffKI rf year Bank 88lance8 at end of y8ar Cash Balance8 at 8fMJ of year 4194 7199 4148 Y•ar •nd balanc• 4194 7199 4148 Lkqts'lit The notes below fom an integral part of th888 account8. The accomt8 were 8pproved by the Trustees on 2￿ May 2025 arKI wned on their bohalf by Chair Trea8ur•r l. D￿￿tIOn8 IBGelv•J Qurlr¥J tne flnanclai year . (l) Paths for 811 87203 (li) Murray Wlgm Fun Run (iii) Fun Run Fundraiser (N) Brenda Fun Run Donation (v) FLn Run Raffl? (vi) D￿at1￿ for Hi-Vi8 V88ts (vii) Donatlon by Ccmnmittee Membor (viii) Sojttish Water Dcfftation 135 148.75 2CQO 2. Payments made during the financial year. (i) Edinburgh and Lothi8n (Paths) 87203 (li) St Andrews Fir3t Aid Run 103.2 (iii) Hi•Vi8 Vests Bunzle 144 (iv) Sack Holders for litter picking (v) Conservation Volunteers (vi) wix.com (vii) Bank charges December (viii) Bank charges January (ix) Keegan & Pennykidd Insurance (x) Bank charges February (xi) Bank charges March 89.9 366 115.2 250.4 3. No Fixed Assets are held by t￿ charity.