nity Woor// Scc+ttlsh Challty No SC052n3 Strathkelvin Community Woodlands Association Trustees, Annual Report July 2023 to July 2024 Charity contact information Strathkelvin Community Woodlands Association Scottish Charity Number: SC052713 Website ourgreenspace.org
Charity Trustees Name all of your charity trustees for the period, and the date they left if they were not in post for the whole year Objectives and activities The charity was incorporated on 27 July 2023 with the purposes of serving a community of members who reside in the Charities area defined by postcodes G69 9 and G69 0 with the following aims: To conserve and enhance the woodlands and open spaces of Strathkelvin as a haven for wildlife and an educational and recreational resource for all To promote the open spaces, by fostering practical action and promoting the area for walking and activities In its first year the charity was involved with other local groups and its initial membership to make plans for future work and to grow its membership
Structure, governance and management Our governance document is our constitution - which is the model constitution for a two tier SCIO. Trustee recruitment and appointment Trustees are recruited from the membership at each AGM and must be individuals of minimum age 16 who are ordinary members, associate members and junior members are ineligible to vote. Achievements and performance In its first year of operation a bank account was successfully opened and member recruitment events were undertaken Financial review In its inaugural year the charity received one payment of an invoice of value £1800 this was for work undertaken by volunteers delivering mental health workshops. these monies are to be considered unrestricted Statement of the charity's policy on reserves The organisational policy on reserves is reserves of holding a maximum of £2000 in unrestricted reserves to cover running costs in the event of a major problem. Should the reserves exceed £2000 at any point we will consult with the committee and others locally to consider how we use the excess funds for the benefit of local residents and the environment . Future plans To grow the membership to at least 100 members in 2024125 To liaise with Community Land Scotland regarding strategies to take community ownership of local woodlands for the purposes of sustainable development as community woodlands
Declaration Signed on behalf of the charity trustees.. Vice Chair Designation 2 Feb 2025 Date
Strathkelvin Community Woodlands Association ACCOUNTS Receipts and Payments Accounts for the year ended Restricted Llnrestricted 31 Jul 2024 RECEIPTS Invoice 1 £0.00 £1800.00 Other Income Total Recei £0.00 £1800.00 PAYMENTS Independent Examination Fee £0.00 £0.00 Rents £0.00 £0.00 Events £0.00 Total Pa ments {SurplusllDeficit for the year £0 £1800.00 Balan of funds brought fomard Balance of funds carried forward £0 £1800 Statement of Balances as of 31 July 2024 Cash at bank and in hand £0 £0 Opening balances £0 £0 ISurplusllDeficit for the year £0 £1800 Closing Balances £0 £1800 Represented by £0 £0 Cash at Bank £0 £1800 Cash in Hand £0 £0
Notes 1. No remuneration was paid or payable to any of the Trustees or any person connected to them. The members of the committee are required to act in accordance with the terms of the Associations constitution. They are responsible for keeping proper accounting records, which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time, the financial position of the Association. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the Association and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention of fraud and other irregularities. We certify that the Receipts and Payments Account and Statement of Balances accurately reflects all the funds received and spent by the Assocation in the year and it's financial position at the year end Signed on behalf of the committee of the Strathkelvin Community Woodlands Asscotiation Date 7 Aug 2024
Independent examiner's report on the accounts Report to the trusteeslmembers of TRATHKELVIN COMMUNITh WOODLANDS ASSOCIATION Registered charity number SCO52713 Period start date Period end date Day Month Year Day Month Y8ar 07 023 024 et out on pagos 5 and 6 rernetnbgrlo indude th8 page Trumbers of addilioDal eetsl The charity's Iruslees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordan with the terms of the Charities and Trustee Investment Iscodandl 2005 Act and the Charities Accounts Iscotlandl Regulations 2006 las amended). The charity trustees consider that the audit requirement of Regulation 10(11 Id) of the Accounts Regulations does not apply. It is my responsibility lo examine the accounts as required under section 4411 } Ic} of the Act and to stale whether parbcular matters have come to my attention. My examination is carried out in accordance with Regulation 11 of the 2006 Accounts Regulations. An examination indudes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also indudes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts and seeks explanations from the trustees conceming any such mallers. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit and, consequently, I do not express an audit opinion on the view given by the accounts.
In the course of my examination, no maller has come lo my attention which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements.. to keep accounting records in accordance with section 44111 (al of the 2005 Act and Regulation 4 of the 2006 AccoLJnts Regulations, and to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with Regulation 9 of the 2006 Accounts Regulations have not been mel, or to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawrb in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Signed- Date: 25 March 2025 Name: Relevant Professional Qualification if any Address 'P18ase del818 th8 words In th8 brack818 If they do not 8pply. If the word8 do apply. s81 out thos8 mallers which hav8 come lo your all8nlion on the following pag8. OSCR will accept digi181 or typed signatures