## **Strathkelvin Community Woodlands Association Trustees’ Annual Report** July 2024 to July 2025
## **Charity contact information**
Strathkelvin Community Woodlands Association
Scottish Charity Number: SC052713
Address 44 Pentland Road, Chryston
Postcode G69 9LW
Telephone number 07905909797
Email address directors@ourgreenspace.org Website ourgreenspace.org/scwa
## **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
1. Claire Williams
2. Fiona Gehrmann
3. Michael Josh Cannon
4. Donna Quinn
5. Alix Cannon
6. Colin McIntyre
## **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. During this second year the charity has increased it’s membership and recruited three new Directors.
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## **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**
During 2025 the charity grew its membership, applied for grant assistance to move towards a Community Asset Transfer, conducted community consultations regarding plans for specific areas of land and on what local communities want to see happen in their local woodlands, and recruited three new Directors
## **Financial review**
A grant to the value of £3750 was provided by North Lanarkshire Council to assist with valuations and consultation on an area of land which the charity had expressed interest in taking on through a community asset transfer. Monies were utilised for community consultation, and the grant funded 50% of the costs of a valuation of the land, the remaining 50% came from the charity’s bank balance.
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 beyond 100 members in 25/26, to become members of the Development Trusts Association, to pursue access to woodland through Community Asset Transfer and Community Right to Buy.
To liaise with Community Land Scotland regarding strategies to take community ownership of local woodlands for the purposes of sustainable development as community woodlands
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## **Declaration**
Signed on behalf of the charity trustees:
Print name
Designation
Date
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**Strathkelvin Community Woodlands Association ACCOUNTS**
|**Receipts and Payments Accounts for the year**
**ended**
**31 Jul 2025**|**Restricted**|**Unrestricted**|
|---|---|---|
|**RECEIPTS**
NLC Grant
Other Income
**Total Receipts**|£3750.00
●
**£3750.00**|£0
●
**£0**|
|PAYMENTS
Independent Examination Fee
Land Evaluation
Consultancy
Total Payments|£0.00
£1440.00
£3000.00
£4440.00|£0.00
£0.00
£0.00
0|
|**(Surplus)/Deficit for the year**|£0|**(£750)**|
|Balance of funds brought forward|£0|£1800|
|**Balance of funds carried forward**|**£0**|**£1050**|
|**Statement of Balances as of 31 July 2025**|||
|**Cash at bank and in hand**
Opening balances
(Surplus)/Deficit for the year
**Closing Balances**
**Represented by**
Cash at Bank
Cash in Hand
Cash in Graham and Sibbald Account repaid (Oct
2025)|£0
£0
£0
£0
£0
£0|£1800
(£750)
£1050
£1050
£0
£60|
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Notes
1. No remuneration was paid or payable to any of the Trustees or any person connected to them.
2. Cheque to Graham and Sibbald value £1500 invoice is for £1440 - balance remains as a credit on our account to be returned if unused.
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 Association in the year and its financial position at the year end
Signed on behalf of the committee of the Strathkelvin Community Woodlands Association
Claire Williams - Trustee
Josh Cannon - Trustee
Date 3 Oct 2025
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The charity’s trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the terms of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) 2005 Act and the Charities Accounts (Scotland) Regulations 2006 (as amended). The charity trustees consider that the audit requirement of Regulation 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.
My examination is carried out in accordance with Regulation 11 of the 2006 Accounts Regulations. 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 consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts and seeks explanations from the trustees concerning any such matters. 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.
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In the course of my examination, no matter has come to my attention
1. which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the
requirements:
• to keep accounting records in accordance with section 44(1) (a) of the 2005
Act and Regulation 4 of the 2006 Accounts Regulations, and
• to prepare accounts which accord with theaccounting records and comply
with Regulation 9 of the 2006 Accounts Regulations
have not been met, or
2. to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a
proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Signed**
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Date: 24th December 2025
Name: William Colvin Blackstock
Relevant Professional Qualification if any
SHND Accounting
Address
26 Jackson Drive
:
Stepps
Glasgow G33 6GF
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