Rhins and Luce Red Squirrel Network SCIO
Receipts and Payments Aecounts
For the Year Ended 31 July 2024
Charity No: SCOS2717

Rhin$ and Luee Red S
uirrel Network SCIO
Referenc¢ and Administrative Information
Charity Ngme:
Rhins and Luce Red Squirrel Network SCIO
Charity Registration NuMI￿r..
SC052717
Contact Address:
Parkneuk
Dunragit
Stranra¢r
DG9 8PJ
Trii8tce$
Independent F,x2miMer
Mcmillan 13ain & Coiiipaiiy
27 High Park Avenue
StTanraer
DG9 ODE
Banker8
Bank of Scotland,
64.66 George Str¢el
Stranraer
DG9 7JN

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nd Luce
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Trustees, Amllual Report
Year ended 31 July 2024
rel Ne
The trustees have pleasure in PTe8enting theirTepon108¢theT with the fJtwi¢iaJ stsiements forthe
year end¢d 31 July 2024.
Structure* Governance and Mart8gement
CoD8tlttstlon
Tr Charity J5 a So)llish Charity. li w* rtg151eTed in il's CUTreni legal form on 31 July 2023. It hfjs
two tLerstr1￿tUr¢ aDd as su¢h th¢ trustees uponjy so]rK of the mBmbers ofth¢ ¢huity.
Re¢Thltmtnt *nd AppoIntmt￿l of Trnst¢
Tr￿*t¢¢$ are ￿PoInted for aone ycortcrn by the m¢mbers ai the Annual Getter￿ Meeiing.
ObJtttfv¢s Ind A¢tlvllltJ
Ch•rlliblt PurpDW
The advan¢eJrtentof¢nvironmenlB] Pro￿tIOn t>T improvement and the advan¢¢￿￿ni ofedllc9110n.
Aetfvlik¥
lThe eharity aims w promote th¢ ¢on%ervaiion of th¢ n￿1ve red sqtsuftl in it's n8bJro1 habiloi in th¢
Rhins & Luee area by prtsJnoiin8 th¢ tonlrol of Ihe 8rty Squirrels using Ic8al. recosnistd and
Th¢ charity 81s0 8ims lo advance the ¢du¢ation of the gencrfjl public in the subje¢1 Df r¢d squwr¢l
cons¢rvaiion by cnygin8 with lh¢ genero1 public and schoo18 w ¢ducatc residcnts of the RhiTh$ &
Luce ar¢1 ilK>ut th¢ plight of the r¢d Jquinyl collJ¢rvptxon actions thai need 10 b¢ und¢rigkcn.
The chariiy will also end¢Bvour 10 liaigc with oiher environm¢llial 8roups within the Rhins & Luc¢
area 10 furthor promot¢ rcd squirrel ¢onserv81ioii a¢ljviii¢8 w¢ll as r¢Gruil. organise, encoura
and support voluntcers 10 undertoke 8reysquittel control.
Th¢ ch￿lty orÉllnis¢ trainin8 forvoluni¢¢r4. build Dp a netwoik ofdispat¢h¢5 10 covertt
Rhin$ & Luc¢ ure&&4 w¢ll 88 ¢orrJ' out Burv¢ys nnd n￿nIti)r reioTd Ihcir g¢1ions.
Athkvements •nd P¢rfOrm￿ne4
Our a¢liVilies Ihi¥ yeat ljavc included an thCT¢asgd ￿)unt ofe(>mmvnity cn8agemcni Hnd public
educBlion on the con4trv￿lts￿I of red sqiitrrel% We h8vc Bttcnded Rchth(>l% wid ¢ommuniLy 8roup
m¢eiinAs to 8iwe infonmational I￿kS ttlx>ul wn5crvaiion, the envirnnmeni, And the WOTk w¢ do in
81ey 5quJrrel conirol In addilion w¢ have set-up our $ouirrel st811 ai every community eweni wh¢T¢
th¢y could mftk¢ r￿M tor
At Ihese loe81 Event5 we cnga8¢ the publie ICJ hand out informaiion on hTrw Ihey ean help make
a diffeience in 5avin8 our ¢nYiioninElli gnd nail￿. bpecits W¢ thlk with loGa15 and vtsiiors alik¢ on
all thingy Squirrel. SI￿pOsI them lo addiiionjl Te40urc¢s. Te¢ruil volunlc¢rs, gnd sell merchandise 10
raise money for work. Members of our community hAve gcncrously donated pioduce. plants,
hom2m* jwn, ¢on¢reie 8srden ornM￿nts, knitw¢ar and handmade Jewellcry and crnfis for uy 10
sell. (￿r voluni¢¢rs have been hard ai IVDrk makin8 sqllirr¢l f¢ed¢rs and bird boxes.
In additi(kn to this ￿ httve continued our workon greysquirrel wntrol. monitoring TCCOTdin8
the present¢ of both red8 and 8Tty uyin8 naNre canrras, work¢d with12ndowi¢TS 10
P¢rnIIS5ion to access th¢ir land. run 8 trap loan pro8r*n, and attended traininB wilh Foresty L4ttd
Scotland io allow us io access their forests io assist thcm with their 8r¢y squirrel control.

Trust¢eg? Anttual (tonL)
Y¢ar elld¢d 31 July 2024
FIB4Dcl%l Revie
The printiple Source of Incoth¢ is thrOUgh8U￿￿¥ru] fundin8 vpli¢￿10nS.
ThE S￿￿]US for the y¢aTwas £4.826
R¢serYes Pol¢y
AI PTesem th*T¢ urc no aalati¢% lo b¢ paid ￿ pa)ThonB for ptvrKrty $0 the thJstc¢y yee rto
requiTeJMt for ahi8h level of ieserv¢s.
Plani forthe Fut￿r¢
W¢ will conlinix aiir wnrk on 8reysqwrrel controL u>ttJmuniiy cn8a8emciil publiL educolion v)
advttnce our mission ofred %qurrcl ci)n%ervAtitsn will continu? lo re¢ruil und trAiO volunt¢¢rs,
rHise fund5, lia15e wlih landowners and M￿8¢r$ w ￿[￿￿ uq io atces8 area$ in need of help
with the control of the grey squirrel tx)pulaiion. W¢ ir¢ ¢iirrently eTr￿¢d in Sctting up aweb.sitr to
ra)s¢ &wareJ)¢ss of the work we do hopefully Jecruii n¢w volurttEeis lo Ihe Gause.
The Twsttts deelwt th#1 they hive appr&vBd the Truyiees Report at¥Jve.
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Rhins and Luce Red Squirrel Network SCIO
SC046306
IDdepeDdellt Exydminer's Report to the Trn8tee8 of IAswalt Community Asso¢iatlOD
I report on the ac¢oumts of the charty for th¢ y¢ar 31 Julv 2024 ￿'hiCh are set out on pages 5 to
Respective responsibllitie5 of trustees and examiner
The charity's trustr¢s are r¢S￿nSIble for the preparation of the accounts ID ¥¢ordanee with the ternis of
the Charities and Trustee Inveslknent (ScotlATKI) A¢t 2(K15 and the Charities Accounts (Scotlandl
Regulations 20(kS (as amended).
Thc charity tru5t¢¢s consider that the audit requirement of Regulation IIKI) (d) of the 20{￿ Ae￿witS
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 Thatters have c4Xn¢ to my attention.
Basis of independent eJaminer's stst*meDt
My exAmination is carried out in accordan¢t with R¢gulation I l of th¢ Charitl¢5 Accounts (Scotland}
Regulatiotx 2(M)6. AD examination incl￿￿ a rcview vf the xcouniin8 records kepl by the chanty and a
omparison of the a¢LuuiitS PTesenied with those ￿OrdS. li also in¢I￿leS con$ideraiion of any unusual
items or disc105ur¢s in Ihe accounls, and seeks explanations from the trustees C4)n¢erning any such
matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in aiidit,
and consequenily I do not express an audit opinion on the view given hy ihe Ae¢ounts.
Independent e￿mIner'S stat*meDt
In th¢ course of my ¢X￿7}llIa11lTrn, nu Tnait¢r has C￿)¢ io my artention
which gtves me reasonable caw to believe thai in ony makrial respect thc requirem¢nts.'
to keep o¢¢ounting r¢¢tsrds in ￿Cordance with S¥dioii 44 (I Xa) ulthe 2005 Act and Regulation 4 of
the 2006 ALLVUllts Regulations, and
lo prepare ac¢ounts which Kcord with the accounting records and comply with Re8uLqtit)n 9 of the
2006 Ac¢ounls Regulations have nol been meL OT
lo whiclL in my opinion. attcntion should bc drawn IA order lo enable a pruper undeTStaThlin8 of the
accounts to bc ￿a￿lled.
Date.. 16 May 2025

Rhins and Luce Red S
uirrel Network SCIO
Recei
ts and Pa
ments Account
Year ended 31 Jul 2024
FuDd$
20
Total
2024
Totsl
2023
2t)24
N•te
Donaiions
2.630
3J43
3.1
5,973
3.100
aritable ￿tIvItIeS
Othtt tradin8 activitie4
Inve$tsneni income
2.630
6,443
9,073
Othcr
Total Recei
2,630
6.443
9,073
Costs of generating funds
Ch4rit4ble activities
Governance costs
Other Payments
men
298
1.698
298
3.949
2251
2251
4.247
Exees$ of Payments over Re¢eipts
for the year before transfen
634
4.192
4,826
Tra￿s(erI
Excess of Payments over Receipts
for the year
634
4.192
4,826

Rhill5 and Luce Red S
Statement of Balance5
At3
uirrel Tietwork SCIO
Tot*1
2024
2014
2•24
Nié¢
Bank
ojit
Bdiik & ¢JL'Wbjt ￿0￿C
brwght frnd
lanctJ
MoverneRt in year:
Exeess ofR¢￿Pty overPaywuts ￿the pr
4.192
4.826
B￿k & d4*)sit
¢amed forwird
4.192
4.820
Inv
Tw¥ibl¢ FvAed A$*ts
ofe￿￿n￿ not >tt pJdlc4thd.
The ac¢ounts were aFproved by the trustees OTr 16 May2025.
For and (n }Rh￿f of the trust¢¢s

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ote5 to
h Accounts
Ye
r ended 31 Jul 2
l. Bosh of¥¢co¥nilnt
IScotlathJ} Act 2005 artd the Cbarhies Ac(thmts Isr￿11￿) Ryldi(Ls 20(￿ las anKrtsltrJl.
2. N4¢ure Ind purpo* of fund•
Unr¢sffie*d funds are those that may be used ￿ th¢ disttdira orth¢ trustert in fi￿th￿ of the objects of the charity. Th?
Irusttts mainthin A $2ngie utircsrritted fimd f(w th day.ifrday nm1￿￿Of the cknity.
Reslricied fvlld% ]nay only b¢ ycific WF￿5. RtsknUi(qts ¥ise th Spc¢jfi￿ by the Wh￿ are
raiscd for specifjc purp(
3. R¢l*ted pxrty tr•DsAtlions
RtstAri¢4
T•til
Total
2013
4. Analy$ls of Dottitions & Spo**nhlp
Rhiw &LK¢ knl
OyJ*rkn
Crfeen v￿FI￿r
V4no
3J43
1.761
772
172
JJ43
J.973
S. A#*lyskn of CrAnts
Kl1￿]hxh w1nd￿rIn
C￿￿wayA$￿¢J￿i￿
3.lQ)
5. ID¢ome from Ch*ritsblt Attlvtiiel
6. ltttome from OtherTr*dhbi Aellvlll

sto
rend
e Aeco
31 Jul 2024
F•
TrfJtsl
7. Anltysis of Payments
Costs of8ei¢NtiDg fund$
InsutJnc¢
Muqut&Tatrlei
iKell*n¢(w5
150
charit8￿¢ *¢tivitits
2.19$
350
Tuidormued 5qult
350
Squirrtl F¢¢d¥¥
8tr4ntatrSh)w.Cr•ft E
Swlfj
St*k fy R¢*le
Mi¥¢ll*Ko
2JSI
Covern#n¢¢ costs
IndeFthleth
Othtr P*yTntnts
pw¢h￿ of4sJets