REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER: SC053678
Report of the Trustees and Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 30 September 2025 for Arran Repair Cafe
Accountants Plus Chartered Certified Accountants Second Floor Airbles House 270 Airbles Road Motherwell ML1 3AT
Arran Repair Cafe
Contents of the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 30 September 2025
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| Report of the Trustees | 1 to 3 |
| Independent Examiner's Report | 4 |
| Statement of Financial Activities | 5 |
| Balance Sheet | 6 |
| Notes to the Financial Statements | 7 to 8 |
| Detailed Statement of Financial Activities | 9 |
Arran Repair Cafe
Report of the Trustees
for the Year Ended 30 September 2025
The trustees present their report with the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 30 September 2025. The trustees have adopted the provisions of the Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP) 'Accounting and Reporting by Charities' issued in March 2005.
REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS Registered Charity number SC053678
Principal address
Trustees
- resigned 4.7.25
Independent examiner
Accountants Plus Chartered Certified Accountants Second Floor Airbles House 270 Airbles Road Motherwell ML1 3AT
STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT Governing document
The charity is controlled by its governing document and constitutes a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation.
Recruitment and appointment of new trustees
The original trustees were those individuals who signed the charity trustee declaration forms which accompanied the application for incorporation of the organisation.
At each AGM the members may elect any eligible member to be a trustee. The Trustees may also at any time appoint any eligible member to be a trustee.
At each AGM all of the trustees must retire from office but may then be re-elected.
Risk management
The trustees have a duty to identify and review the risks to which the charity is exposed and to ensure appropriate controls are in place to provide reasonable assurance against fraud and error.
OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES
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Arran Repair Cafe
Report of the Trustees
for the Year Ended 30 September 2025
OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES
The advancement of environmental protection and the reduction of pollution and waste. To repair, reuse and recycle domestic items to reduce waste
To share knowledge, skills and resources to empower individuals and groups
To promote wellbeing and social inclusion through activities and volunteering.
ACHIEVEMENT AND PERFORMANCE Charitable activities
Living on an island brings challenges which are unique or amplified by not having straightforward access to many facilities on the mainland. During this first year as a charity, the Arran Repair Cafe (ARC) has fulfilled its core mission which is to help repair items for local people on the isle of Arran which would otherwise be difficult to have repaired due to the reduced facilities available and the need to transport items for repair off-island. This is often tricky, inconvenient and uneconomic and relies on transportation which may quite simply not be available.
Of the items brought to the Repair Cafe a very few (single figures out of over a thousand) could not be repaired and of these some have been passed on to other heritage charities due to their value as display items. So the overwhelming majority of items have been repaired (see below) which is a great outcome.
A focal point of has been and will be 'Fix It Friday' which is a session based at the Library in Brodick where people can book their items in for repair. This has proven very successful and will continue although with the possibility of repair facilities being available during the next year it is envisaged that it may even be possible to take on more repairs by taking them off-site to the new premises.
Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the financial period
Number of items repaired: 1012 Estimated Weight prevented from landfill: 3.74 Tonnes Equipment Loans: 73 Products created from waste: 40 Visitors to events: 972 Fixes off site: 56 Meetings/Events: 179 Total Volunteer Hours: 2542 50 'Fix It Fridays' 28 'Move It Mend It Mondays ' 27 Meetings attended Total Trustee Hours: 178
The charity had been operating as a not for profit organsation prior to becoming a SCIO in 2024. In order to align balances brought forward the remainder of surplus from previous year has been added in this year as a donation of £10381.
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Arran Repair Cafe
Report of the Trustees
for the Year Ended 30 September 2025
FINANCIAL REVIEW
Reserves policy
The trustees are aware they have a duty to identify and review the charity's reserves and ensure they do not fall below a level which would enable the charity to continue in its day to day activities. They believe that reserves should be at least the equivalent of three months annual costs. Based on an estimated annual expenditure of £6,000, excluding depreciation costs, we would require £1,500.
Current reserves, are £13,662 which represents 25 months of expenditure.
FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS
Whilst the year has been successful in that the Arran Repair Cafe has achieved its core aim of repairing a very large number items, most of which would otherwise not have been repaired and many would have disposed of to landfill, it has also had its downsides which have hampered some aspects of its delivery, namely problems with finding suitable and accessible storage facilities. Solving this has been an ongoing area of the trustees work and it is envisaged that during the next year a likely solution has now emerged. The groundwork put in by some of the trustees has been highly beneficial and should help the Arran Repair Cafe be even more effective next year.
Approved by order of the board of trustees on 5 February 2026 and signed on its behalf by:
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Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of Arran Repair Cafe
I report on the accounts for the year ended 30 September 2025 set out on pages five to eight.
Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner
The charity's trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the terms of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 and the Charities Accounts (Scotland) Regulations 2006 (as amended). The charity's trustees consider that the audit requirement of Regulation 10(1)(a) to (c) 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 the independent examiner's report
My examination was carried out in accordance with Regulation 11 of the Charities Accounts (Scotland) Regulations 2006 (as amended). 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 seeking explanations from you as 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.
Independent examiner's statement
In the course of my examination, no matter has come to my attention:
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(1) which gives me reasonable cause to believe that, in any material respect, the requirements
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to keep accounting records in accordance with Section 44(1)(a) of the 2005 Act and Regulation 4 of the 2006 Accounts Regulations; and
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to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and to comply with Regulation 8 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.
CA Accountants Plus Chartered Certified Accountants Second Floor Airbles House 270 Airbles Road Motherwell ML1 3AT
26 February 2026
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Arran Repair Cafe
Statement of Financial Activities for the Year Ended 30 September 2025
| Unrestricted | ||
|---|---|---|
| fund | ||
| Notes | £ | |
| INCOMING RESOURCES | ||
| Incoming resources from generated | ||
| funds | ||
| Voluntary income | 11,836 | |
| Incoming resources from charitable | ||
| activities | ||
| Charitable Activities | 7,347 | |
| Total incoming resources | 19,183 | |
| RESOURCES EXPENDED | ||
| Charitable activities | ||
| Charitable Activities | 5,521 | |
| NET INCOMING RESOURCES | 13,662 | |
| TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD | 13,662 |
The notes form part of these financial statements
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Arran Repair Cafe
Balance Sheet At 30 September 2025
| Unrestricted | ||
|---|---|---|
| fund | ||
| Notes | £ | |
| CURRENTASSETS | ||
| Cash at bank | 13,662 | |
| NET CURRENT ASSETS | 13,662 | |
| TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT | ||
| LIABILITIES | 13,662 | |
| NETASSETS | 13,662 | |
| FUNDS | 3 | |
| Unrestricted funds | 13,662 | |
| TOTALFUNDS | 13,662 |
The financial statements were approved by the Board of Trustees on 5 February 2026 and were signed on its behalf by:
The notes form part of these financial statements
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Arran Repair Cafe
Notes to the Financial Statements
for the Year Ended 30 September 2025
1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Accounting convention
The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention, and in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard for Smaller Entities (effective April 2008), the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 and the requirements of the Statement of Recommended Practice, Accounting and Reporting by Charities.
Incoming resources
All incoming resources are included on the Statement of Financial Activities when the charity is legally entitled to the income and the amount can be quantified with reasonable accuracy.
Resources expended
Expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis and has been classified under headings that aggregate all cost related to the category. Where costs cannot be directly attributed to particular headings they have been allocated to activities on a basis consistent with the use of resources.
Taxation
The charity is exempt from tax on its charitable activities.
Fund accounting
Unrestricted funds can be used in accordance with the charitable objectives at the discretion of the trustees.
Restricted funds can only be used for particular restricted purposes within the objects of the charity. Restrictions arise when specified by the donor or when funds are raised for particular restricted purposes.
Further explanation of the nature and purpose of each fund is included in the notes to the financial statements.
2. TRUSTEES' REMUNERATION AND BENEFITS
There were no trustees' remuneration or other benefits for the year ended 30 September 2025.
Trustees' expenses
There were no trustees' expenses paid for the year ended 30 September 2025.
3. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS
| Net movement in funds At £ Unrestricted funds General fund 13,662 TOTAL FUNDS 13,662 |
30.9.25 £ 13,662 |
|---|---|
| 13,662 |
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Notes to the Financial Statements - continued for the Year Ended 30 September 2025
3. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS - continued
Net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows:
| Incoming | Resources | Movement | |
|---|---|---|---|
| resources | expended | in funds | |
| £ | £ | £ | |
| Unrestricted funds | |||
| General fund | 19,183 | (5,521) | 13,662 |
| TOTAL FUNDS | 19,183 | (5,521) | 13,662 |
4. DONATIONS
The charity had been operating as a not for profit organsation prior to becoming a SCIO in 2024. In order to align balances brought forward the remainder of surplus from previous year has been added in this year as a donation of £10381.
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| Detailed Statement of Financial Activities for the Year Ended 30 September 2025 INCOMING RESOURCES Voluntary income Donations Incoming resources from charitable activities Grants Total incoming resources RESOURCES EXPENDED Charitable activities Equipment Purchased Storage Charges Web Hosting Total resources expended Net income |
£ 11,836 7,347 |
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| 19,183 4,250 1,126 145 |
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| 5,521 | |
| 5,521 | |
| 13,662 |
This page does not form part of the statutory financial statements
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