VOICES OF ARGYLL C.I.C.

Company limited by guarantee

Company Registration Number:
SC743296 (Scotland)

Unaudited statutory accounts for the year ended 30 September 2024

Period of accounts

Start date: 1 October 2023

End date: 30 September 2024

VOICES OF ARGYLL C.I.C.

Contents of the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 30 September 2024

Profit and loss
Balance sheet
Additional notes
Community Interest Report

VOICES OF ARGYLL C.I.C.

Profit And Loss Account

for the Period Ended 30 September 2024

2024 13 months to 30 September 2023


£

£
Turnover: 21,816 19,211
Cost of sales: ( 7,260 ) ( 13,273 )
Gross profit(or loss): 14,556 5,938
Administrative expenses: ( 14,491 ) ( 3,163 )
Operating profit(or loss): 65 2,775
Profit(or loss) before tax: 65 2,775
Tax: 0 0
Profit(or loss) for the financial year: 65 2,775

VOICES OF ARGYLL C.I.C.

Balance sheet

As at 30 September 2024

Notes 2024 13 months to 30 September 2023


£

£
Fixed assets
Intangible assets:   0 0
Tangible assets:   0 0
Investments:   0 0
Total fixed assets: 0 0
Current assets
Stocks:   0 0
Debtors:   0 0
Cash at bank and in hand: 2,842 2,775
Investments:   0 0
Total current assets: 2,842 2,775
Prepayments and accrued income: 0 0
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year:   0 0
Net current assets (liabilities): 2,842 2,775
Total assets less current liabilities: 2,842 2,775
Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year:   0 0
Provision for liabilities: 0 0
Accruals and deferred income: 0 0
Total net assets (liabilities): 2,842 2,775
Members' funds
Profit and loss account: 2,842 2,775
Total members' funds: 2,842 2,775

The notes form part of these financial statements

VOICES OF ARGYLL C.I.C.

Balance sheet statements

For the year ending 30 September 2024 the company was entitled to exemption under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.

The members have not required the company to obtain an audit in accordance with section 476 of the Companies Act 2006.

The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Act with respect to accounting records and the preparation of accounts.

These accounts have been prepared and delivered in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime.

This report was approved by the board of directors on 6 June 2025
and signed on behalf of the board by:

Name: Anne Lawrence
Status: Director

The notes form part of these financial statements

VOICES OF ARGYLL C.I.C.

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 30 September 2024

  • 1. Accounting policies

    Basis of measurement and preparation

    These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions of Section 1A (Small Entities) of Financial Reporting Standard 102

VOICES OF ARGYLL C.I.C.

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 30 September 2024

  • 2. Employees

    2024 13 months to 30 September 2023
    Average number of employees during the period 2 0

COMMUNITY INTEREST ANNUAL REPORT

VOICES OF ARGYLL C.I.C.

Company Number: SC743296 (Scotland)

Year Ending: 30 September 2024

Company activities and impact

Voices of Argyll (www.voicesofargyll.com), directed by Alison McNeill (www.alisonmcneill.com) provide high quality singing opportunities to singers from the Cowal and surrounding areas. They use Argyll’s landscape as their concert hall and seek to promote Argyll and Bute’s cultural heritage whilst creating engaging live performances for rural audiences. Voices of Argyll perform in historical venues and areas of scenic beauty including castles, forests, beaches and ferries bringing high quality, diverse music to audiences who may not have access to similar experiences out with visiting cities at an affordable or free ticket price. Through our activities, we provide a preventative approach to improving community mental health and provide the conditions for good mental health and wellbeing. Our choir provides an inclusive, empowered, resilient and safe environment to foster new friendships, increased local connectivity, positive experiences and memories for our singers and audiences alike contributing to supporting resilience of communities in their capacity to develop their own solutions to mental health, social isolation and loneliness. Within our current membership (26yrs-75 plus) we provide them with a safe environment to learn new skills in line with lifelong learning. This has enabled us to give local professional musicians the opportunity to enhance our performances over this year. We provided a health and wellbeing weekend where we offered coaching sessions with local professional musicians. This was extremely beneficial to all choir members dealing with loss and trauma. It also helped forge friendships during our weekend and intense workshop sessions on repertoire. We took the choir out to explore and perform in the outdoors, enabling us to give a different perspective on performing, extremely beneficial in mental health awareness. This culminated in a tour of Argyll and Bute and the opportunity to perform at the Mela Festival and Scottish Government showcasing a fusion of Indian and Scottish culture.

Consultation with stakeholders

Our choir members and audience are our stakeholders. We regularly invite choir members to complete questionnaires for feedback. Testimonials from choir members and audiences too which inform our future projects. We liaise regularly with stakeholders to provide the most beneficial experiences for the choir and audiences in rural areas where there is limited access to high calibre music opportunities. Dunoon Community Radio disseminates our concerts through the airwaves to those unable to attend in person.

Directors' remuneration

Two directors were paid £4,800 each (total of £9,600) to carry out all organisational work, travel arrangements, administration tasks and to direct choir rehearsals and recitals. This is a change from the previous year, in which the directors were paying additional expenses from their own personal funds. These directors' remunerations are essential in order to keep the CIC running on a sustainable basis. There were no other transactions or arrangements in connection with the remuneration of directors, or compensation for director’s loss of office, which require to be disclosed.

Transfer of assets

No transfer of assets other than for full consideration

This report was approved by the board of directors on
6 June 2025

And signed on behalf of the board by:
Name: Anne Lawrence
Status: Director