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The notes form part of these financial statements
The directors have chosen not to file a copy of the company's profit and loss account.
This report was approved by the board of directors on
and signed on behalf of the board by:
Name:
Status: Director
The notes form part of these financial statements
for the Period Ended 31 May 2025
Basis of measurement and preparation
Turnover policy
Other accounting policies
for the Period Ended 31 May 2025
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THIS YEAR, MAY 2024 TO MAY 2025, HAS BEEN HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL WITH THE UNEXPECTED CONTRACT WE WERE ABLE TO TENDER FOR. THE MONEY CAME FROM MULTIPLY, A LEVELLING UP FUND FROM THE UK GOVERNMENT AND MANAGED BY DGC. THIS HAS FUNDED THREE LARGE PROJECTS - A ROLLING PROGRAMME OF BRANCHING OUT, OUR PRESENCE AT THE AMAZING SUMMER ROADSHOW AND STAY AND PLAY - JUST ADD PLAY. WE ARE THE ONLY MULTIPLY PROJECT, IN SCOTLAND (POSSIBLY THE UK) THAT INVOLVES OUTDOOR LEARNING SO WE ARE REALLY BREAKING DOWN BARRIERS AS TO WHAT OUTDOOR LEARNING CAN DELIVER. THANKS TO OWL SCOTLAND FUNDING WE WERE ABLE TO PRINT OUT ENOUGH OF OUR BOOKLETS TO GIVE TO EVERY SCHOOL AND NURSERY IN D&G. EACH OF THE 187 SETTINGS WERE GIVEN 5 OF THE MATHS BOOKLETS AND 7 OF THE LITERACY BOOKLETS. THESE ARE TO BE USED AS A LIBRARY, LENDING THEM TO PARENTS AND STAFF TO DO THE ACTIVITIES WITH THE CHILDREN, AND WE HAVE SEEN THEM BEING USED IN MANY OF THE NURSERIES AND SCHOOLS ACROSS THE REGION. MULTIPLY OUR MAJOR PROJECT SPANNING 2024/2025 FINISHED AT THE END OF MARCH 2025. MULTIPLY; A UK GOVERNMENT LEVELING-UP PROGRAMME TO INCREASE CONFIDENCE IN MATHS IN ADULTS. DGOWL WAS CONTRACTED BY DUMFRIES AND GALLOWAY COUNCIL TO DELIVER OUTDOOR MATHS THROUGH: ATTENDING THE AMAZING SUMMER ROADSHOWS PUT ON BY DUMFRIES AND GALLOWAY COUNCIL AT 80 VENUES ACROSS DUMFRIES AND GALLOWAY. DEVELOPING AND DELIVERING STAY AND PLAY SESSIONS FOR ‘PARENTS OF EARLY YEARS CHILDREN’. RESULTING IN SESSIONS AT 137 VENUES ATTENDED BY 2,043 PARENTS, 4,371 CHILDREN AND THE DISTRIBUTION OF OUR ‘JUST ADD PLAY’ TINS AS A LEGACY ELEMENT OF THIS PROJECT. INCREASING CONFIDENCE AND INTEREST IN MATHS IN ‘HARD TO REACH GROUPS’ THROUGH OUR BRANCHING OUT (WITH ADDED MATHS) ROLLING PROGRAMME IN 3 LOCATIONS FROM SEPTEMBER 2024 TO MARCH 2025 INCREASING CONFIDENCE AND INTEREST IN MATHS IN ‘HARD TO REACH GROUPS’ THROUGH SHOWCASING ELEMENTS OF OUR ‘JUST ADD PLAY’ SESSIONS AND RESOURCES WITH DG COLLEGE STUDENTS (DUMFRIES AND STRANRAER) WHO THEMSELVES WOULD BE WORKING WITH EARLY YEARS CHILDREN. ONE OF OUR JUST ADD PLAY SESSIONS WAS CHOSEN TO BE FILMED FOR EDUCATION SCOTLAND’S STEM SHOWCASE OPEN DAY 2025.
OUR MEMBERS HAVE ATTENDED MEMBERS MEETINGS AND THE AGM THROUGHOUT THE YEAR OCTOBER 24, DECEMBER 24 AND MARCH 25. WE LAUNCHED OUR NEW ELECTRONIC MEMBERSHIP FORM ON MAY 2025 AND TO UPDATE OUR MEMBERSHIP AND THROUGH THIS WE HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFULLY MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE WANTED TO REMAIN MEMBERS OR ADDING NEW ONES AND ASKING THEIR OPINIONS TO HELP RANK OUR PRIORITIES. STAY AND PLAY - JUST ADD PLAY AFTER MANY MEETINGS WITH PAT RILEY AND OTHER COUNCIL STAFF E.G. JENNA DEVLIN, DAVID MAXWELL AND KAREN CREIGHTON WE DECIDED TO DELIVER OUTDOOR MATHS 'STAY AND PLAY SESSIONS' FOR ALL INTERESTED NURSERIES AND SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT D&G. PARENTS AND CARERS RECOGNISE ‘STAY AND PLAY’ AND STAY TO SEE WHAT THEIR CHILDREN ARE INVOLVED IN. IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT WE INVOLVED THE ADULTS AS THAT IS WHAT THIS FUNDING IS FOR. THERE HAS BEEN SOME AMAZING FEEDBACK THROUGH THIS PROJECT ALLOWING US TO ACKNOWLEDGE HOW WE CAN MOVE OUTDOOR LEARNING FORWARD IN THE REGION. BRANCHING OUT - WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL FOR THE CONTINUED SUPPORT FROM OUR STEERING GROUP - CHRIS TOPPING (DUMFRIES & GALLOWAY HEALTH & SOCIAL CARE PARTNERSHIP), NATHALIE MORIARTY (SCOTTISH FORESTRY) AS WELL AS COLLEAGUES IN OTHER HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE GROUPS AND SERVICES HAVE PROVED INVALUABLE IN OUR ABILITY TO CONTINUE TO DELIVER THIS FANTASTIC PROJECT AND CONNECT WITH A WIDE RANGE OF PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY. DGC’S CHIEF EXEC, COUNCILLORS AND WARD OFFICERS CAME ALONG ON THE 6TH OF MARCH 2025 TO VISIT OUR PROJECT AND TALK TO PARTICIPANTS ETC. WE WILL BE SHOWCASING THE PHYSICAL ACTIVITY ASPECTS OF THE PROJECT AS WELL AS SOME OUTDOOR MATHS AS THE EVENT IS ALL ABOUT WHO THE COUNCIL HAS SUPPORTED.
THE DIRECTORS RECEIVED PAYMENT AS CONTRACTORS FOR THEIR SERVICES TO THE CIC. PLEASE SEE BELOW. MR S B MACRAE - £7,412 MS L A ALDERSLOWE - £32,330 MS S GRAY - £13,574 MISS A L P MURRAY - £NIL MS E C TINDAL - £33,000 MRS K L TOMLIN - £878
No transfer of assets other than for full consideration
This report was approved by the board of directors on
29 May 2026
And signed on behalf of the board by:
Name: Kirsty Tomlin
Status: Director