Abbreviated Company Accounts - AIGAS COMMUNITY FOREST

Abbreviated Company Accounts - AIGAS COMMUNITY FOREST


Registered Number SC372685

AIGAS COMMUNITY FOREST

Abbreviated Accounts

28 February 2014

AIGAS COMMUNITY FOREST Registered Number SC372685

Abbreviated Balance Sheet as at 28 February 2014

Notes 2014 2013
£ £
Current assets
Debtors 1,035 -
Cash at bank and in hand 9,650 7,048
10,685 7,048
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year (5,049) (100)
Net current assets (liabilities) 5,636 6,948
Total assets less current liabilities 5,636 6,948
Total net assets (liabilities) 5,636 6,948
Reserves
Other reserves 5,236 6,515
Income and expenditure account 400 433
Members' funds 5,636 6,948
  • For the year ending 28 February 2014 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 in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime.

Approved by the Board on 29 November 2014

And signed on their behalf by:
Graeme Scott, Director

AIGAS COMMUNITY FOREST Registered Number SC372685

Notes to the Abbreviated Accounts for the period ended 28 February 2014

1Accounting Policies

Basis of measurement and preparation of accounts
The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost accounting rules, in accordance with the Statement of Recommended Practice, Accounting by Charities (revised 2005) and in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard for Smaller Entities (effective April 2008). The financial statements also comply with the terms of the Charities Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 and the Charities Accounts (Scotland) Regulations 2006.

Other accounting policies
Donations and donated services and facilities
All donations received are credited to the Income and Expenditure account in the year to which they relate. Donations received or earmarked for specific purposes are accounted for as restricted funds. Donated services and facilities are recognised in the Income and Expenditure account at the estimated value to the charity of the service or facility provided.

Grants receivable
Grants receivable are credited to the Income and Expenditure account in the year to which they relate. Grants receivable or earmarked for specific purposes are accounted for as restricted funds.

Income
Income has been classified under the following headings:

Voluntary income - This comprises resources generated from voluntary sources including, for example donations and grants where the donor does not receive any direct return as a result of the donation.

Activities for generating funds - This comprises fund-raising activities carried out by the charity to generate incoming resources which will be used to undertake its charitable activities.

Investment Income - This comprises incoming resources from investment assets, for example bank interest received.

Charitable activities - This comprises all incoming resources received, which are a payment for goods and services provided for the benefit of the charity's beneficiaries. It includes trading activities undertaken in furtherance of the charity's objects and those grants, which have conditions, which make them similar in economic terms to trading income.

Expenditure
Expenditure has been classified under the following headings:

Costs of generating voluntary income - This comprises costs, which are associated with generating incoming resources from all sources other than from undertaking charitable activities, for example the costs associated with fundraising activities.

Charitable activities - This comprises all resources expended by the charity in undertaking its work to meet its charitable objectives. Such costs include the direct cost of the charitable activities together with those support costs incurred that enable these activities to be undertaken.

Governance costs - This comprises the cost of governance arrangements, which relate to the general running of the charity.

Fund accounting

Unrestricted funds - These are funds which the directors are free to use to use in accordance with the Charitable objects.

Restricted funds - These are funds, which are restricted for use for specific purposes.

2Company limited by guarantee
Aigas Community Forest is a company is limited by guarantee and consequently does not have share capital. The company is exempted from using the word limited in its name. The liability of the members is limited and will not exceed £1 in the event of the company being wound up.