CA ## **APPENDIX 3** ## **’ Independent examiner s report on the accounts V2** **trustees/members of Report to the** Charity name ||**Society in Scotland for Propagating Christian Knowledge**| |---|---| |**Registered charity**|**SC SC000270**| |**number**|| |**On the accounts of the**|Period start date
Period end date| |**charity for the period**|Day
Month
Year
Day
Month
Year| ||**to**| ||06
April
2024
05
April
2025| |**Set out on pages**|(remember to include the page
numbers of additional sheets)| ||| |**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) 2005 Act and the
Charities Accounts (Scotland) Regulations 2006 (as amended). The charity trustees| ||consider that the audit requirement of Regulation 10(1) (d) 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 independent**|My examination is carried out in accordance with Regulation 11 of the 2006 Accounts| |**examiner’s statement**|Regulations. 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 seeks| ||explanations from the 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 viewgiven bythe accounts.| |**Independent examiner’s**
**statement**|In the course of my examination, no matter has come to my attention,
1.
which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the
requirements:
•
to keep accounting records in accordance with section 44(1) (a) of the 2005 Act and
Regulation 4 of the 2006 Accounts Regulations, and
•
to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with
Regulation 9 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
s to be reached.| |**Signed**:**|**Date:**
05/01/2026| |**Name:**|| |**Relevant professional**|| |**qualification(s) or body**
**(if any):**|CA (Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland)| ||| |**Address:**|| *Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply. If the words do apply, set out those matters which have come to your attention on the following page. ** OSCR will accept digital or typed signatures APPENDIX 3 Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material problems. Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose N/A **----- Start of picture text -----**
|__| Trustees’ Annual Report for the period
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From Day | Month | Year |_| Day | Month | Year _
| 06 April 2024 | To 05 April 2025
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Scottish Charity Regulator Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator ## Reference and administration details Charity name Society in Scotland for Propagating Christian Knowledge Other names charity is known SSPCK by Registered charity number $C000270 Charity’s principal address **----- Start of picture text -----**
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Names of the charity trustees on date of approval of Trustees’ Annual Report **----- Start of picture text -----**
Trustee . Dates acted if Name of person
name Office (if any) not for whole year (or body) entitled to
appoint trustee (if any)
Secretary
ear TC—~—SsSCSCSCSC*”S
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Names of all other charity trustees during the period, if any, (for example, those who resigned part way
through the financial period)
acted if not for whole year
rrame = = = Dates actedifnotforwhole year
Structure, governance and management
Type of governing document Royal Charter dated 18 August 1709
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Trustee recruitment and appointment Trustees are appointed as necessary, with no defined period of service. The induction process involves awareness of a Director's responsibilities, the governing document, administration procedures, and the history of the charity. A new Director should receive a copy of the previous year's accounts and also an extract from the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 relating to the duties and responsibilities of running a charity. ## Charitable purposes The Home Fund: > For resourcing mission within Scotland, principally the Highlands & Islands. ## The Foreign Fund: > The training and education of Christians in Commonwealth countries overseas, aimed to equip them for service in the mission and outreach of the church. - The training of British young people volunteering for periods of service in Christian mission and education overseas. - > The resourcing of new initiatives in worldwide Christian mission. Summary of the main activities in relation to these objects The Directors meet biannually to agree on disbursements. The Directors have a policy of making donations to those they feel require most support and whose purposes fall within the spectrum of the Society's objectives. 2 APPENDIX 1 ## Achievements and performance Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the financial During the year the Trustees made grants of £45,604 (2024; period £28,800) to organisations which accorded with the aims and objectives of the Society, with individual awards ranging from £1000 to £9,555. Brief statement of the charity’s policy __ It is the policy of the Directors to distribute all the annual on reserves investment income in the form of grants or donations. It is anticipated that any surplus incoming resources at the close of the account would be distributed in the following year. Details of any deficit There is none. Donated facilities and services (if any) |None 3 APPENDIX 1 ## Other optional information **----- Start of picture text -----**
The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.
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Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees
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Signature(s)
OSCR will accept
digital or typed
signatures
Full name(s)
Position (e.g. Chair) | Chair
Date 04/12/2025
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4 Enter SC No. below **SC000270** APPENDIX 2 Enter charity name below ## **Society in Scotland For Propagating Christian Knowledge** |||**Receipts andpayments accounts**|**Receipts andpayments accounts**|**Receipts andpayments accounts**|**Receipts andpayments accounts**|**Receipts andpayments accounts**|**Receipts andpayments accounts**|**Receipts andpayments accounts**|**Receipts andpayments accounts**|**Receipts andpayments accounts**|**Receipts andpayments accounts**|**Receipts andpayments accounts**|**Receipts andpayments accounts**|**Receipts andpayments accounts**|||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||||Period start date|||||||||Period end date|Period end date|||||||| ||**For the period**
**from**||06
Day|April
Month|||||2024
Year|**to**|Day
05||Month
April|||||Year
**2025**|||| |**Section A Statement of receipts and payments**|||||||||||||||||||||| ||**Unrestricted**
**funds**||**Restricted**
**funds**|||**Expendable**
**endowment**
**funds**|||||**Permanent**
**endowment**
**funds**||||**Total funds**
**current period**|||||**Total funds last**
**period**|**Total funds last**| ||**to nearest £**||**to nearest £**|**to nearest £**||**to nearest £**|||||**to nearest £**||||**to nearest £**||**to nearest £**|||**to nearest £**|**to nearest £**| |**A1 Receipts**|||||||||||||||||||||| |Donations|**-**||**-**|**-**|||||||||||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|||| |Legacies|**-**||**-**|**-**|||||||||||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|||| |Grants|**-**||**-**|**-**|||||||||||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|||| |Receipts from fundraisingactivities|**-**||**-**|**-**|||||||||||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|||| |Gross tradingreceipts|**-**||**-**|**-**|||||||||||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|||| |Income from investments other than|||||||||||||||||||||| |land and buildings|**15,306**||**11**|**11,696**|||||||||||**27**|**27**|**27**|**27,002**||**26,557**|| |Rents from land & buildings|||||||||||||||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|||| |Gross receipts from other charitable|||||||||||||||||||||| |activities|||||||||||||||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|||| ||||||||||||||||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|||| |**_A1 Sub total_**|**_A1 Sub total_ 15,306**||**11,696**|**11,696**||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**||**27,002**|**27,002**|**27,002**|**27,002**||**26,557**|| |**A2 Receipts from asset &**|||||||||||||||||||||| |**investment sales**|||||||||||||||||||||| |Proceeds from sale of fixed assets
Proceeds from sale of investments
**181,236**
**148,218**
**_A2 Sub total_ 181,236**
**148,218**
**-**
**_Total receipts_ 196,542**
**159,914**
**-**
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**-**|**-**
**-**|**-**
**-**||**-**
**329**
**329,454**
**356,456**|**-**
**329**
**329,454**
**356,456**|**-**
**329**
**329,454**
**356,456**|**-**
**329,454**
**329,454**
**356,456**||**45,148**
**45,148**
**71,705**|| |**A3 Payments**|||||||||||||||||||||| |Expenses for fundraising activities|||||||||||||||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|||| |Gross trading payments|||||||||||||||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|||| |Investment management costs|**4,691**||**3**|**3,678**|||||||||||**8**|**8**|**8**|**8,369**||**8,119**|| |Payments relating directly to charitable|Payments relating directly to charitable||||||||||||||||||||| |activities|||||||||||||||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|||| |Grants and donations|**23,135**||**22**|**22,469**|||||||||||**45**|**45**|**45**|**45,604**||**28,800**|| |Governance costs:|||||||||||||||||||||| ||||||||||||||||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|||| |Audit / independent examination|||||||||||||||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|||| |Preparation of annual accounts|||||||||||||||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|||| |Legal costs|||||||||||||||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|||| |Other|Other**441**||**309**|**309**|||||||||||**750**|**750**|**750**|**750**||**250**|**250**| ||||||||||||||||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|||| |**_A3 Sub total_ **|**28,267**||**26,456**|**26,456**||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**||**54,723**|**54,723**|**54,723**|**54,723**||**37,169**|| |**A4 Payments relating to asset and**|||||||||||||||||||||| |**investment movements**|||||||||||||||||||||| |Purchases of fixed assets
Purchase of investments
**159,657**
**135,945**
**_A4 Sub total_ 159,657**
**135,945**
**-**
**_Total payments_ 187,924**
**162,401**
**-**
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**-**|**-**
**-**|**-**
**-**||**-**
**295,602**
**295,602**
**350,325**|**-**
**295,602**
**295,602**
**350,325**|**-**
**295,602**
**295,602**
**350,325**|**-**
**295,602**
**295,602**
**350,325**||**37,569**
**37,569**
**74,738**|| |**_Net receipts / (payments)_**
**A5 Transfers to / (from) funds**
**_Surplus / (deficit) for year_**|**8,618**
**2,487)**
**(**
**-**
**-**
**6,131**
**3,033)**
**(**
**-**
**8,618**
**2,487)**
**(**
**-**
**-**
**6,131**
**3,033)**
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