## The Edinburgh Angus club Educational Trust Instituted 1841 ## Annual Report Incorporating ## Financial Statements For the year ended 31 December 2025 SCOTTISH Charity No: SC005236 Edinburgh Angus Club Educational Trust Scottish Charity No: SC005236 ## Contents: ||Page| |---|---| |Trustees’ Report|2| |Independent Examiner’s Report|4| |Statement of Receipts and Payments|5| |Statement of Balances|6| |Notes to the Accounts|7| 1 Edinburgh Angus Club Educational Trust Scottish Charity No: SC005236 Trustees’ Report for the year ended 31 December 2025 The trustee board is pleased to present its report, together with the Trust’s financial statements and the independent examiner’s report, for the year ended 31 December 2025. ## **Reference and administrative details:** Charity name : Edinburgh Angus Club Educational Trust Registered charity number : SC005236 Trustees (at date of approval) : President of Edinburgh Angus Club - David Lamb : Secretary of Edinburgh Angus Club - John Forster : Asst Secretary of Edinburgh Angus Club - Judy Forster : Treasurer of Edinburgh Angus Club - Gordon Coupar : Trustees - Nicholas Cunningham Fiona Fraser Barclay Low Murray Petrie Other trustees in period : None Independent examiner : Kenneth McPherson 7a Cambustay Gardens Broughty Ferry Dundee DD5 2SR Bankers : Unity Trust Bank plc Nine Brindleyplace Birmingham B1 2HB Investment managers : Rathbones 8 Finsbury Circus London EC2M 7AZ ## **Structure, governance and management:** Governing document : The Trust was founded in 1841 and is administered under the terms of its Constitution dated 26 June 1933 (amended 25 June 2011 and again in 2015). Trustee recruitment and : Prospective new trustees are identified by the existing trustees to Appointment ensure that the planned rotation of trustees can be achieved; this was introduced in 2015. Trustees are required to be members of the Edinburgh Angus Club. : Prospective trustees require to be assessed by the office bearers as 2 Edinburgh Angus Club Educational Trust Scottish Charity No: SC005236 Trustees’ Report for the year ended 31 December 2025 (cont’d) ## **Objectives and activities:** ’fit and proper’ prior to being put forward for election at the next Annual General Meeting. Charitable purposes : The Trust’s funds are applied for the purpose of awarding prizes to deserving students from schools and colleges within Dundee and Angus. Principal activities : In furtherance of the Trust Fund’s charitable purposes, the members of Edinburgh Angus Club raise funds by way of donations and from income accruing on invested funds. The trustees then apply these funds through the presentation of awards at an annual awards ceremony. **Achievements and** : The main achievements of Edinburgh Angus Club Educational Trust **performance:** during the year under review were as follows: The Trust continued to award prizes for academic achievement to students from schools located within Dundee and Angus, the recipients being identified by the schools themselves. Our annual, in-person, Awards Ceremony, was held during the year in Brechin High School when our guest speaker was Mike Stirling, Creative Director of DC Thomson (sub-titled ‘Director of Mischief). **Financial review:** The trustees’ general policy is to meet the Fund’s charitable purposes by applying income received each year and utilising reserves where necessary. Past surpluses have been invested and are held in accordance with the trustees’ powers. The Trust’s investment portfolio is managed by Rathbones, with the aim of achieving a balanced investment objective. At 31 December 2025, the Trust held a cash/bank balance of £16,099 (2024 - £18,731) and an investment portfolio with a market value of £218,252 (2024 - £196,695). The trustees are confident that the trust reserves are sufficient to allow them to maintain the Trust’s charitable purposes for the foreseeable future. The upturn in the value of the Trust’s investment portfolio at the year-end reflected the wider market conditions at that time. This report was approved by the trustees of Edinburgh Angus Club Educational Trust on 18 April 2026 and signed on their behalf by: ## David Lamb David Lamb President / Trustee 3 ## Edinburgh Angus Club Educational Trust Scottish Charity No: SC005236 Independent Examiner’s Report to the trustees of Edinburgh Angus Club Educational Trust (registered charity number SC005236) on the accounts for the year ended 31 December 2025. I report on the financial statements of Edinburgh Angus Club Educational Trust for the year ended 31 December 2025 as set out on pages 5 to 7. ## **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. 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 examiner’s statement** My examination is carried out in accordance with Regulation 11 of the Charities Accounts (Scotland) Regulations 2006. 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 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 understanding of the accounts to be reached. ## Kenneth McPherson Kenneth McPherson Independent Examiner - 18 April 2026 4 ## Edinburgh Angus Club Educational Trust Scottish Charity No: SC005236 ## Statement of Receipts and Payments Year ended 31 December 2025 ||**Unrestricted**
**Funds**|**Restricted**
**Funds**|**Total**
**Funds**|**Total**
**Funds**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||**2025**|**2025**|**2025**|**2024**| |**Receipts:**|**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**| |Voluntaryincome:||||| |Donations|175|-|175|790| |Gift Aid recovery|-|-|-|-| |||||| |Fundraisingactivities:|-|-|-|-| |||||| |Investment income:||||| |Income from investmentportfolio|3,621|-|3,621|4,991| ||**3,796**|**-**|**3,796**|**5,781**| |**Total income**||||| |||||| |**Payments:**||||| |---|---|---|---|---| |Payments relating directly to
charitable activities|6,221|-|6,221|4,877| |Governance: bank charges|72|-|72|72| |Share of administrative expenses|135|-|135|312| ||**6,428**|**-**|**6,428**|**5,261**| |**Totalpayments**||||| |||||| |||||| |**Surplus/ (deficit) foryear**|**(2,632)**|**-**|**(2,632)**|**520**| 5 Edinburgh Angus Club Educational Trust Scottish Charity No: SC005236 ## Statement of Balances as at 31 December 2025 |**Cash funds:**|**Unrestricted**
**Funds**|**Restricted**
**Funds**|**Total**
**Funds**|**Total**
**Funds**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||**2025**|**2025**|**2025**|**2024**| ||**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**| |Cash and bank balances at start ofyear|18,731|-|18,731|18,211| |Surplus / deficit shown on receipts and
payments account|(2,632)|-|(2,632)|520| ||**16,099**|**-**|**16,099**|**18,731**| |**Cash and bank balances at end ofyear**||||| |||||| |||||| |**Investments:**||||| ||**218,252**|**-**|**218,252**|**196,695**| |Investmentportfolio(at valuation)||||| |||||| ## **Unrestricted funds:** Unrestricted funds represent sums donated by the members of Edinburgh Angus Club in furtherance of the core objectives of the charity, together with income generated from the Trust’s investment portfolio and occasional fundraising activities. The funds are distributed by the trustees in accordance with the Trust’s charitable purposes as set out on page 3. ## **Restricted funds:** The Trust held no restricted funds during the financial year. Approved by the trustees on 18 April 2026 and signed on their behalf by: David Lamb David Lamb President / Trustee 6 ## Edinburgh Angus Club Educational Trust ## Scottish Charity No: SC005236 ## Notes to the accounts Year ended 31 December 2025 ## Funds With only one activity, the Trust maintains a single unrestricted, undesignated fund incorporating all its financial transactions. Any restricted donations received are accounted for separately and utilised for the stated purpose at the first available opportunity. ## Trustee Remuneration No remuneration was paid to any charity trustee or person connected to a trustee during the year (2024 – none). ## Trustee Expenses No expenses were paid to any charity trustee during the year (2024 - none). ## Transactions with trustees and connected persons There were no transactions with any charity trustee or person connected with a charity trustee during the year (2024 – none). 7