Charity wbtratlon numb•rSC005379 IS¢oll*ndl
SHARP
ANNUAL REPORT AND UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2024

SHARP
LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Truste
Charfty number Iscoiland
SCL)J5379
Prln¢lp•l Addrg
DiwtsKJn ol Mo1￿131 & Clin￿1 M8di(#n8
Nin￿￿1￿ Hospit￿ 8 Mediol SdK¥
Mailbox 1
Nirrfwells A¥￿u•
Dundèè
DD19SY
Ind•p•nd•nt •x•mln•r
Murray ALKM L￿Nied
10 Muiray Lan•
Mc￿tro58
Angus
DD10 8LF
Bankern
The Royal 8ank of So)Iland
3 Hwjh Slreel
Duns*e
D01 9LY

SHARP
CONTENTS
Chaiman's ststemenl
Trustees report
Independent ¢xamine¢$ rewt
Slalemenl of financial othiiies
Slalemertl of finandel po￿lOrb
Notes lo the fin8nty¥l stslemwts
10-16

SHARP
CHAIRMAN'S STATEMENT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2024
CHAIRIAAN'S REPORT JULY 2023 TO JUME 2024
The key develo
eai has begn thtr 8
Secreiary
and Treasui8r
minislrator,
as offKjal￿ appoirile¢ as
eeting In January and ha5 since been managing 8drninOstratNe dut*8.
enl ;his
Vic• Char
Folknwng the
ure
our prev￿U$
harily A(Iminislralor at the Annual Gener81
arch
ntl Fundi
Inibatfves
The first SHARP st￿m￿r Sludenlship PfogranYTre ISSSPI wlwch prwdes three slvdenls £10CQ each In orler to
rtth
m in conduc
research In (2rdtovaS￿Lqr disease dun
the summer holidays w&re awarded to
(Dvndoei,
luLqsgowl and
IEdintyJrgh}. ￿ enjoyed Ihg
' speed presenlalions. durin
our ASM.
lea
The Ser￿n￿ research inthatbve we lau￿ed was tho SFLARP Nalwal Propct Grart, wrding up io t50tKo t)vw 3
years towards a nalwjnal proje
¢ardp)vas¢ubr disease$ al￿ne{l wilh Ihe ams and objecty.ves of
SHARP. The ￿1n1 wlnners weie
rorn the Universty ol Edinbuigh IT￿ risks and prediclors ol mapi
c8rdiovascul8r and c8r•brovascular evenls (MACEI 8ftei stroke due lo Intracerebral haemorrhage IICHI..
an imerngtionol indithdual porti¢ipgnt data mfylwnal￿l$ IIPDMAI arhy
Irom Glasgow Caledonian
Uniyet311y Imolivaliry A¢lwrty wth g Wa￿"ng axwciso teha
nui c
aiige InleThenlion and El8ctrlcal
Btlmu13tion Remolety In F*ople wilh Inlem)ittent CloudulThi IMAVERICI: b fe8wblily random4Èd conlml@d IrS81.)
* look lO￿ard lo hearing the resulls of Iheir projects in th8 near future.
Summèr Sttyyentshlps were •lso ranted w) 2024 ar#Y we are
ardees were..
A furthw ¢8ndKSale has been lo be tundable bLtI ￿leadY accepleil &nolhei 61udenlbhip.
They will still prgsenl at theAnnua Me811n9 In Novernber 2024.
as•d lo r
t a lo181 of S 8ludentsh¢¢￿ h8Ve
The ￿rtual wgbinar 6erie$ undgr ts broad theme of"EvKl6n¢o upd*88. management of
. and when to referf on
Tgams has been very well received. The response has far excwdeos e¥kwI8IKsn8 Wg havo h4d 8pproxlmal8ly 1
160 regislrats.ons for each ol Ihe we￿.nar$ Ihal have iaken place. Tlws l¥r we have had wtrbinars on Hyp8rt•nsion,
Dtabeles, DyslipidaemTa. Stroke and Den
eTal vascjjlar disease. Our last weibnar for ihe year w88 dolivorod by our
Incoming Chaifman.
pertensiijn In Pregnan￿, whth was very well
w TrnstÈ8 8
rtsn
We We￿ pleased to wel¢ome
s Trustee of SHARP. Vle also welr*)med
Scotts'sh Rugby) a6 our Patron alon9side (>Ul vurrènl P8tron
SHARP Is delighled to work Y+ilh the 81HS and have wganised a yJnl symwsiurn on Friday 28th Seplemb8r 2023
al the annual BIHS Soonln)¢ rt￿et￿g In Aberdeen. This meetng was a f8swnth"n9 Su￿sS and lh8 lewJb**
rece￿ed was excellent.
Isci
ntific M
2023
mtsved ba(* lo more familiar l•rrrfory al Iha RCPE for Iiie 2￿23 ASM. The theme was t1￿ Envlronmenlal Impac4
on Caidits¥ascul¥r Dbsèase and we wwe de￿ h1￿ lo h8ve Swtti5h ￿x￿.rlS in Ihp are8 speak. The Opening
Keynolv LeGluie was ddNeted by
Cha.'r ol Va5culai who w Medicine. UnNersty ol
Dundee and the 2023 SHARP Keyn￿• Lfjciurè was
Ive(
by
BHF Duke of Edinburgh
Chair ol Cafdiol
at Ihe univers￿ ol Edlntr￿rgh and a longsiaiiJirig
lend and SbFPOtier of SHARP. We also
heard fr
GP in Lbjrthe ￿ Prmary Care inibaltves to ensurp suslainatx.lrty pta¢lice.
Annual Sty"entffi¢ Meeli
2024
Most of Ihe •ctivily of TnJstÈès and Ihe ExÈOj￿e Commbliee n 2024 [c￿SSed on the organi5al*)n of Ihe 2024
Annu81 meet￿g. A deu5ion has teer made lo retum tr) Crieff Hydro for a 2-day meeting on 2151 and 22nd
November 2023. Othef venues have been consid8red werè not atl8 lo prowde a compÈMve ofle¥, The
prograrnme is curventty ben9 fin#lised

SHARP
CHAIRMAN'S STATEMENT (CONTINUED}
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2024
Do
arè plwdsad lo share Ihat Perth Grarnmar $bJdents Sdecl￿ SHARP for thew Youth Phil•nlhiopy
In￿lIatIVe IYPII proie¢t. nK)tivated by peTsonal c￿nect￿Y￿ to ￿art heath. The YPI ccrfnpelitwm ernpowers th8nls
lo advocate foi a ch4Fty. wilh 8 £3.(￿￿ donat￿ awarded to Ihe team.
hrill d ￿ announce thÈy woft the CJWttt￿n. seojiing the £3,(th &)natI￿ for SHARP. We are gralefvl lo
nd The W￿Jd Foundalw for supp)rting YPI and lo P•lh GrAmm#r Sthol for Iheir partner5hlp.
Dalè.. 13 January 2025

SHARP
TRUSTEES REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2024
The TFUStees presgnl Iheir amual r¢pyl aThJ fjnanual statements foFthe year ended 30 June 2024.
Th8 financial st•lemenls have been prepared ￿ accordm wilh the accounttng policips set oul in note 1 to the
finarn¥al slateme￿$ and compty with the cknarity's governing doc#Jment. the Charitses and Trustee Investment
(Scolland) Act 2005, the Charrties AcC￿nIS IScoilaTrdl Regulations 2[￿ las arnended) and "Accounting and
Reporting by Charities.. Statement of Recommended PractTh appr￿at11È lo charibes Pfeparir*g thèir aecounts in
acry)rdance with the Finangal Reporbng Slandard oppli¢at4e in the UK a￿1 Repubts"c of lieL4nd IFRS 1021"
(effective 1 January 20191.
ObJ•¢tlv•• and •¢tlvitiB¥
To Pfomole the ￿ncept of prevonlion of card￿￿4$cUlar diseases. kn prnmary Gqre, Sn hospltal pr8cllce and in the
cKJmmunily
and in furtherance Ih&reol but t￿1 other4ViS&'.
a. lo bring It)gelher in conferenr£ Tewesenthlives ol ￿lUntAry organizalKJn$. govemm8nt deparfments, $tatLrtory
aulhoiilies and indi*iduals (both medical and paramedull..
b. lo prornoto and carry oul r8se8rch. survey$ and invosligations an¢J pu￿￿11* Ihe useful r8svlls Ihereot,
. lo assist in th8 organizalion ol exhits'tions. ftwetings. ledures, da$ses. seminafs and trainirrfd courses end clher
gducalional acIN￿'e$
d. lo collect and dls8eminalè infom)alJon on carthowasr￿1 dl8ord6rs by Appro￿l81é mèans.
Public benefit
Th¢ Trustee$ have pald due ogafd lo 9￿da￿e hssued by the Office of leh Seottish Ch•rty Regulator and the
Chorty Commission In what adivititis th8 charity 81MyJld undertake.
A¢hl•v•ment• and p•rl0rn￿nC*
Sffgnific8nl 8clivi1185 8fRd achieveTrn15 ag8iiist obi8cfv've5
The significant adivili¢s and a¢hievernenl$ are all outlir*d in chairpers￿,$ reFQrt.
Flnan¢i•l r•vi•w
The statement of Finanoal Actiwties shows that the charity has made a def*t of £39.879. The #im of Ihe Charrty its
to break even each year. However this year the ¢Onferen￿ costs outstripped the a560tyaled incom. Al 30 June
2024, the tharty hekj unreslri¢ieJ lun¢$ of£257.996.
Rfjsemes policy
Policy on reseNes
The trustoes have èstablishg4 a W￿ebY the not c¢mmth¢d shoukl be betr￿n 3 10 6 months of the
resources expendeil.
Maiorrfsks
Tho Trustees have assessed the major ri8ks lo whith Its chanty is exp05ed. 8rNJ are satlsfied that 8yStem8 are
plaee to miti9al• exposuie to the major risks.

SHARP
TRUSTEES REPORT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2024
Maiorrisk and mana5wnont of tIM)se risks
The Exe¢ulive Commrttee has assessed Ihe mapT risks to WWI the dArity is expos&d. in particular those rolaled
to the opecalions and finances of the charity. and is saiisf*d lh* syst8ms ar8 in place lo mib.gate Ihe d)3rtty's
8xpDstsre lo the major Tisks.
Fln•n¢lal In•trUm￿￿
ObJ8cliv8s andpolic￿S
The Charity's actiMties expose it lo a numbef of financial Tisks in¢ludng credit risk, cash ftow risk and liquidity risk.
The use ol finan¢wl defivalives is govemed by Ihe tharity's polioes approve(J by the board of trustees, which
provide writt8n prirripks on the vse of finan¢i81 derivalives to manage these rth. The d)arty does nol Ltse
derivative finanu81 instruments for $¢*culabve purposes.
C8sh Ilow rfsk
The Charity's actiwties expose it prlmgritry lo the ffinancial r6ks of thanges In interest rates.
Intefesl bearing assets and liabilrties ar& held at fixed rale lo ensure certainty ol cash flows.
Cret*'t risk
The Ch8rlty'$ priwpal ffinand31 assets are bank balanc*s cash, trade and other roceivables, and In￿SIm&￿t5.
Th8 Charity's ¢re(1rt risk is Primarily atlnbutable to rts Ifade receivabk$. The amounts presented In Ihe balance
sheet are nel of all¢)wance$ for doubtful receivables. An allcth*ance for impaimenl 1$ made where Ihwe is an
id¢nlrfied loss event Wh￿h, based on PTevh)u8 èxpeiionce, is evidence of a reduclicffl in Ihe re¢overability of the
cash fl¢)ws.
The creail risk on 14uid lund8 and derivative finanaal instrumgnts limrted bec8use the counterp3rtles ar8 bank8
with high credil-ralings assigned by intemalKJnal credit-rabn9 age￿1?$.
The Charity has no 5vJnffjcant cuKentration of credit risk. with exp)sure sprèad over a large number of
counlerpartitrs and cvstornefs.
Plans lor futur• p¢riod•
The trustees look fO￿ard to working dosety wrth olMr ¢yganisatths vthith share r￿mmOn obie¢iive8 with SHARP
and al80 to Ihe Annual SdenlrfK Meeth"ng.
In addition lo the annual $c￿ntIfiC meeting re9M)nal meelings (t*ntinue lo bè en￿￿raged. These regional m8alings
supported by e(lueAtional grants Irom a number ol ph8rmaceulical rThnpanies have atso not been easy lo organise
and companies continue to ralJ"onalise Iheff ad￿rtY lo cA)fflpty with the new Code. The trusleo$ continue lo
encourage SHARP meM￿r$ lo ¢on%def arranging fvrther local ffleelings not only for their edu¢8lion81 value, but
also to raise awareness of SHARP throughour S¢olland and lo encouTag8 new membership. Advi￿ on how lo
access ffinarrial 8UPFQrt lor Ihe8e meetirvJs is available from the SHARP office.
In addition to the abc*ve, Ihè charity also intends to secure ts"r lon94erm lUlu￿ by encouraging new. younger
IndSwduals lo become members, and possibty trust•es in the future.
The Twslee8 01 SHARP remain committed to the on-going sUC￿$S of the organis8bon and in¢rea5ing our ath'vily in
the promotion of good praclice and awareness of all asp¢cts of cgrdKi¥asoJlar disease prevent￿lD and treatrnent.

SHARP
TRUSTEES REPORT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2024
Structur•. gov•rnanc• and management
Natur& ofgov8ming docun*n¢
The charity wa$ ￿Pated by • CoDsUlutK)n daled 13 septem￿ 1988.
Th¢ ¢fwrfty is adrninislergd by an Execulive Committee. Memb￿ d th* Exo¢ukn"¥8 Committ8é e*led by thè
trust8eS.
No ¢fficÈr with exc*plTh of Treaswer shall hold offKe f¢v mc¥e fwr ¢￿ser￿J￿"Ve years.
The Trustees vtho Sml dunw Ihe year and w to the date of $wtU￿ oflho ffinanual st8twn8nts weffj..
RgcNitm8nt and apwntmenl oftwstees
The Trustees may. at any tlm8. apwlnt any m8mber to be a fwstee arbj Twslees will be ralrf*d at the
fdbvAng AGM.
The Truslees rnay at any tsm8 appoint any Trust00 ertw on th8 ba%s Ihat th8y have spetiali81 expertence antjlor
*(ills whKh wjtd be of a5Si51ance io the chanty.
The ¢harity recruts Trustees as reouired U￿n9 a mix of open recru¢lment ￿ Inks within Ihe communities il serve$.
A regular sklls audit is undertaken lo ¥Jenlty any gaps wthln the Boaro wh￿h also Informs reciuilment.
Nwe of the Trllst￿ has 8ny t*llefic4al interest in the wmpany. All of Ihe Tnjstees are members of the company
and guafanteg10 o)ntribuL9 £1 in the event of a winding up.

SHARP
TRUSTEES REPORT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2024
Orgar*salional structu
The Executive Cummittee w*els on a ￿QU￿r basis lo assess granl And de81 wlh Ihe strategy ol the
charity. The day lo day adrninislralion Is Carr￿ out by the ￿*t￿sS Adfflinthator and Assistant 8usin•ss
A¢Jministrator.
The Executive Commbttee at dale ol this rekKyI Are str￿n on page 1.
ststem?nl of Tru•tsos r••pon*lbllltlos
The Tnjslees a￿ responwblo lor preparin9 th• TfUStee$ ReF*Xt and Ihe fmanaal slalenwls In 8c£oréance wth
pplicable law and Unrted Kin￿Offi Ac£(￿nI1￿ StaThJards Iunlted Ge￿￿11Y Ac£ountlng
PrActicel.
Th8 18w applica￿9 lo charit￿$ In S¢olland requires thu Tw8t•es to prepare fmanclal stalemenls f¢Y fingn¢y•l
year whi¢h g￿8 8 true and fair vwi of the 51ale ol aff8irs of the tharity 8nd ol Iho incoming resourc*s and
appl￿tIOn of r480ur¢es of the charty IrK thal year.
In proparing thèse finarKial sta￿MentS. thè Trnstees are required lo..
. $91dr* s￿hable a¢rJ)unling polK*¥ and thon appty Ih8m eon51slenlty".
. obsèvv8 Ihe methods and vinci￿85 in the Ch#ntw S(YlP:
- make Iltdgoments Ond 68llln¥le$ lh* arg reasonable and prud8nl:
- state whether gppluble aCC¥￿nI￿￿j stsndgrds have been fcltrwed, $ubJ¢d ￿ any ffol•ri¥l d0Partu￿$ dls¢losed
and M)L•'ned in tho finanCk￿ 8tslements: and
- yepare the finanrAal Slaiements ¢)n Ihe gc¥ng corKem bosls ￿lIes¥ fl iy inappropriate to presuma that the charity
will continue in operotsm.
Twsteos are ￿sponsIble le4 keeping suff￿ent acc￿￿11￿9 reexjrds that disdose with ￿aSOnable #¢¢ura¢y al
ony time Ihe fin8nu81 K*&silion of the charty and erwty¢ Ihgm to ensure th81 the linancial st8lefnents cornply wilh Ihe
charl1￿3 and Tru8lee Inveslrnenl IS0)Uandl Aa 2CMJ5. the ChaTfties A(￿Unts (Scotlandl Regulatic￿S 2006 la$
amended) and Ihe provi8w)ns of the Iru5t deed. Thw are also respons￿11￿ l(* safe9uardiro thÈ assets of the charity
and hen¢9 for iaking reasons￿• st•P8 Ic* 1￿* yewntkin and deted•Jn of fraud and ot￿r irr8gularltios.
The TtU8tee$ r&wrt wa5 approNwl by Ihg Board of Trusle¥s
13 January 2025

SHARP
INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT
TO THE TRUSTEES OF SHARP
I report on the f￿anc4a1 Statemen15 01 thg charity for yèar 8ndgd 30 Junè 2024, are sel oul on pages 8
10 16.
R•¥pectlve r8$pon8lbiliti•# ol Tw$t••s and •xamlngr
The ¢harity's Trustees awe re3p¢Msible for the preparatiM of th& I￿ar￿L￿1 slaternents ￿ aoxrdance with the
tèrms of Ihè Charit￿S aTrJ TnJ51ee Invèstm8nls ISurtlaThJ} Ad 2005 and the Charil*S Accounis ISGolland
R•gulgllon3 20CO. The charty's TNstees consider that Ihe audit reqviremenl of R6gulation 1011118) to {¢) of the
20C￿ Acwunls Regulat￿nS does not apply. ll is my iesponsibihty 10 oxamin$ lh& finanual ststements as requwed
under section 4411llcl o11hè Ac* and to state whether pawlar matters hwo como w my attent¢on.
B•Jh ol ind•pMdent •xamlnerfi ststem•
My exarninatyQn 1$ carrie(l oul in aw)rdance wilh Repu￿11¢#) 11 ot Ihe 20C6 Acc<Junts Regulallons. An
exarninalK)n in￿￿eS a revitiw of th8 ¥c(￿nI1￿9 reDJrds kept by ￿ tharty and a ￿mparIson of the finsnclal
statements presenl8d with Iho$8 re￿d$. li alw indL*s consi(Jerabon of any unusual ilems 01 dSs¢losures in the
financial staternenls, and seek¥ expL3naliorK8 fr(m It￿ twstaes ￿n¢emin0 any sy¢h maller3. Thts pro¢4dures
uTrJertaken do not provide all Ihe evpJefKe th￿ requwed in an audit and coDsequenUy I do not expreB8
an audit Oplnion on the Wew gven by the ffinancial stst8rMnls.
Ind￿Ind*nt ex•minerf* •tst•mnt
Your allontbn is drawn lo the lad that the tharily has wepared financial slatements In accordance wilh
Accounling and ￿p)r￿"n9 by Charities pl￿ring Ihesr 8c¢ounts ffi ae¢ord3nee wrth the Flnancial Rtportlng
Slandard applicoble In ihe VK and Repu￿￿ ol Ireland IFRS 102) in preforenc* lo Ihe Accounling and Reportin9
by Cl)g1i11gs.' Statomenl of Recommended PractKe issued on 1 Awil 2005 whth i4 relèfred to in Ihe extant
r•gulalions but has now beÈn wilhdravm.
l und&rstand th•1 thbs h&$ b••n dthi• m trder finarK4al ¥taiement8 to PYOVKle a In￿ and lair in
accordance wllh Genefaty AcLxpled Act(yJnttry Pr&lr* effeth.￿ for r¢wtwvJ wriods b¥g￿ning on or èfter I
JaThJary 2015.
In Conr￿ctIon wllh my exarnlnallon, M other rnottef ex(W Ihat ielwred io in the rxevw$ wagraph has ¢omg to
my attenlion..
lai which gives me rea8onab* cause lo beheve Ihat in ary material resp¥¢l the iequifemenls..
(i) to keep acu)unty'ng ieclxds in acrL*rd8n¢è wilh 44111 (al of the 2W5 Act and Regula￿.¢• 4 of
the 2006 Accoun15 Regulation$. and
(ill 10 prep8rè finandal statemen15 whKh accord with th¢ Otto￿tIng i￿rdS wNh ReauLqtion
8 of the 2006 Accounts Regulalk¥ns".
have not been met or
bl to whlch, in my opnion. attenlw ￿jId te dr•wn In order lo enable a prw uTrJeTslanding of Ihe
statemen15 to be reac1￿¢.
Muiiay Tdyloi Abdit L117111ttd
Chartered CertrfRd A(XX)unt￿1S
10 Murray Lane
Montros¢
Angus
DD10 8LF
Dolad". 13 January 2025

SHARP
STATEMENT OF FINANCIALACTIVITIES
INCLUDING INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2024
Unmtrlctèd Unr•strictsd
fund$
nd8
2024
2023
Incom• from:
DonatH)ns and legaraes
Charitable ath'vilie8
Invèstments
17.996
17.599
4,557
1.490
12,250
2,515
Total in¢om•
40,152
16.255
Expondllure on:
Charitsbk adwities
80.031
Totsl •xp•ndliuf•
80.031
32,880
N•t exp•ndlturn Ind mov•m•nt In fund•
(39.6791
116,6251
R•concSllatlon olfund•:
Fund balance8 al 1 July 2023
297.675
314,500
Fund balanc•• •t 30 June 2024
257.996
297,875
The statement ol finar￿￿al adiwtitrs indudes gains and bsses recognised in the yeèr. All Irh>)me and expenditure
d•rive Irom ¢onlinving èctivilies.

SHARP
STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION
AS AT 30 JUNE 2024
2024
2023
Flxpd
Properly. plant and equipment
13
Cwrmnt •819ts
Trade and othe¥ re¢eivatAes
Cash al bank and in hand
14
6.041
252.972
2,006
297,928
259.013
1.020
293,934
2,062
Current IlabSlhl•s
Nel (xjrront *s$•ls
257,993
297,872
Totsl a•••ts less current Ilabllm
257.996
297,875
Th¢ lunds of th• ¢h•rlty
Unre8lrlded fund&
257,996
297,875
257,998
297,875
The findiicial slaleriierls weie approved by Ihe frustoes ￿ 13 J8nLJary 2025

SHARP
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2024
Accounting po15cie•
Charlty infonnation
SHARP is an Urdr￿0￿0TaIed chanty gtLwled in Scotland..
1.1 Ac¢ounlln9 conventlon
The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Ihe chanty's eA)nstitution. the Charities and
Trustee Investment 1kn1￿￿%￿l A(a 2LK15. the Chanties Actojnts (s￿￿nd} Regula1￿1n$ 2(yJ6 las amendedl
and 'A¢¢ounting and Reporting by char￿"ÈS.. Stalement ol Rec4Jmmended Ptaclth applicable to charitiès
pr¢parin9 Ihew accoLmts in aceofdanee wrth Ihè Financial Reporting Slandard applicabl& in Ihe UK and
R&publi¢ ol Ireland IFRS 1021" las amended for 8¢(x)untin9 pen'ods commencAng from 1 January 2016). The
rJ)èrrty is 814Jblic Bgnefft Entity as defined by FRS 102.
The charity has taken advantage ol Ihe proviswJn8 SORP lor th8riliès apptyw FRS 102 Update 8ulletin
I not to Prepare a Stalefflenl ol Cash FI￿.
The f1nancial stalemenls are pfepared in stediThJ, whKth is Ihe lundinal cutyency of the charity. Monetary
arnounls in Ihese financial 5tatemtrnls are lo the nearest £.
The fingnoal s181ements have been prepar￿ under Iho histo￿1 ￿$1 ¢(￿venti¢?￿. The prinopal ￿l￿nting
policies adopleil afe sel out below.
1.2 Golng Co￿•M
At the lime of approwng the fmancial ststemenls. the Trustees havè 8 rèasonable expectation that the charity
has adequate resources lo ￿ll¢nue in Operat￿al exislence lor Ihe loreseeable future. Thus thè Ttu$lg0S
Continue lo adopt the going ￿ncern basis of aC￿ntIng in preparing the finanoal Stolements.
1.3 Ch•rllabl• lund•
Unrestricted lund5 are available IN us• al the disu81￿n ol the TnJslees M) ftsrtheratrKe of thgir charitable
oblgCtN88.
Ro$tricted lunds are subject lo speofi¢ condilions by donors or graniofs as lo how they may be u88d. The
purpos99 and uses of Ihe restri(xed fLtrKl$ are sèt out in the notes lo thè ffinanc￿l ststement$.
Endowment lunds are subj'ecl to sp8ufic ￿ndrf￿S by Is)r￿ Ihal Ihe capttal musl bg maintained by tho
charity.
1.4 Incorne
Income is ￿cognised whon the chaiity is legalty enlilted to rt after any perf0M￿Ce conditions have b8en met,
the amounts can be measurgd rella￿y. and il is probable that Irwne ￿11 be receNed.
Cash donations are recognised on Ter*ipt. Other dmaliorts are r8COgnised once ihe c*arity h8s been notified
of the donation, unless performance ￿d￿M)n$ r￿Ulre deferral of the amounl. Income lax roo)verabl8 in
relation to donations received under Grft Aid or deeds of covenant is recogni5ed al the lime of the donation.
Legacies are recognised on ￿￿1pt or otherwtse rf the charity has been notified of an impending distribution.
th& amount is known, and re(*ipl is exp¢¢ted. If the amount is Tr)1 ￿n￿n, the legacy is trealed as a
o)ntingenl asset.
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2024
Accounting poIici•s
Icontinuedl
1.5 Expendlturn
All expendrture is recognised once Ihefe is a ￿1 N c(M)slru(J]ve obligati¢)n lo that frxpendllu￿, It is probable
settlement is r8quwed and the amount can be measuied reliably. All ¢o$ls afe 311o¢ated lo the applicable
expenditure heading that aggregate ￿Milar costs lo that category. ￿ere (x)sl$ cannot be difedly attributed lo
particular headings they have been allocated on a ba&s C4)n￿51enI ￿th the use of resources. wth Central staff
costs alloGaled on the basis ol time sFent, and depreciation charges alto¢8ied on the portion of the ass8t'$
use. Other support costs are ￿￿ealed bas8d on the Sprth￿ of staff r￿sts.
1.6 Proprty, p￿rtt •nd wulwmnt
Property, plant and equipment afe inilialty measuied at o)sl aTra sub$eW￿llY measured al cost or valuation,
nel ol deprKiation and any impairment10s5es.
Oepfeoation is fecognised so as lo write off the ¢osl ￿ valualw of assets ￿sS their T8￿d￿al values ovèr their
uselul lives on the following bases..
Printer & sranmr
Computer
Computer equipm&nt
33% red￿￿j bal8
33% reducing balance
33% red￿r¢ bala￿e
The gain or kjss arising on the disp)sal ol an as￿ is detemtneo as Ihe dffler&nce between the ￿le proceèds
ar#J th8 carrying va￿0 of the asset, and its rè¢ogntsed wi the slalemenl ol finanoal aCtivikn'￿.
1.7 Impairm•nt of nanwcurr•nt *M•ts
Al each Teming end dale, the charlty rev￿$ the carrying amunts of its tsngible aysets to tjelemlne
whether there is any indication that IIK)5e assets have suffeied an impaimienl Ios5. 11 any such indie4lion
exists, the recoverable amLwni of Ihe asset eslwnaled m ￿￿er to *Jetemiing the gxtent of the impairrnanl
Jss (if any).
1.8 Ca¥h and c•¥h •qulv#l•nts
Cash and ¢a$h eqU￿alen1S indude cash in hand. deFOSit8 held al Call wilh banks. ot1￿r short-lerm IIqLMd
inveslmenls %*ilh original matUrit￿S of thr88 or ￿3$. and bank overdrafts. Bank overdrafts are Shown
wilhin bottowings in ￿￿ent liabilities.
1.9 Flnincl*l In#trum•nts
The ¢hanty has ekcted lo apFty th• w0vis￿)nS ol Sedion 11 '8a*¢ Financial Instruments, and Section 12
'Other FinaneJ81 Instrum￿18 Issues. of FRS 102 to all of its fmanoal in8tNmenls.
Finaniyal instwmenls ale re￿gnIsed In the charitys balance sheet when the dwrity becomes party lo the
contractual provisions of Ihe instrunwnl.
Financial assets and liabilities are offsèt, with Ihe nel arrKJunts pre5en(ed in the finanaal stalemenls, when
there is a legalty enforceable righl lo sel off the re¢ry3nised amounts and there B on intention to settle on a nel
basis or to realis8 the asset and settle Ihe liatylity simullar*cwsty.
Ba$1¢ fln•n¢l•l assets
Basic finanoal assets. which i￿ude ITade and receNables and cash and bank balarKes, are initially
measured al Iran5action PFKe induding tramsaclM)n ¢osls arKI are subsequentty carried al amortised cost
using the effective interesl methLKI un￿SS the affaryemenl tx*)ststutes a financing transaction, where the
tranSact￿n 1$ measured at the present value of the future ie¢eipls discounted at a market rate of interes1.
ingnaal asseis cLassifJed as receivab￿ Wit￿"n one ye818fe not amrtised.
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SHARP
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2024
Actountlng poll¢l•s
{Continu•dl
a￿1¢ fi￿￿¢1•1 Ilabllltl•s
Basic finan<#al liabilities, including trade and other payables and bank h)ans aro initially recogni5ed al
transaction pries unless the aThangemenl (y)nsts"tules a ffinanc4ng transaclion, where the debt instrument is
measured 81 the pr¢sent value of the futu￿ P8yments discounted at a mwkel rate of inlere$l. Tinar￿181
abilit￿$ dassrf*d as payabk within one year are not amortised.
Debt instNmen15 a￿ SLJbsequenty carried at amorlised cost. uwn9 the effeL#i¥e interest rale method.
Trade paYab￿S aré oblvJ¥lions lo pay lor goods or seNces thèl have boen acquired in the ordinary ¢ourse of
opèrations fmm yjppliers. Amoun15 payable are d8sSrf￿d as ￿rr￿n1 liabilrties il payment is due within on8
yeac or less. 11 not. they are presented a$ non-current ￿abIllI&es. Trade payable$ are recLJgnised inibally al
transacli¢)n piice and subsequontty m&asured al amorlis¢d ￿s1 using the effecaive interest method.
Derecognition olftnancial Ilablliti•s
Financial liabili1*$ are defecognised when Ih? ¢harity's c4ntr4¢aual oblKJalths expire cv are discharged or
cancelled
1.10 Employ•• ￿n•fits
The cost of any unusad hohday enlitltimenl 1$ i¢cwNse(l in Ihè period in whlch th& employgo's s&rvices ar8
rec£ived.
Termination bertefils are recognised immediatèly as an expense when Ihe chanty is demonstrably commilled
to terminale the employmenl ol an employee of lo provide iem)inalion benefrts.
rllk•l •¢¢guntlng Mllm•te• •nd ludg•Thnts
In the application ol the thaiity's ac¢ounthng ￿1¢*$, the Truslees are requir￿ lo make judgements,
ostim8le5 and assUMpt￿n$ about the ￿rryIng am¢)unl ol assets and habs'lilies that are not readily apparent
trom other souices. Thè estimates and assorialed assumptions are based on hislorical experignce and other
factors thai are conwdered lo be relevanl. Actual resLdts may dffler from these e5limales.
The estimates and undertying assurnpt￿ns are reweNea on an ongotng basis. Rew5ions lo accounting
estimates are le￿nIsed in period in whth the eslimale 1$ fevised where the revision affecls only that
period, or in the perbd of Ihe revisp)n ond future pwiod3 whare Ihg aff8Ct5 boih current and fvlure
riods.
Incom• from donat10￿ and lfr9•¢1o•
Unrnstrl¢t•d
funds
2024
Unrngtrlctsd
funds
2023
Donations 8nd grfts
Membership fees
17.546
450
17,996
1.4
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SHARP
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS {CONTINUED>
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2024
Incorne from charltsbl• •¢llvlll••
Unrestrl¢trd UnY•slrf¢tod
funds
fundB
2024
2023
Conference irwme
17,599
12,250
In¢ome from In¥￿IM&n￿
Unrestrlctsd Unr••trlct•d
fund•
lund•
2024
2023
Inlere$t roceivab
4,557
2.515
Grnnts p•y•b
Unmtrlct•d
funds
2024
Grants lo individual$
43.010
Ch•rltsbl• a¢dvttle•
Unrtstrlcted Unmtrlct•d
rHeThe• reserve8
2024
2023
Conference Djsts
Po$t8ge and stationery
Websrte expenses
Administrator costs
15.510
25.538
118
333
20.158
2,902
36,IK11
31,200
Grant fundirvJ ol acttwl*s l$ee rKJle 6}
Share of governance ￿$ts (see ￿ 91
43,010
1,020
80.031
32,880
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2024
N•t movement in fund•
2024
2023
The net movomgnt in funds is stat8(1 after ch8rginW{uedth"ng):
Support costs allocated to •ctlvill••
Totsl
2024
T¢)tsl
2023
Governancts
1.020
1,880
2D24
2023
Governanc• co•ts comprts•:
Legal and prolessional
Independent ex8rnination fèe8
1,020
1,080
1,020
1,880
10 Trust
During the year the no trustee receivad a sa*.12023- NILI
11 Employ
Thts average mnthly nLKthr ol efflpb)yee$ during Ihe year was..
2024
Numb•r
2023
Numbèr
Total
Thèr8 empknyees whos¢ annu81 remuneratrjn was mfft than £60.0￿.
12 Taxation
The charfity is exempt frLNn tsxatitin on ts 8th"vth"es because #ll ts WKgJme is applied for d￿rilab￿ purposes.
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2024
13 Prapertyp plant and •qulpm•nl
Compl
Computor
•qulpm•nl
Total
Co•t
At 1 Juty 2023
1.521
1.835
4,802
AI 30 June 2024
1.521
1,835
4,802
D•prn¢latlon and Imp•lrnxnt
Al 1 July 2023
1,520
1,445
1,B34
4.799
AI 30 June 2024
l.S20
1,445
1.834
4.799
Carrylng *mount
AI 30 Jijne 2024
AI 30 Junè 2023
14 Tr•de and oth•r r•G•lvabl
2024
2023
Amounts f•lllng du• whhln on• year.
Prepayrnenls and a¢¢n*d incom&
6.041
2,OC6
15 Cvrr•nt Il*bllltS•*
2024
2023
Othe¥ laxalion and scwl $e¢urity
Accwals and defer￿ M)me
1,042
1.020
1,020
1,020
2,062
16 Unrnstrlctod funds
Ai 1 Juty 2023
Incomlng
r•sourc•s
R￿ourceS
expended
At30 Jun•
2024
Scottish L￿￿j kJnd5
General fvnds
10,845
287.030
10,845
247,151
40.152
{80,031)
297,875
40.152
{80.0311
257,996
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2024
16 Unr•$ffi¢tod fund•
Icontlnutsdl
Pm¥bou* ye*r
At 1 July 2022
I￿omIng R•¥ourt
•xpend
At 30 Jun•
2023
Scottish LipKI lunds
General furKIs
12.091
302,409
11,2461
131,6341
10,845
287,030
16,255
314.5
16.255
132.8801
297.675
17 Relatsd p•rty tr4n•a¢tlon•
There were no disdosable r￿￿ted party tran68ctThs ¢knw)g the yegr12023. none).
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