APPENDIX 1
oscr,-
Period siart date
Monlh
Y¢ar
12
2023
Period end date
Month
01
To
1 2024
Office of the Scottish Charlty Rogulator
Charlty name
Other namo• charlty18 known
Ethafds Benevolent Fund
R•gS•t•r•d charlty numb•r
ChaTlty'• prlnclpal addfui
SC007264
1 East Cralbstone Street
Aberdeen
Unlled lfjngdom
Postcod• AB116YQ
NameB of th• charlty tru#t••A on dato of approval of Tru•t•••' Annual Roport
rnon
{or body)
entit19d to
appolnt
Offlco (If any)
Dat•s acted If
not for wh91• y•ar
Trusteè name
Aberdeen Unlverslty S8cr8tary
Aberdeen UnSverslty Secretary
Lord Provost
November 2024- Present
January 2021- Octob9r 2024
Factor
December 2023- July 2024
From July 2024
Factor
10
11
12
13
14
15
46

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Namm of all other charity trustees durlng th• porlod, If •ny, {for oxample, those who r￿Ign•d part w•y
through the flnancial period)
Typ• of govorning doGumon¢
Trust Disposition and Sattlement 8nd Codicils respectively dated 21
August 1854, 21 Mafch 1860 and 11 February 1861 granted by Alexandgr
E¢￿ardS and as arnond•d by the Edwards, Trust Order 1881 and 1934.
Trn•tw r•cru5tmgnt •nd appolntmeni l The Tru$l888 ghall be 8S 8taled In the Trust Deed the presgnl Mlnlslor8 of
Newhllls, Dyc8 8nd Skene, the Secretary of tha Ab8rdeen University aTh
the Lord Provost ol Aberd88n. A Factor shall be
olnted by the
TnJslees. The pr888nl Factor is
of James & Ggofgè
Collie, 1 East Cralbstone Street. Aberdeen,
Charlt8bl6 purpo•••
The purpose of the Trust is to pay the annual income from the Trust
Assets equally between the Parishes of Newhills, Dyce and Skene for
distribution lo the elderly, young and negdy throughout Ihg Parish88 al the
discretion of the respoGttvè Kirk Session.
Summary of the maln actlvltle¥
In relatlon to thgsg objects
RelaSn the capital of the Trust to generate a good level of income from
which the grants can be paid whilst protecb.ng the capital for future growlh,
The majority of the capltsl Is Investsd in the Stockmarket which is
managed by Rathbones Stockbrokers in Glasgow. The portfolio is
rev￿Wed by the stockbrokers on a six monthly basis wh8n
recommendabws f¢y any changes aro approved by tho Trustees.

APPENDIX 1
Achievements and performance
Summary of the maln achlevoments of Having sufficient income lo pay grants totalling £33,000 to the parf8hes of
Ihg ¢harlty durlng th• Ilnanclal p•rlod Skene. Newhills and Dyce.
Financial review
Brl•f Btat•ment of th• charfty'• pollcy IThe Trust aim5 to ensure that ther6 are 8ufficienl rovenue funds lo pay
on rn8•rv••
grants, which ar8 paid in December ond June, and also forthcomlng
capital and IncL)me expenses. Al 30 November 2024 Ihere wo$ a doslng
cash balance of £36,520 of whlch £5.478 was hold in tha Trust's
i endowment fund and £31,042 wa5 unre8trfcled.
Detalls of any dgffl¢lt
Donatsd facilitieg and gervlc•• (If any)

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Th• tru•t••• d•claro that th•y h•v• approved th• tru•tsM' r•port abov•.
81gn•d on b•hall of th• charlty'• Irust•••
Slgnature{•)
Full nam•l81
Posltlon {e.g. Chalr)
(MINI51kL OF fvJ6 OF TH
PAAI s￿Es
Date
13/7/Qz

AppE￿)IK2
Erf41 Ltt4
Edwards B•n•Yolent Fund
SC007264
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Recei
ts and pa
ments accounts
For th• p•rlod
rro
kdlish thrity ReBulal
Sp¢tion A Statement ol receii)Is and payment5
UDre51r￿ed
Expondablo
Indowment
fur
Pprmanont
•nd￿MEnt
Total lundB
cLYr•ni PE￿0
Total lundsl•st
pe￿￿
Al
Le
G[￿ll tr
U420
25,199
23.￿•
21D?
R•ni6 Irtym land&￿*
41.11•
¥4
A2 R•¢01p￿ rrom &
In¥•#im•nt
127.J41
121,Yl
72.•
Y2,•52
b tol•
127,141
127,Jl•
174ODI
1•,72•
33,000
JI
21.M7
AJ Stsb toiil
70.70
7T,177
418
ol
1ZZ,M1
I22,￿?
122.061
12?.Q01
4 Subior•l
70,F5S
12B.41J
1Bg.231
90.843
I￿r•C•451&/1P4YM*né•}
1.ogj
72Y
2B,603
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9J•2
9.*2
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APPENDIX2
Edward5 Benevolent Fund
SC007264
Expefidllb
dtswffl•rl
fun
TDt4 ￿tPIrtOd
B1 Callh
ca3hwvjtr¥nk￿a￿8lll￿ ol
15.142
317
$fvl a￿j
n￿acCOU￿
11Q3B4
(2&72
{i&w
Ji,043
1477
J•.$
82 In¥•blrn•n
Sg0,OM
jvo.ooo
Om213
T*
I.OM.215
D*t•l
B3 Othr M••t•
TW
9.310
I£F
Iva
•,70>
21,J71
i$,143
,7JO
85 ¢drtllnyniiiiblllU
3/7
R&pa¢￿3)24￿￿1S13￿￿lOlts1knEes

ApPEN￿X2
Edwards Benevolent Fund
SC007264
Section C Notes to the Accounts
C1 Nature and purpos• tsf
fund• (may be st8tocl on
anèlysls ofrund5 thsh8els)
The purposg crflhe Tw8t18 Io poythe ar*yJ81 In￿• from thB TnJstA5setB eqLwIty be￿Je•n thg Par*h88 of
Newhlls. ond Sk6n8 ford1stributi￿ to the ddetly. w)urvJ and n￿ythr￿JhuUtthe Pori¥h&8 atthe
dLscretwJn ol th8 reSp￿e Sessknn.
Reian the ceptol ofthg Truitto ￿¥•1 rAinEcffle fr￿ tho prants can È• ¥th18t
proteBling Ihe ca￿tal for fviure gr(thth. Tr m4lDrbtyorthe c8pho1 k kwtr8knY In the St(Kkm8rf*et whith.
man89&4 by Rathbo￿8 Slcdbrokerd in GIasL￿. Tts ptsrtrLqlo kg rev￿¥¥￿d bythe stockbro￿r& cfi 8 51x
Mc4)th￿ b•sk whan ra¢thnm8ndakns forany ¢h•ThJe¥ are aPkxv¥&J bythe Tru$tso&.
TY￿ ol adlvlty or prolKt •upport•d
Nwnbwof yr*r41
tbtut4Jn
C2 Grnnts
Skan8 P8rl8h Chwch
11.000
11.000
11JlOO
Nfjwhllls P8ri8h Church
Pari8h Church
Total
33.000
C3• Trwt•• r•mun•rnlbon
If no f¢mun8rollonwo8 pa￿ dudt)g Ihe per1￿1 to any ch8fity trul￿ pr8Cffj to
InJ81•0 cr￿1 Ihls box loih•rwKe compl818 3ty1
Authorlty und•t wttSch ￿ld
C3b Tru•tM rwnun•r•tit)n-
d•tall•
e4• Tru•t•• •xp•nM•
Irno expen80$ w•re p8kl loany chorty ¢Juthg Ihe p•WKJd then crou bom
IDtherW￿ com￿8l0 seclk)n 4bl
￿￿nb•rC
C4b TruBt•• •xp•n•M.
d•t•ll¥
P4•lure of telation$hl
N8¢ur¥ of traniactlon
C5 Tran￿¢tIonS wlth tru•¢•
and ¢onrn¢¢•d ￿ryon5
¢6 Other intonn￿lOn
RaPacGs 2024￿$X l Notes
D￿ernt￿Tr2OD7

APPENDIX 3
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Scottth C￿rty RegwL]Ic
IndeJ>endent examiner's re
ort on the accounts
Rgport to the Charfty nwne
tru8ts•slm•mbers oi Edwards Benevolent Fund
Reglstsrod ¢harlty SC007264
numbèr I
On the accounts ofth•
harity for tho porlod
Perf(MJ start date
Month
12
Period end dats
Month
Y•ar
01
2023
t•
2024
Set out on pag•¥
rem•w*gr 10 Indudo lh• p•ge
olathY1￿￿ts1
Respocllve The ¢h8rity's trustees are responslble for the pr8par81ion of the accounts In accordance
rospon¥lbllltle8 of ￿th the terms of the Charities and Truslgg Investrnent {Scollandl 2005 Act and th8
tru•t••s and •xamln•r
Charities Accounts Iscotlandl Regulations 2006 {as amended). The charlty trust88S
onsider that the audit requirement of Regulallon 10111 {dl of the Accounts Regulations
does not apply. 11 is my respon81blllty lo examlne the accounts as required under seciion
44111 Icl of the Act and 10 8tsto whether parucular matters hav8 come to my 8ttenllon.
Ba•1* of Indep•nd8nt My gxomlnatlon is carf8d out In 8ccordan¢e with Regulation 11 of the 2006 Accounts
•xamlll•rf* •tatem•nt Regulotions. An examlnation includes a review ol the 8ccounllng records kept by the
charlty and a Gomparison of tho accounts presented with those records. It also Includes
consideration of any unusual items or dlsclosure$ in the accounts and seeks
gxplanalions from the trustees concemlng any such matters. The procedure8 undertaken
do not provlde 811 the evid8nce that would be required in an audll and, rJ)nsequenlly, I do
not express an 8udll oplnion on the view given by the accounty.
Ind•p•ndont oxamlnor'• . In the course of my examination, no matter has come lo my attentlon:
•tatom•nt
which gives m8 msonable cause to belleve that in any matèrial respect the
requirern8nls'.
lo keep accounting re¢ord8 in accordanc8 with section 44(1) (al of the 2005 Act and
Regulation 4 of the 2006 Accounts Regulations, and
lo prepare accounts which accord with the accounllng records and comply with
Regulation 9 of the 2006 Accounts Regulattons
have not been mel, or
| 2. to whSch, In my opinlon, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper
understanding ol Ihe account5 to be reached.
Data:
5 August 2025
Slgned:
Namg:
Rolovant professional
qualificationlsl or body ACA
{rf any):
Addre86:
Azets Audit Services
Quay 2, 139 Fountainbridge
Edinburgh
EH3 9QG

APPENDIX 3
Disclosure section
Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material problems.
Give hern brlfjf detalls of
any ttoms that th•
examlner wishes to
dl•clos8