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Dunedin Dancers
Scottish Charity Number: SC 011896
Report and Accounts
Year ended 31 August 2025
DUNEDIN DANCERS – REPORT AND ACCOUNTS YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025
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REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATION DETAILS
Name of Charity: Dunedin Dancers Scottish Charity No: SC 011896
Trustees: * resigned in October 2024. His place was taken by
Bankers: Bank of Scotland plc 8 Morningside Road Edinburgh, EH10 4DD
CAF Bank Limited Kings Hill West Malling Kent, ME19 4TA
Independent Examiner: Peter Edwards 20 Riselaw Terrace Edinburgh EH10 6HW
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| CONTENTS | Page |
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| Reference and Administration Details | 2 |
| Structure, Governance and Management | 4 |
| Objectives and Activities | 4 |
| Achievements and Performance | 4 |
| Financial Review | 5 |
| Statement of Receipts and Payments | 6 |
| Statement of Balances | 7 |
| Notes to the Accounts | 8-10 |
| Independent Examiner’s Report | 11 |
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STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT
Dunedin Dancers is an unincorporated association, established and governed by its constitution. Its trustees, known as the committee, are elected by the members for two years at a General Meeting held every second year, and hold office until the next General Meeting, in accordance with the constitution. The last General Meeting was held in Mayfield Church Hall on 25th November 2023. At that meeting the chairman resigned and has not been replaced.
OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES
The aim of the charity is to promote participation in and appreciation of Scottish Country Dancing, Highland Dancing and any other form of dancing, whether Scottish, folk or otherwise, and in particular, to organise and attend Folk Dance Festivals.
Dunedin Dancers undertakes the following activities in furtherance of its objectives: an International Folk Dance Festival every second year ; participation in other festivals, at home and abroad ;
social dancing every week from September to June, excepting Christmas and Easter breaks ; three public dances plus other weekend events and classes ;
demonstrations and ceilidhs for conferences and other events during the year.
All of Dunedin Dancers work is carried out by unpaid volunteers.
ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE
Dunedin Dancers 2024/2025 season started in September 2024, with weekly social dancing on Wednesday evenings at Morningside Parish Church, including live music twice a month. We ran informal dances in conjunction with RSCDS Edinburgh Branch in October, November, February and March. In May we joined in with the Combined Societies Dance at Lauriston Hall. This was an initiative of RSCDS organised with the help of the Trinity, Atholl, Dunedin and Morningside Clubs. We held our usual three social dances in November, March and June and took a group of dancers to a festival in Bulgaria in June. We held an Edinburgh University New Scotland Dance Society takeover night each term which saw a club night run by the students, strengthening important links between our clubs. July saw our 27th International Folk Dance Festival in the Mary Erskine School, which was judged to be a great success.
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FINANCIAL REVIEW
Dunedin Dancers has traditionally aimed to maintain reserves, excluding stock, at least equivalent to the approximate gross cost of one International Folk Dance Festival. The gross cost of the Festival this year was around £28,400 and the net cost around £17,500. I’m pleased to say that we achieved our stated aim of reserves before the Festival excluding stock, amounting to around £29,000. We were fortunate to receive a legacy of £2000 from an ex-member. Reserves at the end of this year, excluding stock, are £16,011.
Approved by the trustees on 21st November 2025, and signed on their behalf by:
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STATEMENT OF RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS
| Total Year ended 31 Aug 2025 £ |
Total |
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|---|---|---|---|
| General Festival £ £ |
Year ended 31 Aug 2024 £ |
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| Receipts Donations, including membership subscriptions Gross receipts from charitable activities, ie dances, festivals, classes and demonstrations (see note 3) Gross trading receipts eg sales of books and stock, (see note 5) Bank interest Total Receipts |
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| 4,309 835 9,970 10,054 673 - 495 - |
5,144 1,970 20,024 10,222 673 54 495 421 |
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| 15,447 10,889 |
26,336 12,667 |
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| Payments Payments for charitable activities, ie dances, festivals, classes, demonstrations & general expenses (see note 3) Gross trading payments, eg sales of books and stock, (see note 5) Management expenses (see note 6) Bank Charges Total Payments |
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| 6,771 28,395 338 - 345 - 60 - |
35,166 7,772 338 - 345 615 60 60 |
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| 7,514 28,395 |
35,909 8,447 |
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| Net incoming/outgoing resources (Deficit)/Surplus for the year Total funds brought forward Total funds carried forward |
7,933 (17,506) |
(9,573) 4,220 |
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| (9,573) 4,220 25,584 21,364 |
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| 16,011 25,584 |
The notes on pages 8 to 10 form part of these accounts.
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STATEMENT OF BALANCES
| TATEMENT OF BALANCES | ||
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| Total Funds Total Funds Year ended Year ended 31 Aug 2025 31 Aug 2024 £ £ |
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| General Festival Fund Fund £ £ |
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| Cash Funds Cash and bank balances at start of year Surplus (Deficit) for year Cash and bank balances at end of year |
25,584 - (9,573) - |
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| 25,584 21,364 (9,573) 4,220 |
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| 16,011 - |
16,011 25,584 |
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| Bank and Cash Balances Bank of Scotland (Treasurer Account) Bank Of Scotland Instant Access Account CAF Gold Account CAF Cash Account PayPal Petty Cash Total |
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| 1,893 2,814 13,545 - 441 22,618 24 34 5 18 103 100 |
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| 16,011 25,584 |
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| OTHER ASSETS Cost of Stock Held: Books in shop Clothing Other (Badges etc) Total (other assets) |
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| 389 | ||
| 516 844 |
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Approved by the trustees on 21st November 2025, and signed on their behalf by
Treasurer)
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NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS
1. Accounting Policies
(i) Basis of Accounting
These accounts have been prepared on the Receipts and Payments basis in accordance with the Charities & Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 and the Charities Accounts (Scotland) Regulations 2006 (as amended).
The net surpluses or deficits on various activities are shown in the notes.
There has been no change to the accounting policies since last year, and no changes have been made to accounts for previous years.
(ii) Stock
The stock of clothing, dance books and other items for resale is valued at the lower of cost or net realisable value.
(iii) Trustee Expenses
None of the trustees received expenses for services provided to the charity.
No remuneration was paid to any charity trustee or to anyone connected to a charity trustee.
2. Taxation
Dunedin Dancers was recognised as a charity for tax purposes by the Inland Revenue on 14 June 1984. Consequently no Corporation Tax requires to be provided for the year.
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3. Analysis of Receipts & Payments relating to Charitable Activities
| Year ended - - - Year Ended 31 August 2025 - - - 31 Aug 2024 Income Expenditure Net Net £ £ £ £ 6,140 4,737 1,403 673 1,321 1,390 (69) 428 582 390 192 - 10,054 28,395 (18,341) (125) - 254 (254) (599) 127 - 127 58 1,800 - 1,800 2,015 |
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| Classes (Wed evenings) Dances (Nov/Mar/June) |
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| Sunday Socials with RSCDS | |
| Dunedin Festival 2025 (see note 4) Other Festivals Other Events Demonstration income |
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| 20,024 35,166 (15,142) 2,450 |
4. Dunedin Festival 2025
More detailed Analysis of Income & Expenditure from Note 3 above
| Year ended - - - Year Ended 31 August 2025 - - - 31 Aug 2023 Income Expenditure Net Income/ Net Income/ (Expenditure) (Expenditure) £ £ £ £ - 7,024 (7,024) (5,836) 3,994 (3,994) (2,438) 721 357 364 676 8389 12,566 (4,177) (3,938) - 638 (638) (782) - 2,247 (2,247) (3,931) 844 - 844 (6) - 348 (348) (823) 100 249 (149) (233) - 561 (561) (275) - 411 (411) (143) |
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| Hire of School (inc practice venues) Transport Bar Sales Catering Costs Hire of Sound Equipment Host/Hostel Payment Performance Evening (Tickets & Raffle) Festival Venues (New Town Church and FI) Publicity Practice Halls Other Expenses (Gifts, Programme Costs etc) |
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| 10,054 28,395 (18,341) (17,729) |
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5. Analysis of Trading Activities
| 5. Analysis of Trading Activities | |
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| Year ended - - Year Ended 31 August 2025 - - 31 Aug 2024 Income Expenditure Net Income Net Income £ £ £ £ 50 - 50 - 623 338 285 54 |
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| Sales of Books Sales of Stock |
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| 673 338 335 54 |
6. Analysis of Management Expenses
| - - Year ended 31 Aug 2025 - - £ 70 88 - 123 64 0 0 |
Year ended 31 Aug 2024 £ 73 88 103 119 119 53 60 |
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| Newsletter Costs Insurance Website Costs (see note 1) PPL Fees RSCDS Affiliation Fee (see note 2) Misc BGM Hall Charge |
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| 345 | 615 | |
Note 1 : Website costs for 2023/24 include an Invoice (£43.68) for year 2024/25.
Note 2 : RSCDS Affiliation Fee for 2023/24 included an invoice (£57.00) for 2022/23
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INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE CHARITY'S TRUSTEES
I report on the accounts of Dunedin Dancers for the year ended 31 August 2025 which are set out on pages 6 to 10.
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) Act 2005 and the Charities Accounts (Scotland) Regulations 2006 (as amended). The charity’s 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 view given by the accounts.
Independent examiner's statement
In the course of my examination, no matter has come to my attention
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which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements:
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to keep accounting records in accordance with Section 44(1) (a) of the 2005 Act and Regulation 4 of the 2006 Accounts Regulations, and
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to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with Regulation 9 of the 2006 Accounts Regulations
have not been met, or
- to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
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