## APPENDIX 3 Independent examiner's4 5 report on the accounts Report to the rity nan trustees/members of /Robert Burns mmer tion 1996 SCIC Registered charity /SC023984 number On the accounts of the Period start date Per end date charity for the period [ Mont Day Month ( 24 to ) aU. Set out on pages responsibilities of vith the terms of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) 2005 Act ar tne trustees and examiner Charities Accounts (Scotland) Regulations 2006 (as amended). The charity trustee consider that the audit requirement of Regulation 10(1) (d) of the Ac ints Regulat S 44(1) (c) of the Act and to state whether part ar matters nave net ¥y atte Basis of independent | My examination is carried out in a dance with Regulation 11 of the 2 **0** 6 A examiner’s statement} Regulations. An examination ir Jes a review the a intina records kept by th charity ana a compansor f the } ts presentedwith ti se re ras tals 1¢ Independent examiner's’ in the urse of my examination natter ha meton attention [other than that = prepare accounts wnicn a ro with ine accounting recordsand comply wit! {. sU at ~ T ine 4 ) Pvt AU t Regul { ns Signed 2112 )2025 Name Relevant professional qualification(s) or body (if any) *a ## 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 ## **ROBERT BURNS COMMEMORATION 1996 (SCIO)** ## Receipts and payments for year ending 31[st] August 2025 |**Receipts**
Redwood Bank

HBOS
Virgin Money (Deposit)
Virgin Money (Current)
**Payments**
Donation to DGBA
Donation to DGBA
**Statement of Balances as at 31st August**
HBOS Current/Cheque Account
Redwood Bank
Virgin Money (Deposit)
Virgin Money (Current)
Net Assets
**Current Account (BOS)**
01/09/2024 - Opening Balance
13/01/2025 - Transfer to Virgin Current Account
13/01/2025 - Transfer to Virgin Current Account
16/01/2025 – Account Closed
**Deposit Account (Virgin Deposit) SSCBA (Comm)**
01/09/2024 - Opening Balance
30/11/2024 – Interest
30/11/2024 – Interest
30/01/2025 - Transfer to Virgin Current Account
30/01/2025 - Closing Balance (Account Closed)
**Virgin Money (Current Account)**
13/12/2025 - Opening Balance
13/01/2025 – Transfer from BOS Current Ac.
13/01/2025 – Transfer from BOS Current Ac.
30/01/2025 – Transfer from Virgin Deposit SSCBA
30/01/2025 – Payment to DGBA Schools Donate
06/02/2025 – Payment to DGBA Schools Catering
31/08/2025 – Closing Balance
**Virgin Money (Deposit Account RBC1996SCIO)**
Account only opened close to year end
31/08/2025 – Closing balance
**Redwood (90 day Account)**
01/09/2022 - Opening Balance
16/03/2024 – Interest
31/08/2024 - Closing Balance
**Nett Profit/(Loss) for Year**|**August 2024**
£1167.32
£0.00
£21.43
£0.00
£1188.75
£350.00
£100.00
£450.00
**August 2024**
£115.81
£34705.84
£1789.73
£0.00
**£36611.38**
**Income**
**Income**
£12.11
£4.00
**Income**
£100.00
£15.81
£1805.84
**Income**
**Income**
£1295.48|**August 2025**
£1295.48
£0.00
£16.11
£0.00
**£1311.59**
£450.00
£81.50
**£531.50**
**August 2025**
£0.00
£36001.32
£0.00
£1390.15
**£37391.47**
**Expenditure**
£100.00
£15.81
**Expenditure**
£1805.84
**Expenditure**
£450.00
£80.50
**Expenditure**
**Expenditure**|**Balance**
£115.81
£15.81
**£0.00**
**Balance**
£1789.73
£1801.84
£1805.84
£0.00
**£0.00**
**Balance**
£0.00
£100.00
£115.81
£1921.65
£1471.65
£1390.15
**£1390.15**
**Balance**
£0.00
£0.00
**Balance**
£34705.84
£36001.32|**Balance**
£115.81
£15.81
**£0.00**
**Balance**
£1789.73
£1801.84
£1805.84
£0.00
**£0.00**
**Balance**
£0.00
£100.00
£115.81
£1921.65
£1471.65
£1390.15|**Balance**| |---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||||| ||||||£115.81
£15.81
**£0.00**
**Balance**| |||||**£1390.15**|| ||||||**Balance**| ||||||£0.00
£0.00
**Balance**| ||||**£36001.32**||| ||||**£780.09**||| **Nett Profit/(Loss) for Year** APPENDIX2 $C023894 Robert Burns Commemoration 1996 SCIO **----- Start of picture text -----**
Receipts and payments accounts
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Section A Statement of receipts and payments
Unrestricted Restricted Expendable Permanent Total funds Total funds last
funds funds encowmen encowmen current period period
funds funds
to nearest £ to nearest £ to nearest £ to nearest £ to nearest £ to nearest£
Ai Receipts
Donations | re
legacies | ee
Grants | ee
Receipts from fundraising activities | ee
Gross trading receipts pe a |
Income from investments other than
land and buildings 1,311 1,188
Rents from land
Gross receipts from& buildingsother charitable | a |
activities
At Subtotal] 1,311| a
A2 Receipts from asset &
investment sales
Proceeds from sale of fixed assets FY
Proceeds from sale of investments PY
A2Subtotal]
A3 Payments
frvesinentPayments relating managementdirectly ossto charitable| ee |
activities
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Az Sub toral[_____s31 Ss |
A4 Payments relating to asset and
investment movements
Purchases of fixed assets FY
Parcs ofinvesmenis |
Aa Sub toral|_ |
Total payments[t(D CD)
Net receipts
/ (payments) | |
780 780
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$C023894 ## APPENDIX 2 . Robert Burns Commemoration 1996 SCIO **----- Start of picture text -----**
Section B Statement of balances
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- Expendable Permanent
Unrestricted Restricted funds endowment endowment Total current Total last period
funds period
funds funds
to nearest £ to nearest £ to nearest £ to nearest £ to nearest £ to nearest £
B1 Cash funds Cash and bank balances at start of year 36.511
36611 , 35873
Surplus / (deficit) shown on receipts and 780 780 738
payments account
Cash and bank balances at end of year 37,391 37,391 36,611
(Agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
Fund to which asset belongs Market valuation Last year
DetailsJetalis
to nearest £ to nearest £
_ — —
Total
Details Fund to which- asset belongs Cost (if, available)- Currentavailable)value (if Last year
to nearest £ to nearest £ to nearest £
- —_ =
Total
Details Fund to which liability relates Amount due Last year
to nearest £ to nearest £
- — —
Total
Details Fund to whichaliability relates Amount(estimate)due Last year
to nearest £ to nearest £
— — —
Total
Signed by one or two trustees Date of
on behalf of all the trustees Signature Print Name approval
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Receipts and payments Sept 2025.xisx / Statement of balances 2 December 2007 APPENDIX 2 Robert Burns Commemoration 1996 SCIO $C023894 ## Section C Notes to the Accounts C1 Nature and purpose of funds (may be stated on analysis of funds worksheets) ## C2 Grants ## C3a Trustee remuneration **----- Start of picture text -----**
Type of activity or project supported navidal! Number of grants f
D & G Bums Assoc. schools competition a i)
If no remuneration was paid during the period to any charity trustee or person connected to
trustee cross this box (otherwise complete section 3b)
Authority under which paid f
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If no remuneration was paid during the period to any charity trustee or person connected to a trustee cross this box (otherwise complete section 3b) C3b Trustee remuneration - details C4a Trustee expenses If no expenses were paid to any charity trustee during the period then cross this box (otherwise complete section 4b) Number of £ trustees C4b Trustee expenses - details Nature of relationship Transaction Balance amount (£) outstanding at Nature of transaction eriod end (£ C5 Transactions with trustees and connected persons C6 Other information Receipts and payments Sept 2025.xIsx/ Notes 3 December 2007 APPENDIX 2 Receipts and payments Sept 2025.xlsx / Notes December 2007 4 APPENDIX 2 $C023894 ## Robert Burns Commemoration 1996 SCIO ## Additional analysis (1) ## Analysis of receipts and payments **----- Start of picture text -----**
1 Donations
. Expendable Permanent
Unrestricted Restricted funds endowment endowment Total on Total last
funds funds an pe
to nearest £ to nearest £ to nearest £ to nearest £ to nearest £ to nearest £
Total =—== =
2 Grants
Unrestricted Restricted funds lotal current total last
to neafun r estic £ to nearest £ tonerindnearest £ to nn e rindarest £
Total == ==
3 Gross receipts from other charitable activities
- Expendable Permanent
nese Restricted funds endowment endowment Total cuvent rota ast
funds funds pe pe
to nearest £ to nearest £ to nearest £ to nearest £ to nearest £ to nearest £
Total ==== =
4 Payments relating directly to charitable activities
- Expendable Permanent
Snresticted Restricted funds endowment endowment nod criat
funds funds
to nearest £ to nearest £ to nearest £ to nearest £ to nearest £ to nearest £
Total -=== =
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Receipts and payments Sept 2025.xIlsxAdditional notes (1) December 2007 APPENDIX 2 $C023894 |5 Breakdown of unrestricted funds||| |---|---|---| ||Total
unrestricted
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Trustees’ Annual Report for the period
Period start date Period end date
D Month Year Da Month Year
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Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator Charity name Robert Burns Commemoration 1996 (SCIO) Other names charity is Kno Registered charity number $C023984 —— sdsgZ Names of the charity trustees on date of approval of Trustees’ Annual Report **----- Start of picture text -----**
Trustee name Office (if any) Oot ot haleyear (or body) entitled to
appoint trustee (if any)
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APPENDIX 1 ## Reference and administration details Names of all other charity trustees during the period, if any, (for example, those who resigned part way through the financial period) **----- Start of picture text -----**
|||||||||||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Name|Dates acted|if not for whole year| |Mike|Duguid|Resigned|as|of AGM|4/12/2025| |Structure,|governance|and|management| |Type|of governing|document|Articles|of Memorandum| |Trustee|recruitment and|appointment|—§|Appointed|by committee vote| |Objectives|and|activities| |Charitable|purposes|To|promote|the|knowledge|and works|of Scotland’s|national|bard,|Robert| |Burns,|and|to|further the|use|of the|Scots|language.| |Summary|of the|main|activities|The|charity|raises|money|to|assist|with|the|promotion|of the|schools| |in|relation|to|these|objects|Robert|Burns|Poetry|competition|and|to|financially|assist|the|development| |of the|knowledge|of the works|of the|bard.| **----- End of picture text -----**
2 APPENDIX 1 ## Achievements and performance Summary of the main achievements of | Revenue from investments the charity has have risen in line with the rise the charity during the financial period | inthe base rate, the charity has again managed to provide funding to the local Burns clubs and schools organising committee to hold the regional schools Burns Competition. ## Financial review **----- Start of picture text -----**
|||||||||||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Brief statement|of the|charity’s|policy||§ The|Charity|aims|to|maintain|enough|capital|funding|to|provide|sufficient| |on|reserves|income|to|continue|to|provide|financial|assistance|to|the|schools| |competition|organisation|committee| |Details|of any|deficit|The|increased|interest|rate|have|allowed|the|charity|to|provide|funding| |assistance|to|the|schools|competition|without any|deficit|however|it|is| |suspected|that|rates|are|likely|to|be|falling|so|the|trustees|should|remain| |prudent when|distributing|fund|in|order|to|allow|us|to|maintain|the|invested| |capital.| |Donated|facilities|and|services|(if any)| **----- End of picture text -----**
3 APPENDIX 1 ## Other optional information The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above. Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees Signature(s) Full name(s) Position (e.g. Chair) Treasurer Date | 14 November 2025 4