## **Peace & Justice**
**Annual Report and Accounts for the Year ended 31 December 2024**
**Scottish Charity No: SC 026864**
## **Peace & Justice**
## **Annual Report and Accounts For the Year Ended 31 December 2024**
|**_Contents_**|**_Page_**|
|---|---|
|Reference & Administrative Information|2|
|Annual Report of the Trustees|3 - 5|
|Report of the Independent Examiner|6|
|Receipts and Payments Account|7|
|Statement of Balances|8|
|Notes to the accounts|9 - 10|
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## **Peace & Justice**
## **Reference and Administrative information For the Year Ended 31 December 2024**
## _**Registered Address:**_
Peace & Justice 58 Ratcliffe Terrace Edinburgh EH9 1ST
e-mail: admin@peaceandjustice.org.uk
website: www.peaceandjustice.org.uk
## _**Scottish Charity Number:**_
SC 026864
## _**Management Committee (Trustees):**_
The following were members of the management committee (trustees of the charity)
## _Current Trustees_
(Convener) (Secretary) (from April 2024)
## _Trustees who resigned during the year:_
(Treasurer – until August 2024) (Treasurer – August to November 2024)
## _**Staff:**_
(Administration and information officer - until October 2024) (Peacebuilding coordinator - until November 2024)
## _**Independent examiner:**_
## _**Bankers:**_
Bank of Scotland Edinburgh Tollcross Branch Princes Exchange 3 Earl Grey Street Edinburgh EH3 9BN
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## **Peace & Justice**
## **Annual Report of the Trustees**
## **For the Year Ended 31 December 2024**
The trustees are pleased to present their report and the accounts for the year ended 31 December 2024. The accounts have been prepared on a receipts and payments basis, in accordance with accounting regulations for Scottish charities.
## _**Structure, Governance and Management**_
Peace & Justice (formerly Edinburgh Peace & Justice Centre) is an unincorporated body, established by constitution in 2010, and is registered as a Scottish Charity (SC 026864). The management of Peace & Justice is entrusted to a Committee elected by the members at the Annual General Meeting or co-opted by the Committee during the year. Further reference and administrative information, including the names of trustees, is shown on page 2.
## _**Charitable Purposes**_
The principal objects of the Centre are:
- i. To promote understanding of methods of conflict resolution, the maintenance of human rights, and the environmental conditions needed for a sustainable world order, doing so by the provision of an information and educational resource centre for the general public and for various charitable bodies that work in the same fields.
- ii. to promote the above objects in a way which maintains ethnic, religious, gender and party-political neutrality.
And our Values: Nonviolence, Conflict Resolution, Alternatives to War, Human Rights, Ecological Responsibility.
The objects, powers and restrictions are set out in full in the constitution.
## _**Review of Activities**_
Joint premises at Words & actions for peace and partnership with Secure Scotland
Peace & Justice (P&J) continue to be based at Words & Actions for Peace (WandA) at 58 Ratcliffe Terrace, sharing responsibility together with Secure Scotland (SeScot) for keeping the space open and welcoming members of the public Monday – Friday, 10am till 4pm. The open shop front allows us to have a public presence, and the centre is also used for meetings and events (P&J, SeScot as well as other community groups).
Our ongoing partnership with SeScot has led to a number of shared events during 2024.
Throughout 2024 we held monthly _Sunday lunches_ at the premises, 12 to 2pm on the last weekend of the month - a simple (home-made) bread & soup lunch along with discussion about the work of the centre and a general friendly chat.
The _joint newsletter_ has proven very popular, with members of the public picking it up in the centre, as well as it being sent to members. Over the year articles written by groups affiliated with P&J have been included, as well as the newsletter providing a channel to share news of the work of the centre.
On 6 June 2024, during the General Election campaign, we hosted a _well attended hustings_ , with a focus on peace, attended by a number of the local candidates.
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Peace & Justice
Annual Report of the Trustees (contlnued)
Review of ActiviTties (continued)
In June we also held an inf0m1atn stall {along wrth Sescotl at the annual Edinburgh Meadows
Festival. An ideal opportunty to share peacebuilding ideas with the geneTrl public.
On October 7th we held a candlelit vigil in WandA. jointly organised by Scottish Palestinian Forum.
Sescot and P&J. and supported by some members of the Edinburgh Jemqsh community. The vigil
provided a lime to moum and to remember all those killed over the past year in Israel and Palestine.
as well as those held by Hamas and in Israel under'adminislrative detention,.
ects led b
our Peacebuildin
Coordinator
1) Peace Garden Project
The Peace Garden Project is a collaboration beeen Peace & Justice, Multicultural Family Base.
and Bridgend Famihouse, bringing together refvgees (New Scots} and locals through the
construckn.on of a garden at Bridgend Farmhouse. The Peace Garden was officially opened on
Sunday 18 August by Depute Provost
In 2024, a Peace Garden 'steering group, organised a number of workshops Mthich included..
landscaping. garden design, planting. peace pole making, slonelwood bench making. clay
modelling. The Peace Garden Project models a seasonal approach to peacebuilding. recognising
that we require periods of rest and refeclion to be effects've. The seasonal nature of the garden
ensures that any fvre developments have this approach method al its core.
21 Summer Peace Camp
The Peace Camp was a collaboration btheen Peace & Justice. Richmond Craigmillar Church.
and Camas Outdoor Centre {the lona Community's outdoor activity centre on Mull). P&J took
group of young people from Niddrie Irecognised as an area of signrficant social deprivation.
consistently ranking among Scotland's most deprived areas according to the Scottish Index of
Multiple Deprivation) to the camp. providing a program of ¢yJtdoor activities with morninglevening
peace-relaled reflections.
3151 strangers
51 Strangers aimed lo tsckle loneliness in Edinburgh's student population, linking
isolating technology with a rise in online and real-lrfe conflicts. Experimental by nature, the project
sought to bring strangers together through a scavenger hunt game which Mark tried out at the
Meadows Festival. Unfortunately we struggled to secure any large pots of funding, so development
of the project was not possible.
Peacebuildin
in the Commun
P&J continued to Ma Conscientious Objectors day in May 2024, wilh a vigil on Princes Street, and
walk to the area in Princes Street Gardens where a tree has been planted to commemorate
Conscientious Objectors.
The event that was supported by SWILPF, Secure Scotland, and Pax Christi Scotland with thanks to
Protest in Harmony for the wonderful music.
In July we hosted a showing of Ihe film Where Olive Trees Weep. The documentary film explores
themes of loss, trauma. and the quest for justice of the Palestinian
eo
le under Israeli occupation,
following among others Palestinian journalist and therapist
grassroots activist
Israeli joumalist
and Canadian
Peace & Justice
Annual Report of the Trustees (contlnued)
Revlew of Actlvltles (contlnuedj
Our annual Camall Peace Award was awarded to Cloud and Accucilia Maboudi, of the Anglican
Pacifist Fellowship, whose work with young people in Zimbabwe promoting peace through poetry &
writing is inspirational.
We held a well attended night of poetry and song held in the United Augustine Church, on 25
September. The event was supported by loeal poets from Scottish PEN and we heard via video from
Cloud and Aecueilia about their work.
On Remembrance Sunday we held our traditional Altemative Remembrance Day al the Quaker
Meeting House, sharing poems and songs highlighting the folly of war as a solution to conllict.
We then walked to the Peace Tree in Princes Street gardens where we 'planted' hthf(e crosses and
laid a white poppy wreath.
Our final peace event of 2024 was on 10 December when we joined other Scottish peace groups on a
torchlight procession from the Scottish Parliament to Queen Elvzabelh House (UK Government Hub in
Edinburgh) to mark the Nobel celebrations in Oslo hthere Nihon Hidankyo, a Japanese grassroots
organisalion of atomic mb suNivors from Hiroshima and Nagasaki. was awarded the Nobel Peace
Prize.
Financial Review
Receipts and payments during the year are set out in the statement on page 7. There were net
payments of £267 in the year, compared to net payments of £1,896 in the previous year.
Income from Grants and donations was significanljy higher than the previous year. This enabled
greater expendrture on peace-building projects.
We are very gratefvl to all who support the charity through grants. donations. monthly standing
orders. gift aid and fvndraising activities.
Details of the balances at the start and end of the year are shown on page 8. Balances of £61,671
are carried fornard wf(h £41,474 of this held for restricted funds.
Details of the movement on fvnds are shown in note 6 on page 10. Restricted fund balances carried
fOard amount to £41,474 including £40,316 for the OWM project. and £798 for the Cranes project.
Excluding the balance of £18,948 in the designated fijnd for peaCelU11dIng projects there is a balance
of £1.249 remaining in unrestricted funds, which represents the free reserves of the charity. The
policy of the charity is to maintain reserves al a level of at least half a year's nomial expendf(ure. The
cuent free reserves represent less than 1 month of nomial expenditure.
Approved by the Trustees on 11 November 2025 and signed on their behalf by:
Tiustee
Date: 11 November 2025
## **Report of the Independent Examiner To the Trustees of Peace & Justice**
I report on the accounts of Peace & Justice (the charity) for the year to 31 December 2024, which are set out on pages 7 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. 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 view given by 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.
**Date: 11 November 2025**
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## **Peace & Justice**
## **Statement of Receipts and Payments For the Year Ended 31 December 2024**
|**Unrestricted**
**Note**
**Funds**
**Receipts:**
**£**
Membership Subscriptions
5,522
Grants
**3**
27,634
Donations & fund-raising
**4**
1,670
Gift aid
-
Fee income
800
Bank interest
617
Other income
63
**Total receipts**
36,306
**Payments:**
Staff costs
22,757
Opposing War Memorial direct costs
-
Peace Camp
Peace-building direct costs
10,456
Cranes project direct costs
-
Resource Materials
544
Events, publicity and printing
421
Office expenses
617
Insurance
1,343
Other expenses
435
**Total payments**
36,573
**Net (payments) / receipts in year**
(267)
**Transfers**
-
**Net movement in year**
(267)
**Balance brought forward**
20,464
**Balance carried forward**
20,197|**Restricted**
**Funds**
**£**
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
41,474
41,474|**Total**
**2024**
**£**
**5,522**
**27,634**
**1,670**
**-**
**800**
**617**
**63**
**36,306**
**22,757**
**-**
**-**
**10,456**
**-**
**544**
**421**
**617**
**1,343**
**435**
**36,573**
**(267)**
**-**
**(267)**
**61,938**
**61,671**|**Total**
**2023**
**£**
5,309
1,000
10,977
4,905
-
455
205|
|---|---|---|---|
||||22,851|
||||19,650
1,000
-
1,500
500
35
466
598
893
105|
||||24,747|
||||(1,896)
-|
||||(1,896)
63,834|
||||61,938|
The notes on pages 10 to 11 form part of these accounts.
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Peac8 & Justlce
Statement of Balanc8s at 31 December 2024
Unrestricted
Restricted
Total
Total
Funds
Funds
2024
2023
Funds Reconciliation:
Opening funds
Net movement in year
Closing funds
20,464
12671
20,197
41,474
61,938
1267)
61,671
63,834
11,896}
61,938
41,474
Closing bank & cash balances:
CuThent bank account
10,822
9.290
85
10,822
50.764
85
9,769
52,147
22
Deposit bank account
PayPal balanee
Total closing bank & cash balanc8S
41.474
20,197
41.474
61.671
61,938
2024
2023
Liabilities:
Accountancy & independent exarnination
HMRC - payToII liabilitE5
Pension liabilrty
900
1,083
125
52
2.108
1.292
Approved by the Trustees on 11 November 2025 and signed on their behalf by:
Date: 11 Novernber 2025
Trustee
The notes on pages 10 to 11 fomi part of these accounts.
**Peace & Justice**
## **Notes to the Accounts For the Year Ended 31 December 2024**
## **1. Basis of accounting**
The accounts have been prepared on a receipts and payments basis in accordance with the Charities & Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 and the Charities Accounts (Scotland) Regulations 2006 (as amended).
## **2. Nature and purpose of funds**
_Unrestricted funds_ can be used in furtherance of any of the charitable objects at the discretion of the trustees. _Designated funds_ are set aside out of unrestricted funds for particular purposes.
_Restricted funds_ can only be used for particular restricted purposes within the objects of the charity. Restrictions arise when specified by the donor or when funds are raised for particular restricted purposes. Details of each fund are shown in note 6 below.
|**Unrestricted**
**3. Grants**
**Funds**
**£**
_for Peace-building projects_
Awards for All
10,000
Aviva Community Fund
1,314
Hugh Fraser Foundation
2,000
Scottish Episcopal Church
5,350
Faithful Welcome
500
Southall Trust
1,970
Nancy Massey Trust
-
_for Core costs_
Pumphouse
4,000
EVOC
2,500
27,634
**4. Donations & fund-raising**
**£**
for general purposes
1,670
for Peace-building projects
-
Crowdfunder for Peace-building projects
-
1,670|**Restricted**
**Funds**
**£**
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
**£**
-
-
-
-|**Total**
**Total**
**2024**
**2023**
**£**
**£**
**10,000**
-
**1,314**
-
**2,000**
-
**5,350**
-
**500**
-
**1,970**
-
**-**
1,000
**4,000**
-
**2,500**
-
**27,634**
1,000
**£**
**£**
**1,670**
520
**-**
7,500
**-**
2,957
**1,670**
10,977|
|---|---|---|
## **5. Trustees' remuneration and expenses**
No remumeration was paid to trustees in the current year and no expenses reimbursed.
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## **Peace & Justice**
## **Notes to the Accounts**
## **For the Year Ended 31 December 2024**
|**6. Movement in Funds**
**_Restricted funds:_**
Opposing War Memorial
Cranes project
Weave Community
**_Total restricted_**
**_Unrestricted funds:_**
_Designated funds_
Legacy Fund
Peace-building projects
_Total Designated funds_
General fund
**_Total unrestricted_**
**_Total funds_**|**At**
**1.1.24**
**£**
40,316
798
360
41,474
2,879
17,585
20,464
-
20,464
61,938|**Receipts**
**£**
-
-
-
-
-
22,084
22,084
14,222
36,306
36,306|**Payments**
**£**
-
-
-
-
-
(20,721)
(20,721)
(15,852)
(36,573)
(36,573)|**Transfers**
**£**
-
-
-
-
(1,630)
(1,630)
1,630
-
-|**At**
**31.12.24**
**£**
**40,316**
**798**
**360**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||||**41,474**|
||||||**1,249**
**18,948**|
||||||**20,197**
**-**|
||||||**20,197**|
||||||**61,671**|
## _**Notes:**_
The role of the Centre as custodian of funds for the Scottish Peace Network ceased in 2018 with the transfer of remaining funds to the SPN. The Centre holds a small fund (£360) on behalf of the Weave Community Edinburgh.
The _designated legacy fund_ arises from a legacy of £50,000 received in 2017 plus a final payment of £9,321 received in 2018.
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