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APPENDIX 1 oscr,- Period start date Pericd end date m￿th Year March XJ25 2024 31 Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator Reference and administration details Charity name other names charity is known by Registered charity number Charity's principal address Bridge of Don Sea Cajet Unit SC 029606 Building 17 Gor(k)n Ba￿ad{S Bridge of Don Postcode A823 8DB Names of the charity trustees on date of approval of Trustees. Annual Report Nane of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee Ilf anyl Trustee name Office (rf any) Dates acted11 not for whole year hair 04111124 - 31103125 ictrchair 01104124 - 04111124 undraising representative 04111124- 31103125 reasurer ecretary 04111124 - 31103125 arents representative ic&Chair 01A)4124- 04111124 01104124- 01110124 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

APPENDIX 1 Reference and administration details Names of all other charlty trustees durlng the perlod, If any. (for example, those who reslgned part way through the financlal perlod) 01104124- 04111124 01104124- 01110124 structure, governance and management Type of governing document T￿stee recruitment and appointment Unil Management Team (UMT) members are elected annually at the Annual Genera Meeting (AGM}. UMT members are elected from the membership of the Sea Cadet Untt, which is drawn loosely as being those | wtth an interest of the Unit. In the event of a vacancy arising during the year (known as a casual vacancy), the UMT has the authortty to appoint new UMT ￿￿rnber. The UMT ffÉmber will serve until the next AGM, after vthich the post will be filled by election. Objectives and activities Charitable purposes To promote the development of young people in achieving their physical, tellectual, and social potential as individuals, as respcfisible cttizens by the provision of education, leisure actNttTres using a nautical theme and in accordance with the principles, ethos, and practices of the Marine Society and Sea Cadets. Summary of the main activities in relation to these objects This yearfs activities and finances have been steadily recovering with strong focus on growing the unit offerings arKI capacty of cadets. The Unit retumed to rK)nnal operations with boating activities during the summer mcKrths and retuming to unit-based activibes in the wnter months.

APPENDIX 1 Achievements and performance Summary of the main achievements of The main achievement was maintaining the Unit in a stable operational the charity during the financial period arKI financial condition and provided growth opportunities l)oth in tern￿ of number of cadets and activities being offered. Cadets, numbers have slowly increased, as a result inc¢)me from donations has also increased. Financial review Brlef statement of the charlty's poIIcy on reserves The bKJgest acquisitKffi of the unit this financial year, has been a new(er) minibus. which will help the unit provide adequate transport for years to come. The year has ended with a defficit of £-14,478.71, however. this indudes the minibus purchase, for which we had £17,049.06 fund carried from previous years. This results in a net yearly surplus of £2,570.35. As previously agreed, when we increased the contributions, we have put aside £1,740 for the next minibus and £639 for the hardship fund, which results in a marginal net profft of 42CM). Detalls of any deflclt Donated facilities and services (if any) The Unrt is housed in a building within the Bridge of Don Barracks. This is provided through RFCA (Reserve Forces arvj Cadets Association) cost free.

APPENDIX 1 Other optional information Declaration The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees, report above. Slgned on behalf of the charity's trustees Signature(s) Full name(s) Position (e.g. Chair) Treasurer Date 14 November 2025

THE SEA CADETS Fc ANNUAL STATEMENT OF ACCOUNf FOR THE UNIT SCC A3 IR8PI RECEIPTS & PAYMENTS ACCOUNT for year ended 31 March 2025 Unrt BtKJge of Don Charity No". SC029606 Fund-namel ose rf Tr)t hthJ the Unrt's THIS YEAR LAST YEAR Notes REVENUE RECEIPTS- ANNUAL FuND￿IRECT GRANT - Iwestn"cted) OTHER GRANTS - {unrestrictedl SCAVA (Sea Cadet Viclualling Allowance) CADET CONTRIBUTIONS OTHER DONATIONS I LEGACIES FUNDRAISING & SPECIAL EVENTS PROCEEDS £14 487.12 £937.75 £0.00 £11 761.00 £0.00 £2 002.42 £1 107.98 £586.43 £000 £6,899.00 £556.37 £2 722.23 OTHER CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES: COMPETITION RECEIPTS COURSE FEES SUNDRY SALES RECEIPTS BANK DEPOSIT INTEREST PROPERfY RENTS {includes any occaS￿n81 OTHER REVENUE RECEIPTS £0.00 £5 428.00 £955.00 £487.39 £0.00 £1 839.68 £0.00 £3432.19 £938.62 £319.45 £0.00 £2 031.98 TOTAL REVENUE RECEIPTS £37.898.36 £18,594.25 NON-REVENUE RECEIPTS- PROCEEDS FROM SALES OF OTHER FIXED ASSETS £5,650.10 £0.00 TOTAL NON-REVENUE RECEIPTS £5,650.10 £0.00 IAttach that Fund's similai Account of Re￿Ipts as page AC1A. and so (￿) TOTAL RECEIPTS A + £43.548.46 £18,594.25 Reconclllatlon.". NET CHANGE FOR YEAR IN CASHIBANK BALANCE:_ - REVENUE ITEMS {= A- D from page AC2) - NON-REVENUE ttEMS (- B- E f￿)￿ page AC2) - COMBINED (=G+HI CASHIBANK BALANCE FROM LAST YEAR-END £14.735.80 -£6,049.09 -£29,214.51 £0.00 -£14.478.71 £21,479.10 £7.000.39 -£6,049 09 £27,528.19 £21,479.10 CASH18ANK BALANCE AT THIS YEAR￿ND V3.0 AC1

THE SEA CADETS Fc ANNUAL STATEMENT OF ACCOUNf FOR THE UNIT SCC A3 IR8PI RECEIPTS & PAYMENTS ACCOUNT for year ended 31 March 2025 Unrt BtKJge of Don Charity No". SC029606 Fund-namel ose rf Tr)t hehj the Lknrt's THIS YEAR LAST YEAR Note REVENUE PAYMENTS- DIRECT CHARITABLE ACTIVITY COSTS: FUNDRAISING & SPECIAL EVENTS COSTS COMPETITION COSTS FUEL & TRAVEL COSTS CATERING COSTS TRAINING DELIVERY COSTS ARTICLES PURCHASED FOR RESALE £1 753.11 £0.00 £2 035 47 £2,756.42 £1 150.61 £22.79 £935.90 £0.00 £1 645 07 £587.77 £2 469.25 £0.00 OVERHEAD COSTS FOR: RENT I COUNCIL TAX HEAT. LIGHT & WATER TELEPHONE & BROADBAND RUNNING COST Inc POSTAGE. PRINTING & OTHER £0.00 £0.00 £359.28 £1 685.11 £0.00 £0.00 £266.47 £2 356.09 MAINTENANCE COSTS FOR: BUILDINGS & ESTATE BOATS VEHICLES OTHER MISC EQUIPMENT INSURANCE COSTS BANK INTEREST & CHARGES £46.76 £3 532.74 £2 398.17 £0.00 £7 172.00 £0.10 £0.00 £13 943.57 £837.22 £0.00 £1 502.00 £0.00 CHARrrY GOVERNANCE COSTS: FOR ACC(Xj￿sIAUD1T OR INDEPENDENT FOR OTHER PROFESSIONAL FEES FOR LEGAL ADVICE (for conststutK)n or trustees) OTHER REVENUE COSTS TOTAL REVENUE PAYMENTS £0.00 £250.00 £0.00 £0.00 £23 162.56 £0.00 £100.00 £0.00 £0.00 £24 643.34 ASSETS £34 864 61 £0.00 TOTAL NON-REVENUE PAYMENTS TOTAL PAYMENTS {-D+E) £34 864.61 £58 027.17 £0.00 £24 643.34 V3.0 AC2

THE SEA C￿￿￿s ANNUAL STATEMENT OF ACCOUNf FOR THE UNIT A3 IR&PI RECEIPTS & PAYMENTS ACCOUNT for ended 31 March 2025 20 Unit Name: BThJge of D Charrty No. Name of Fund Sco￿6 This LAST YEAR YEAR In E&W: STATEMENT OF ASs￿s & LIPBIUTIES ASSETS: CASHIBANK BALANCE{S) AT YEAR-END Ifnxn AC1) BANK DEPOSITS Irf any) Tr)t LOANS RECOVERABLE OTHER DEBTS (total recoverab- ex￿￿ uuatsl "STOCKS OF ITEMS FOR RESALE (total a￿tI INVESTMENTS (presart vJe of securitie5 &cl INVESTMENTS Idrtlo- ithgr¥J to a Restrthd FuTrJ. 11 ￿) "OTHER FIXED ASSETS: - LAND & BUILDINGS - BOATS - VEHICLES - COMPUTERS & OTHER EOUIPMENT "Fcff all these linckn"ng any grfis at eslThated then grMI ate Ih&"r ntv £7 (KJO.39 £21479.10 LIABILITIES LOANS REPAYABLE OTHER CREDITORS (tota payat4e_ exchjje ¥ty"accru) CL%YTINGEMt LIABILITIES leslwnaled Iota alK￿rt) [Scottishl ACCOUNTS NOTES" rKJt 7Mlh"n Arnua Rewxti Fix arry ￿se rate Receipts & Paymenls Accoutrt this Statement of Acc￿n1'. Ihe nature and tAwtK)se of eath FuThJ accounted for aThJ I￿1 restn"ctThs on ts T(rtal numter aTrJ ￿￿jnt of gMts pa￿ to [1) indrwthjals [11) instltijti(¥￿. a￿ty5ed by acmy ArTKMmt oftWst￿ re￿￿e￿atK￿ (inc. to C[￿neC￿l )ns) pad arKI ￿81 auth(xty I￿￿ it Am￿1 of ary twstee exFertses reimbLrsal m￿Y trustees Amounts Particulars For lindu("ru ¥￿th conr￿ed pet5(￿5. stats.ng tt wjth any amount IMrytbJ at (say rf Arry trjrther informal￿n Ih8t may rea9￿ assisr ￿d￿stand1rVj .(rsaylrKfe ('Sl)ow it&ls ￿ an extra attactd S￿￿d a ..Untl Tteasurei . Unrt Chaimian Not¢." The 6t&dfi%Tr addrt orJ.%kpen&.qt eXWlU.%3f+<k? iepwton Ilus ￿￿ter￿n( otAG(XM musl Lr attadKd. V3.0 AC3

THE SEA cAD￿s ANI4UAL STATEAIENT OF ACCOUNf FOR ThE UNIT A3 IR&PI RECEIPTS & PAYNENTS ACCOUNT for y￿r •nd•d 31 Mareh 2025 J￿20 Unit Nam•: Unrt ￿lIe$S lor aklress ￿ correstM)rMkncel". BtKJge of tkn Charity No." SC0296( Street and No". Elkn R(wl Area C￿ Estate". B•ofL Ttr•mlCty. C(MJniy. Post Ccth." AB23 8t UThl Mana ment Commrttee members the'cha trustees, at date of s Re NaY￿S of an other eisoDq who were cha tnJ£tees of the Unit at anv li￿e In the financial Name of 15 now lor Was, in financial yEar) a Intslee i.e.. or in W￿SeSs￿ of ary assets kb Nature and date of the Unrfs constrtution Igoverning document): (Ver1￿ by Sea Cadet Starwjard Constrtution The method{s} adopted for recruiting new trustees. arbd how t￿￿tee$ are elected or otherwise appointed {and by Thoml in accordan¢e with the Unifs constitution. are as follow5:_ Unrf Management Team (UMD memTs ￿ electedannuaty at the Annual Gerreral Aleets"ng (AGM). U￿T￿￿JÈerS are elected from the membersthp of the Sea Cadet Unrf wlNch ￿ dravm knsdy as beHbJ If￿Se utserest in Ihe unrt. In Ihe event ofa vacafKy al￿1￿j during tt year (known as a casual WdcarLy), Ilr UAIThave the PO￿tr to aN￿"nIa UAIT nrrnlw. 71r UMtmemlErapwwited ￿11 serve until date of Ihe next AGM, alter wst will I￿ by ele¢kni. e purp05e(s as set out in rts ConStrt￿n Is:. To promote the devekjtxnent of ytmjng in ￿E¥ing ￿"[ I￿￿"cal. irrtelechBI aKI S￿la1 a5 irth(hJals and a5 lili￿n5 Marine Sco"ety & Sea Cadets IMSSC) Th• Unit's main a￿1viti•$ and a¢hi•v•m•nts in th• financial y•ar w•r•:. sdts.ng up IK) ￿WI￿niOr sections. RetAaang old rnirybus wlh a l(yH 69 plae. ￿jm￿h1 RetAaang whrte RIB engine. PublSe B•n•fft The UK[ conkn.nue to give due reg¥d lo the publK tenefft FKovithd by the UThl in rdalh)n lo the tharitable purp)se of the Sea Gadel movement as set oul in the activrties ￿￿e1T￿nts as (Mrtl1￿1 atxNe. Tr avn is lo devekjtXT￿th dytxmg pei¥Ae in achEwrvJ tr￿1r physical, intellectua arKJ ￿tential a5 individuas atKI litt￿nS in a safe envi1￿Ment. In (xder to achEve Ihi8 Ihe Unrt take5 young tEtyle from all bkgrouThls. indudiro vknere Fowble th)se th$a￿kneS ￿ t¥elops ther skn'ms aThl aMlrts by: . Re￿lar aThl slnjctured actNrts ¥￿h a naut￿1 theme. . AlC￿￿j yourKJ people to lake part in ccfflnected the wthr Sea Cajet Thwemert s￿h c￿tritMJtIc￿S are kept in orthr to ertslxe al thcee vkn I￿￿h trj t part in tr &trvibes (rf Unit may do so. V3.0 AC4

THE SEA CADETS Fc ANNUAL STATEMENT OF ACCOUNf FOR THE UNIT C A3 {R&PI RECEIPTS & PAYMENTS ACCOUNT for year ended 31 March 2025 Unit Name: Reserves Policy The charity trustees. policy aims lo maintain unrestricted reserves al a level equatsng months revenue payThenls in order lo safeguard the Univs ongoing actlvrties from any unexpected fluctuations in incoffle Ye8iend reserves am(iunted to months, on that basis. Bndge of Don Charity No." SC029606 lete this seclK)n rfrn)l applKable] Unrf <enter forfuture pr￿￿tS to iE caniedout i in (*swth1tu￿ts repres￿ry fixedassetsneeded ts future WKI plann￿eXpected A testn.cted fund held for the purpose of Was in deficrt to the extentof and Ihe steps being laken lo rectify it 8re' UUIIIIY UIE IlllallLltii yedi uie uiiii ieLBiVEU iiiv iuiTruwiiiy uuiidieu ItlLiiiuesRseiviLes Iiiui riiyiis11. vvBis11 ui tyi I IntlEI- £5,000 grant frorn Gosling fundat￿n for the acquisibon of a new rnnubs. £5,650 grant from MSSC for the purpose of proV￿1ng an amioury survey. £2,000 grants from MSSC for setting up new junKY sections. £960 grant from HRFCA and £875 giant from Abetdeenshire Educaljon Trust use(1 for boabng kit. The Unrt andloi rts trustees held the followiThJ assets foi the charty[￿S named below, whose charttable purposes ale as set out hereunder. Special arrangements foi the safe custody of those assets and their segregatK)n f￿rn the Unit's own 85sets ale as set out below IEnglish. Welsh & Nl Unrts" Delete this section rf not applicable", Untls in Scotl8nd' This disclosure is not mandatoryl"_ Date suned as authotised by the Un￿S Management Commrttee". Unit Tre8surer Unit Chainnan Independent Exammer V3.0 ACS

ndependent examinefs report on the accounts Section A Independenl Exaniiner 5 Repon R•p¢rt io the truste m•mbors 01 On •ceount• for th? yea ended Br￿8 of Don 31st Mwch 2025 Charfty no Sot oul on pagés ReBp•ctJv• chartyb tru8t888 afe r88pon8bkn for the prq)aratknn of th• r••pon•lbllltlo• of accounts. The charly'8 tru8te88 COrnkY￿ that an aLAJtt b r tru•t••• and examlner r8qutr8¢Y ft)r thbj year under 1H of the Char1ts8 kl 2011 (ts Charth6 Aci) arKI that an knendont examhatkn) h n8&J•d. It b ny to: 8xamh)8 cotsrt8 un(knr 30ctkn 145 of the Charllkn8 fvrt gken by th8 Charty ethy￿s￿n (undtr S￿IKIn 14¥5Kb) the Charths Ac( and B1 ol Independent My 8xamrwtxm w carr￿d wt n &ctrdanGewlh ￿￿ra1 •xamlnerfs ststement Drecti)ns gvien by ts Chaty Commissh￿. An examinai n¢bdes a r￿l￿dS kept by the chwty and a Comptrb￿ ￿ the xcounts WeSent￿ th those ￿[￿d5. abo iKkndes corskJ8rKM of ary unusual or d15cb¥uros h the accounts. and seekng etynatons from th• trustoes CO￿8Mr￿ ￿Y such matters. The W￿l￿reS urYJwtakgn do not Yoyije al the evAJenc8 that w(xJkl be r￿￿ed li an audi( and consequenty no is gpien as to w￿tI￿ the aCC￿lnIS Insent a ts arKI fak, ¥1￿ and th8 15 to ItThe oxamkner's statemert attent#)n {0thor than that bekm") 1. whrh gpi8s roasonabkn caus? to lthie Ihat h). 8ny r8sp8cL the r8qukn￿ts. of tho Charkw kt and records roqurw ofth8 Charikns Act have ncrt been nrt. ( 2. to whrh, n my oprtkn. att￿tkn shwlj be drawn kn (xts t enat a grow vnder8+ardhy of tr,_ ra a-COur'.s t) ￿ r8ach8d.

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