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EDEN (EAST DUNDEE ENVIRONMENT NETWORK) SCIO
Trustees’ Annual Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 31 March 2026
Scottish Charity Number SC029884
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Table of Contents
Reference and Administrative details of the charity, its Trustees and Advisers ..................... 3 Independent Examiner’s Report .............................................................................................. 7 Statement of Financial Activities – Income and Expenditure ................................................ 8 Balance sheet on 31st March 2026 ........................................................................................... 9
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EDEN (East Dundee Environment Network) SCIO
Reference and Administrative details of the charity, its Trustees and Advisers for the year ended 31 March 2026
Legal Status
The charity is a SCIO, governed by a constitution
Charity Registered Number:
SC029884
Trustees
Gail Thomson Convenor Jacqui Spence Secretary Karin McNally Treasurer Forbes Brown Kevin Clayton Marie Riley
The trustees acted from the start of the SCIO and were re-elected in August 2025, except Marie Riley who was elected in January 2026.
Principal Address
c/o Douglas Community Centre, Balmoral Avenue, Dundee DD4 8SD
Independent Examiners:
Darren Kane MAAT, Accountant, Office 2, Milton Business Centre, 10 Milton Street, Dundee, DD3 6QQ
Bankers
Bank of Scotland
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EDEN (East Dundee Environment Network) SCIO
Trustees Report for the year ended 31st March 2026
Objectives
The aims of the charity are for the public benefit, to advance, promote and encourage environmental improvement and protection inland around east Dundee; the advancement of arts, heritage, culture and science in green spaces through workshops, events, publicity and resource production; the advancement of citizenship and community development through programmes to connect people to their local green space and training to support local people to deliver their own projects; and the advancement of education about environmental cultural and heritage issues via programmes, training, publicity and resource delivery.
Financial Position
The charity took over the assets and liabilities of Broughty Ferry Environment Project on a phased based, completed on 2 February 2015. Since then a number of grants were received to continue its work.
Achievements and Activities
During the year we have continued to undertake a wide range of environmental and cultural activities with individual volunteers, groups and organisations.
This work supports people’s enjoyment of their local green space around the Dighty, from Angus, close to the burn’s source, through north Dundee and to the east, where the river meets the mouth of the Tay. With these activities, we have also continued to raise awareness of the valuable ecosystem of the burn and its surroundings, with its abundant diverse flora and fauna.
These activities include:
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Our People’s Picnic Project – To assist our work, we have been fortunate to receive grant awards from Make it Happen Fund for our People’s Picnic Project, to create new picnic benches and table units to be sited in the East End and North East wards. In the acceptance of these grant awards, we had the opportunity to meet and connect with other organisations at community events organised by the Make It Happen Fund.
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Running craft environmental awareness sessions with schools and community groups across the area, often outside. These sessions have included mosaic creation, storytelling and making tree hanger, Christmas decorations, and bird feeders. New partners include a number of schools and care and day centres for the first time, we have also worked with new groups at Finmill Centre and Ardler Community Centre, where we ran mosaic tile making sessions.
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·Supporting the Mosaic Group at Douglas to make a range of stunning mosaics, which have been installed in new areas along the burn. As well as tiles on steps in Fintry, these have included our peace mosaic, bug and flower, fish at the burn mouth and our mammal and bird slim upright pieces. We have welcomed two new members to the group.
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Our series of eight new mammal and bird named benches were completed and installed. Creating poems in the Ecopoets group with their focus on the natural world. These are planned to be part of a new anthology.
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Litter picking in many areas and creating many large bags of rubbish. Although litter patrol is not our designated job, we tidy up where we can and keep the area neater. There is a larger amount of abandoned rubbish which has not been taken away by its owners. Unfortunately, we observe that illegal fly-tipping is also on the increase in more of the Dighty’s green areas.
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Regular maintenance work to repair vandalised and water weather damaged mosaics, repaint artwork seating facilities and bridges, and cut back vegetation particularly around our artworks and benches.
We would like to thank our workers, volunteers and all our participants who have run and have been involved in our activities throughout the year.
Future Development
Plans for the next year are to continue to develop and carry out environment and cultural activities to involve volunteers and local residents in the areas around the burn. These activities will include the maintenance of existing projects. We will remain focused on promoting awareness of the green space and supporting access to it.
Governance and Management
The charity is administered by the trustees, who are elected members. Trustees are elected by the members of the charity at the AGM and trustees can elect new trustees at any time.
Reserves Policy
The trustees aim to carry several months’ expenditure to allow for grant shortfall. The current reserves are £8,095 (Unrestricted Funds).
Risk Management
The trustees have assessed the major risks to which the charity is exposed, in particular those relating to the operations and finances of the charity and are satisfied that systems are in place to mitigate the charity’s exposure to those major risks.
Investment Policy
Funds are not held long term, so are kept in a bank account.
On behalf of the trustees
Trustee
6/25/2026 Date of approval
2026
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STATEMENT OF TRUSTEES' RESPONSIBILITIES
Charity law requires the trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charity and of the income and expenditure of the charity for that period. In preparing those financial statements, the trustees are required to:
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Select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently
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Observe the methods and principles in the applicable Charities SORP
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Make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent
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State whether applicable accounting standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements
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Prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charity will continue in operation
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The trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and to enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 and the Charity Accounts (Scotland) Regulations 2006 (as amended). The trustees are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
Convenor, EDEN
6/25/2026
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EDEN (EAST DUNDEE ENVIRONMENT NETWORK) SCIO
Independent Examiner’s Report to the Trustees of EDEN (East Dundee Environment Network) SCIO
I report on the accounts and financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31st March 2026 which are set out on the following pages.
Respective responsibilities of directors and examiner
The charity’s directors are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the terms of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 (the Act) and the Charities Accounts (Scotland) Regulations 2006 (the Accounts Regulations). The charities directors consider that the audit requirement of Regulation 10(1) (a) to (c) of the 2006 Accounts Regulations does not apply. It is my responsibility to examine the financial statements as required under section 44(1) (c) of the Act and to state whether matters have come to my attention.
Basis of independent examiner’s statement
My examination was carried out in accordance with regulation 11 of the 2006 Accounts Regulations. 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 financial statements and seeking explanations from you as Directors 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
During 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 have not been met:
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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
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To prepare financial statements which accord with the accounting records, Accounting and Reporting by Charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) and in other respects comply with regulation 8 of the Accounts Regulations
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Or, to which in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Darren Kane MAAT 24[th] June 2026
Milton Business Centre, 10 Milton Street, Dundee, DD3 6QQ
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EDEN (East Dundee Environment Network) SCIO STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2026
| Income From Charitable Activities Donations Charitable Activities What Matters To You/Make It Happen Fund Total Expenditure On Charitable Activities Charitable Activities Independent Examination Total Net (Expenditure)/Income and net movement in funds Reconcilation of Funds Funds Brought Forward at 1st April 2025 Funds Carried Forward at 31st March 2026 Check: |
Unrestricted 2026 Total £ - - - 0 18,833 300 19,133 -19,133 33,228 14,095 0 |
Restricted 2026 Total £ - - 4,890 4,890 689 0 689 4,201 0 4,201 0 |
Unrestricted 2025 Total £ - - - |
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| 0 | |||
| 17,786 250 |
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| 18,036 | |||
| -18,036 51,264 |
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| 33,228 | |||
| 0 |
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EDEN (East Dundee Environment Network) SCIO BALANCE SHEET YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2026
| EDEN (East Dundee Environment Network) SCIO BALANCE SHEET YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2026 |
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| FIXED ASSETS Bothy CURRENT ASSETS Cash at Bank Total Current Assets LIABILITIES Creditors: Amounts Falling Due Within One Year: Net Current Assets Total Assets Funds Of Charity Unrestricted Funds Restricted Funds Designated Funds Total Funds Check: |
2026 £ 740 19,131 19,131 1,575 17,556 18,296 8,095 4,201 6,000 18,296 0 |
2025 £ 740 32,738 32,738 250 |
| 32,488 | ||
| 33,228 | ||
| 33,228 0 0 |
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| 33,228 | ||
| 0 |
6/25/2026
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