Charlty number: SC0320281Scotland}
SCOThISH SOCIETY FOR RHEUMATOLOGY
TRUSTEES, ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2024

Scottlsh Socl6ty fr*r Rheumalology
Trustees, Annual Roport and Ae¢ount$ lor the yoar
gnded 30 septeM￿r 2024
Scottlsh Charlty Number
SC032028
P￿sIdent
Sgrrgtary
TTga8urer
Address
Socialies Admlnlstrator
Royal College ol Physlci8n8 01 Edinburgh.
9 Queen Street
EH2 1JQ
Structur8. governance and Management
The society is a chartlablo unincorporated association and ils purposes and admlnlstralion
arran9em8nts are sel out in our ¢onslilulion, dated 1st June 2001.
Trustees ar8 th8 Honorary Offlcers of th8 Soclety. They comprt8e'.
Presldenl
- Honorary Se¢rèt8ry
- Honor8ry Tra&gurer
Candidates lor eleGllon ol Htsnorary Olflce shall require nomlnallon of Iwo Ordinary
Members of thg Society and are ale¢t8d at an Annual Gèneral Meetlng of tha Society.
They assume their duties on 1 January follo￿ng. To be ellglble lor nominalon a$
President a ¢gndidale musl ha¥e b9en a member of thè Soclely for not 10$8 than fiva
ygars, and have seThed on the Council and on8 Qf its ConNMllteès.
Oblectlva$ and acttvltS•s
Thg principal object ol the Soclety Is to prornole the dgvglopmenl of sclentlflc kn￿￿9d90
about Rh8umatology and the medical speciBlily of Rheumalology.

Scottish Soclèty for Rheumatology
TrustO9$' Annual R•port and A¢¢ounts lor th• year
•ndèd 30 Septsmbgr 2024 Icorntlnuodl
Achlevements and performance
Th8 Soci8ty's maln aclivilias durSng the year comprisgd..
During Ihe ye8r iwo oducalion81 rneÈlings Were freld. being open to all 80ciety members.
The meeting in November 2023 a5 a Joint meeting with the Scottish Osteoporosis
Sp¢Gialis1 Notwork, whiGh 10gk plaG¢ at Dunblane Hydro. ThTrs wa5 8 surcessful rneeting
with a focus on a variety ol different topics induding 'Difficull lo Tr881 Rhgum8loid
Arthritls., Juvenile InllammBtory Arthritis", "The Frozen Shouldel,. and Iwo sessions on
Giant Cell Arteriti5. Original work wa8 also presgntsd in the form Df oral and poster
prg5gnl311gns. Threg prize8 Wgre gwardgd (£100 8achl for th8 besl medical studonl
pre8entalion, the best overall oral pre88ntation and the best ￿8t8r pres8ntation.
The Spring Meetlng WBS held in May 2024 Bt GIR5gow Caledonian Unlversily, wllh
presentations from International fjxperts on 'MSUS examlnation of enthesitis, 6nth6sitis
prognosis, and responses lo Iherapi8s" and "Forefool bursit18 and 18no8ynovit18 in RA..
National 8xpèris prasantèd on 'Und8rslandlng U)@ pathogang818 01 enlhasltls, daclylltls
and nall dlsease
"How physlcal activity effects mulllmorbldty outcomes In
Rheumatology , 'Advanced pracllce challenges and OPPDrtunitle5"
'Reduclng th8
pharmac$ullcal burden on the trnvlronment" "Tho Role ol an Advanced CllnS¢al
Praclltlongr in an Early Inflgmmalory Arthritis ClinSc°, "HSDlhEDS .' Translaling Resgarch
Into Change. and 'Workplacè Wellness- Axlal SpA Employment Audlt l NASS Asplrlng to
Excellence ProgTaTnme". A prfzes was awarded1£1001 lor the best poster Presentatlon.
DLJring Ihe year provislon of grants to Alllad Health Prolesslonals And rheumalr>1ogy
SP8ualist nurse5 for travel to andlor present al natlonal and international educational
meglings totallgd £2.700. Wo con￿n￿O￿ to pay quartorly administration chargas, and
ongoing costs for website rnainlgnance, lolalling £4,458.90, to Ihe Royal Co119go of
Physlclans of Edinburgh. P8ym8nl8 of £1,530.24 w8re made to m8di¢81 Journals lo support
publlcallons of oAglnal artlclès on behalf ol the soclety. Wè r&celv8d mèmbèrshlp
subscrfptlons totalllng £4.980. The sponsorshlp recelved £38.490 the pharmaceutlcal
Industry and was uséd lo support b4annual educalional ffleelirngs. We also recelved a
dlrecl donallon from tsvo individuals for £95 lo bo usbd to supporl tho soci8ty.
Flnanclal revlew
a result ol Ihe surplus of £8.922 12023 £14,201 d•lScill, th6 associauon héld
unreslilcted funds of £51,52512023 - £42,514) and reslricied funds of £89 (2023 £89181
the year 8nd. Th8 Trust98s d88m that malnlaln5ng this 18v81 of resgrves Is sulficlant to
meet the ongolrwd obllgatlons ol tho chaflly.
roi'ed b th& Tiuslées and 81
ned on the￿r behalf
D818
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S¢ottl$h Soclety for Rheumatology
Rocglpts and Payments Account for the year ended 30 Saptembor 2024
Unrestrlcted Restricted
Funds
Funds
Total
2024
Total
2023
Re¢elpts
Subscriptions
Proceeds from meellngs
Interest recelved
Other- refund Hilton
Donations
4,980
42.633
646
180
95
48,534
4.980
42,633
646
180
95
48,534
4.980
32.650
413
90
38.133
Payments
Professional Subscriptions
Meeting exp8ns8s
Prizes
Grants
General expenses- RCPE admin
Accounting Fees
1,614
29.759
300
2,700
4,459
780
39,612
1.614
29,759
300
2,700
4.459
780
39,612
1.486
39.214
996
1.796
8,817
25
52,334
Surplus I (Deflcltl
8,922
8,922
114,2011
The notes on page 5 fom an integral part of these accounts.

Scoltlsh Soclety for Rheumatology
statemgnt of Balances as at 30 September 2024
Uhrqstricl8d
Funds
Restrict•d
Funds
2024
2023
Bank and ca$h in hand
Opgnlng balances
Surplus for y8ar
Closing balanoes
42,514
8,922
51,436
89
42,603
8,922
51,525
56,804
114,2011
42,603
89
2024
2023
Re$erve$
Unreslrlcled Funds
Restricted Funds
51.436
89
42,514
89
The notes on page 6 form an integral part of the8& accounts.
Approved by the Trustees and signed on thelr behalf
President
Dale......

Scottl$h Soclaty for Rheumatology
Y4ar gndad 30 S8ptgmber 2024
Notes to the Accounts
1 Ba$1$ of Accountlng
These accounts have been prepared on the Receipts and Payments basis in accordance wlh
the Charities & Trustees Investment IScolland} Act 2005 and the Charities Accounts (Swllondl
.Regulalions 2006.
2 Nature and purpose of funds
Unreslricled funds are those that may be used al the discretion of the Irusl8es in furtherance of
th8 objèctlves of the cliarily. The Iruslees maintain a single unreslricled fund for the day-lo-
day running of the charity. The closlng balance of unreslrlcled funds stands al £51,436.
Reslrlcled funds may only be used for specific purposes. Reslriclions arise when specified by
IhB donor or wh8n funds are raised for specillc purposes. In 2013. the society received a
donation of £5,000 from Roche Pharmaceutical. The use of this donation was Testricled to
providing bursaries lo members of the Allied Health Profession so they could allend meetings
organis8d by the 8oci8ly. The balance carried forward within restricted funds at the year end
was £89.
3 Trustee rgmuneratlon and expenses
The trustees did not rec&iv8 any remunerallon during the year.
During the year the charlly paid expenses on behalf of the Trustees totalling £nil {2023 £nil>
in relation lo travel expenses for society meetings.

SCOTTISH SOCIETY FOR RHEUMATOLOGY
Inrjepèndettt Examln8r's Report to th¢ Trustee5 01 tli¢ Scottish Soclety for
Rheumatology
I report on lh8 accounts of Ihe charily lor th8 yeaf ended'30 Septernber 2024 Which are set
out on pagÈs 3 to 5.
Respective responslblllU8s of tiusieès and examlner
Thè charity'& Iru3tees are responsll)le for the preparatvjn of the accounts In accordan¢e wrth
the t8rms ol Ihe ChaHt1è5 2nd Trust&• InveslDi&iil IScoÉlanQl Acl 2005 and lh8 Chanttes
Accounts Iscollandl RegulabDns 2006.
The charlty Irustee3 conslder thal the audlt
requiremenl of Reg(lIal￿n 10111 of lh8 Accounls Regulations doos ￿1 appty. 11 is my
r&Sp￿sIbl1ty to 8xamln8 the accouiits as r8quired uncser seclion 44111 Icl of ihe Act and to
slat8 whether parlicular maliers have ¢oni8 to my attent*on.
Basls ol Ind&pgndent 6xamrn81'9 slolement
My &xaminatlon Is carrted oui in accofdanc8 Wlth Regutatlon 11 of Ihe 2006 Accounts
ReouIaUc￿s. An exarnlnatknn includes a review ol Ihe accountlno records kept by th• ehallty
anil a compartson orthe accounts pres8nl&d wlh Ihtsse records. tt 31s0 InchJde8 eon91dèrat￿n
of 3Thy unusval Iloms or4JisclosuTes In the accounts. and seeks explanallons from the Ifustees
Eun¢enTrSno L4ny such matters. The pr4cedures und&rtak8n do not prowlde all the evidence that
would l)e requlrod In an audit. and con5equenlly I do not expre55 an audil opinion on the vlew
iven by the acco￿19.
Independent exambiier's statemeiit
Iri th& course ol my 8xamlnatlon. no mat18r h88 Cotne lo my attenllon-
whlch glves me r83sonablo trdusa Io L)01￿¥É that In any mal8ri21 r8sp8cl'.th8
iequiremenls-.
tr) keep accoun14ng r8¢0r*Xs u) aEcordaiice wSth S8ctLon 44 lllla) ol th6 2005 Act
and Rttgulabon 4 of the 2000 Account5 Regvlalfon5. afid
to prBpBre accounts ￿lÈtt accord wlth tho accountiiig r&cofds and compty w6th
Roguiatlon 9 of the 20D6 Account$ Regulations",
hav8 not I￿￿n met", OF
2 to wtsch. in my opIn￿)n, attenllon should be ¢Jrawn In order to ena￿ a propèr
iJn(J8rBtandlng of thè accounts to l)9 r&ach8d_
U58 of our r(>poit
This i8￿rt is mode to the charitvs l)oard of ITUStees". 2$ a body. in accordance wtth thè lemis
ol engagement. My has b8•n underlaken lo onablg me to un(Jortak8 an Ind8pendenl
xjmin2tK￿ ol th8 chartty's accounts on i)ehall ol the chaiity s lTroaFd of truslèès Dnd fDr no
oth&r puwos&. To the ￿lIest exlonl p8rniilted ljy law, I not accept or assume respon5ib%lity
lo ￿yone oth8T thary the charfly lh8 charity's board of trustees as a l)ody, lor my wort or
f¢x this report.
Oa18d." 21 March 2025
Leitch Accountancy Sèrvice8 Limllttd
3 Beech Avenutr
lThvemèss
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