Ch•rfty Thgi¥trntlon n¥mb•rSC033642 IS¢oUandl
Comp*Thy rngistialion nUm￿r SC236715 (Scotlandl
RHET LOTHIAN
ANNUAL REPORT AND UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2025
GREAVES
WEST&AYRE
GWA
CIIARI-LIILD AC L
i )b'N'T'ANTS
Quality Advice
Quality Service

RHET LOTHIAN
LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Tru•t••*
MrT. K•th Morton- Chawpernon
Miss Sh￿a E. Ma￿11. Treasurer
Mrs J8no E. Sanderson
Mrs JubaA. Lorrnift-&￿ith
Mrs Fv)na B. Ross
Eltiab81h S M¢t>)ug811
Mr8 Christsne E. Ecdes
Mr Bon R. P•lccbrnonl
S•¢r•tsry
MrT. Keth Morton
C￿rtty numb•r IS¢otl•ndl
SQJ33642
C¢)mpiny nurnb•r
SC236715
R•gkntsr•d ollk•
Sthn East Mains
H*Jdington
E•si Loihi•n
EH41 4HR
Ind•p•nd•nt •x•mln•r
Sbjart Mill•r C4
Gr?9￿ Wost & Ayr•
17 Wak•rgat•
Ber*ica Twawj
Northumberta￿l
TD15 1DJ

RHET LOTHIAN
CONTENTS
g•
Tru8toes' repth*
IrKhpondént 8x8minrf8 r•port
stal•m•nt ol financial 4ctMt*•
Nol•$ to th• fiMn¢i•l •t•¢•m•nta
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RHET LOTHIAN
TRUSTEES. REPORT (INCLUDING DIRECTORS, REPOR
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY2025
Th• Trust•8s prnsent thair anny•l report •nd fttwioal $tatern•￿ forthe y•ar onded 31 July 2025.
The fjnancAal stat￿le￿I$ havo been prep¥wJ vh •crord•nce wih tr• acu•Jnb"ng *t out in note 1 to the
finanfial staiemènts and the thonV$ g￿mm9 dooJmen¢. th& Charths aTrd Tru5188 In¥￿trn￿￿t
ISO)￿and) A¢¢ 2r￿s. the Chanbes knounts Isrnlandl Regulath?n$ 2tt6 las ameThJedl and 'A(wuntlry 8Tr
Reportin9 by chant￿$. Statement of R•oJrnrnefided Practice aPpI￿a￿e to ¢￿an￿$ pwparing their ar￿unt8 in
accordan￿ with the Finanoal Reportin9 Standard •ppLKxbk in tho UK and Repubts'c of Ir¢kqnd IFRS 1021
l•ffecty¥e 1 J8nuary 20191-.
ObJ•th•• •nd •¢trltfj••
Th• prinary obig¢b¥• of RHET Lothian pj to educa* school in tho b)¢•l ¥rt• abwt tho way in which
th•ir ft>od is produc￿. The ¢hority aims to •th*v• Ihis oty'eciwo. twth•r with Publ￿ education.
throuqh..
the promotion and •ncouraqemeni of Ihe d*s•n¥i4bon of informalbjn ￿r￿•ming Smltsh w￿￿11￿,
A9￿)J1￿jrO, loresty. mral ￿¢￿Str*S •nd lh• ￿untrY$lJ•".
In¢reasing th• general publKs aw8r8no5$ of th9¥ •ymbwii IM bi￿091¢&1 di¥grsty. rur•l
nwronm•nl, ¢ountrysbJ• Irf• and oconomy of Scouand.,
Imprtsving the general public8 under8tand¢ThJ of th• •fid •ebon8 to auBl•in lon*t•rn)
food 8n4 ts"mb•r producbon, and prov￿￿ for wldlrf• ¥nd rts hobrtats, •nd
by carrying cul aTrJ devoloping al ¥ Ibo of the tharitablg body with whlth t
Company li shall r•m•in Bffilialed. namety, The Royal Hw3hland Edutsb)r+ TNst (• ¢4mp•ny lintt•
by guarants•. irKorporatsd in S￿lja￿3 Trh7th wffjt•rnd numbèr SC123813, and being So)tti8h ¢h8rity
number SC0074921.' the operat*)n$ of th¢ to be ￿nr￿ma lo th• dosbjnatsd 98ographKal •r••,
tein9 Ihe present k)c41 aulhority ar•ai ol and Eajt Lolhian Cty of Edinburgh.
Th• pr*iapil •¢ti?￿￿5. whKh th• cgjmpany urthrtok•s in lo •ol*v• aforfm•ntion•d oL48cb%*i, •r•.'
. Th¢ Mordimlbx ol farm ¥•lt• to •lkM *nd other youth ory•nh•tyw• to •xp•MnrA th•
ttyJntyiKle firBt haTrJ,'
. The coorfinotKJn of ¢14￿r0¢￿ $p•ak•rs ￿ 9N• t4*s 4bwt fanning and fwj proJuctr"on to •llow ￿knO01
clwklren th• cpporlunty to •r¥J•g• *ilh IN• ar•J wot* in th• rA)UntyBbJ8.
The Trustees have Pahl regard IQ 9uwJ•fi￿ As￿1 ty tr* Offic• ol lh• Sc47llith Chanty Regulator dKkllng
what ath.vrt￿s th• charity shoukl undert¥k¢.
A¢hl•¥•m•nts and p•rftsm4n¢•
RHET Lothian h￿ted 23 la￿ ¥isrt$1588 puwtsl ¥nd dolwred 63 lth11673 puptsl. h¢kl 3
iucx•ssful Fetsj & Farning days1510 pupibl. sU￿r son￿ Spud ¢ompeb'bM. by • group ol volunteers.
r•¥thed ovt to 68 schools and 1262 pupi18. IAts re￿Ned 8Th extremaly gen*rou$ don•ts"on of • mobib
trailer from Stewort Tr•il¢rs." Ihis 1$ • hu9e •sset that will allow u$ to take the countysde lo the classroom RHET
Lothian were also tsrtunate to b• ¢h¢)s•n a5 Battyate Youry Fanners chanty of the year on(1 donated sum of
£6,250. A large proporboTr cl this was ¥aised by ts Club hobjing o ￿01￿ w•ll •tt•nded $io¢k judging event in the
Autumn a￿1 a Cofo• Mom¢r¥J where they prewnted the cheque. SUC￿￿￿1 (lay$ ￿re had by voluNeer$ 41
4)th Ds*eilh and Haddmgton Sh(Y￿.
Flnan¢l•l r•vl•w
During the yeaf total ii(*im• amouni•d ro £33.950 12024 - £4.2701. vthikt resour￿ evn(l￿ •mounted lo
£10.$1612024- £1.8731. A Mt su￿￿5 01 £23.434 (Su￿1￿6 2024- £2.3971 has repK*rted.

RHET LOTHIAN
TRUSTEES, REPORT (INCLUDING DIRECTORS. REPORT) (COI￿lNUED￿
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY2025
R•8•ri•• policy
Reserves 8r8 needed lo meet the *Drking capital requir•m•r*ts of tha thanty tho c¥)nwnrftee are 8ati5fi•d
that. 8t current kvels, Ihey wouhj te ab￿ to Contrn￿ ¢he )¢tivtss ol Ihe thority in the •¥ent of a synrfunt drop
in gAnt lundirg. The chanty's fvndiry strategy ensure$ thal there is enQ￿h rnon•y Com￿9 in •very year to ollow
planned 4GINiti•s to out. wrth a sm•H ¢onbrynry #ll¢M•r￿.
Total re8ervw 0131 Juty ￿Quni0d to É31,738 12024 . £8.3041. r•soms rnakiNJ up £13.131 12024-
£7,728) of this bala￿. Total indth unr•strK*•d ￿￿￿18 01 £27.671 I2￿4 - £4.1371. wd rastrKt•d
lund8 of £4,￿7 12024- £4.1671.
PrbD¢lp•l fundlng •￿1¢•$
In 2024r25 rac8pt5 of £6.450 rgLqt• to a 9enerous from Bathgat• Youn9 F8mi•rs Club 1£8,2501 who
¢hoso RHET Lothian as thwr ch•nty of the y•ar •nd £2fy) Irom RHET suppor*r5.
Inv••tm•nt polley obJ•¢thi•¥
Ash88 from ¢*¢aifiing a prudent •mount in reser￿$ •4ch ￿¥r. of the ¢horiWs ￿jr￿* •re to be Jynl In the
Ih¢rt 16rn1 80 th•re •r* l•w funds tymi in¥e8trn•nt Con8equ8nty. th• ol¥nty's invubY)•nt p)Iicy 15 to
transfer Surplus wothin9 ¢opital. wher• •v•l•t4•. to an inknr•il ty9onng sawngs •¢￿unt. All oth•r fvnd$ are hel
0 8ank of Sts)l•nd tr•08urers or£*unL
RHET C•ntr*l •upport
RHET Lothian as part of ts fil￿￿•1 Royal H4hknd Educ•tion Tru￿ n•tr*ork. r￿1¥• tho 3ervit*s from
RHET C¢ntAI ISCC¥)74921 based #t IrrfJlrnton. th• cfjntr8Cted Se￿1￿$ of a dedicated project coorth'nalor to
faulital• •¢Dvrt•$ ond aerwc*8 in lh• hxal 4rn4. Th• ¢411 of the RHET ¢oordinalor hourn. trainiThg. t•l•phon•.
unrfomi, ¢4n8um8bl08. trnW41 •tc 1•xd￿Jln9 co¥er•J by RHET Loihi•nl wa• £13,7LMI fr*r th• year
¢nding 31st July 2024.
RS•k ffl4n*4•m•nt
The trusleo# ha￿ a duty to •nd r•¥w risks to whKh lh• ¢h•Trty 18 OX4>owd •rK1 to •n5U
oppropllate controls •re in pkn? to PfovvJ• aswr•nce •yinst tra￿1 And wror. ￿ tharity'l tru•t•
continue to M￿rtOr th￿e rth on • rogu18r basps.
In Part￿thr. 8tn'ng•nt risk 85stsM￿nI proc•Juro8 af• in to enwr• cemplianc• wilh h•alth and ￿fety ol
81aff. volunt••rs •nd M8rtorB. Th• chanty hokjs Ikiblty insuranc* cofftriry rt in its actNitsèI. In •dditson, all
committee mèmbèrya ar• lub￿￿10 OSCR Kfubny. styJnatUffjS are required for #ll cheques is3￿ by the
charity.
Publ1¢ 8•n•fit
In con$Qeriry the opwotion, *chi•¥*m•nls •nd perfomianc• and ffin•rK•$ rf tho d￿rty. Ihe tru$t•¢$ ore
iati$fied Ih*t Publ￿ benefit has been in accordan￿ wih lh• Ch•ritN?s and Truslw¥ Inv•sth•nt
(Scollandl Act 2005 and guKlancs provthd by th• OffKe of Scoth'sh Charty Regulator.
Phn• for1￿￿1¥ p•rfryls
Fulufft plans are dependent on 8vailab* fvTrJs. bui our lo en$￿￿ that no chiha ￿8¥0$ scthool without 8lth•r
having VISrt￿ at least farnl. or ha¥wvJ had a dassrows talk ddivgTrJ, helping them to have a grasp of
how and where Iheir food corrns frtyn.
Slructur•, 9<>¥•M•n￿ and m•n•g•ffi•Trt
Th8 c*8rty is 8 company limited by 9uarantee. incOr￿￿ted on 12 Serttymber 2Crf)2 aTrJ as a s￿tb$h
charity by th• ofthe S￿￿1$h Charity ReguLqtor.
RHET Lothian is part ￿ a natioMI of 12 CounlrysKl¢ Initiative8. SUPPryt•d by a ￿¥11 ¢enlr¥l tsam of
national RHET officer5. RHET Lothian has 8 d￿ctorS on the boa¥d. all vohjnteers, who are drawn frorn the for•J,
farning, countysbje and 8ducabon sedors. They meet peTrJdiGaty io disrJJ5s and further the aims of
company. aTrJ they oveiw t￿• t>￿pany$ to erwre they Sup￿ the overal aims of th8 wthr RHET
n•￿ork.

RHET LOTHIAN
TRUSTEES. REPORT (INCLUDING DIRECTORS. REPORT) (coKfiNUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY2025
The Tnt$tses. who are akn th• dirBCtor8 for tho purpose ol Mnwny l•*. aNI who seThed during the y8arand up
lo th¢ date of $gnature olthe fmanrial stat•menls *Yre."
Mr T. K•lth Morton- ChawperBon
185 Shona E. Ma￿11_ Treasur•r
IArs Jar* E. S8nd*rson
Mrs JuliaA Lorrain-smth
Mrs Fiona B Ro
Mrs Elvlabeth S m￿)0￿•1#
Mr5 Christine E. E
Mr B¢n R. Mcctymont
R•eru6tm•nt Ind •ppolntm•nt ol lry•tM•
Th¢ dir¢¢tor• ol the company are akn charity tsu8t8es for pufpM•• of th4nty •thJ. u¢Kler th• company•
Artic￿8, arg known 08 m•mbern ol Ihe commrtlee. Llnder the r•quirtym•nls of Iht Memor•ndum Ind Artid88 of
A8s¢00lion. th• members of the comm*tee arg ekaed KJ serv• for • F•riod of thfee years after whKh Ih¢y mu
be ro-elected at tha nextAnnuo1 G¢ner•l M••tifvd. All m•mb•rn ol the ccfflittee giw thgif YO￿￿1•r1￿ and
recewe no benefits from th• tharity.
Th• ccmmrtme membern haN* the p￿￿Tt9 OPPOlTrt any person lo b• a m•nb•r ofth• boord grth•r to fil
$Uo1 vacancy or 8$ an addrt￿Tr lo Ihe exiiling ￿rn￿rS d th¢ bo•rd. kny nthv recruils muit firnt b•
r•mrnrnended. oThd unanimously approved. by tho committèo p￿r tts ¥+Po￿lMOnt.
Non• ol tM Tru81••s h48 any benefia'al Intgr¢sl in the ctynp•ny Al oftr* Tru•kn•s •r• mmb•rn oftt* ￿MpanY
ond 9uaran¢ee to cor*ln"bute tl In tho •vofit ol a winding UP.
Indy¢tlon •nd tralnlng ol Mw tru•tw•
AJI new ¢ornmrtte• rn•mbèrn •r• pro¥￿ed wth aFproprial8 9￿danc* ￿ tel•tson to tmir r•spons*ilitiM. Traininq
cours•$ by Tho Royal HvJhland EdUcat￿n Tru$t IRHET). RHET Lothi•n'• p•r•nt ￿MPanY. basad al th•
Royal Hi9hland Centr•. Edinburgh. Adminiitrntr• h•* i• •l•ts prO¥KI￿ by RHET.

RHET LOTHIAN
TRUSTEES. REPORT (INCLUDING DIRECTORS. REPORT) (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2025
ststameni of Trust•M' Mpon•lblllties
The Tru518es. who are also the dwectors off RHET Lothi•n lor lh¢ of wnpony Ivw. are respons*iK8 lor
preparirvj the Trustees. Report and the fmaThaal st¥temenis in a¢eordan¢¢ wth applitable Iw ond Urit•d
Kingdom Accounting stsroards (Unrted KiThgJ¢m Ge￿r￿lY Accepted Attounhng PRLIiL¥I.
Ccmpany Law Tequires tho Twstees to prepafe fin3moal $ta*m8nts for ea¢* finana81 year gi￿ a true and
fair view of slato of affairs of tha chaty antl of thg resour￿ and applKabon of fe8ourc8s. uidudi
th• incom• *n¢J •xpendrturn. of th• ch•nl8ble o)mpany ts th•t yeor.
In preparing th98¢ financi•l 5tat•ments. thg Tru¥s*8s requi￿1 to..
. •eled suthbb #cts)un¥r41 polw and IhM them (￿n￿l51•n￿..
. obsorv• t￿ m•thods ond ift fv Ch•nti85 SORP."
- Mak•I￿ger￿nts and uim•ts• thal am r•#¢Jnabl• •nd pnthnL
- St&t• wtt¢th¢r opplicabkry UK Att¢Junts"ry Standards fol￿d. to •ny matenil d•p•￿re*
di￿0•¢d and explairrtd in t￿ fingncaal statemthits." •nd
. prep¥r• the fiThanaal Stat￿len1$ on gong aiff4m b•w unk•ss it i• Inwiroprb•* to th•t thg
charty wll c4n*'nu• ￿ op•rnbon.
Tho Truste•8 •r* r•$ponsb* for keepirrfj MtJ¢gu•te &cwJnling r•cord• Ih&i drfcl)ae ￿th oc¢tsracy at
any tim• the finoftrial p0s￿on of thts ch•nty ond eTrab￿ to ensure Ihai thè finapKi81 *¥terne￿ eomply vthh
th¢ Charilh?s and Twstee In¥estm8nt Iscooandl Act 2CKJS, thè Chan￿$ Accwnts ISty)Uandl Regulat￿n5 20C6
las •m•nd•dl thé Cornpan*s Act 20C6 Thoy are akn r*W￿1bb• lor ￿f￿gUarding Ihe assets of lh¢ tharity
and hènco lor takn'nq r•oionablè st•ps fof th• Pre￿￿)¢n aThJ deteetson ol tr4ud ¥nd other irTegularitt•S.
Exgfflptlon•
Thya rwrt has be•n prepared in le￿￿1n¢8 wih the provoiNffj r•L•bng to cunpan*8 wrthin P¥rt
15 01 lh• ¢￿pIn￿8 Act 20C6.
The Trust888' repjrt w•$ approwd by lh• P•)ard of Tnk*kn••.
MJ
Mr T. K•lth Morton
Dalod.. 27 October 2025

RHET LOTHIAN
INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT
TO THE TRUSTEES OF RHET LOTHIAN
I report on the finanryal $latements of Ihg thanty forth8 year er¥Jed 31 Jutyf 2￿5. ar• É•t tyjt on pag•s 6 to
13.
RMp•¢tlv• rn•pon•lbllldM ol Trn•t¢e• •nd •x•mln•r
Tho ch8rity'S Twstee5, who are aL%o dwedors of RHET Lothian for the purp0808 d ojmpany Iww, a¥•
r•spOn&b￿ lor the preparabon of th¢ finanrial $tstern¢nts in ac£ordancs the t8nns of the charib.es and
Trusleo InYo$trnenl$ {S￿l￿nd) Afa 2005 and the Ch8rits8s Accounts IScolaThJl Regulations 20C6. The Trust••s
¢onsk1er Ihat the audit requir8menl of ReguiotpJn 10(1 Ila) to Icl ol tho 20C6 Accounts Regu*iions ths not
apply li is my rgwTh¥t*ility Io eX￿bIn￿ th¢ finanaal Jlaternerbts as ur¥Jer 44IIHGI of the Aci and
to state whether parts"¢wbr motters ha¥¢ to my attenknn.
B••h of Ind•p•nd•nt •AIn￿￿$ •tstsm•nt
My 8xaminats.on is Ca￿led out in attordanc• wth Régulabm 11 of th• Charit*sActounts IS¢knU•ndl R•gulatKJn8
2006. An ¢x•min•lK*n incJwJos • of Iho a￿oUntr.￿ rocc￿th kept by the tharity arbj a compari80n of the
finanoal 8tst8ments pre8ented wth those recLvds. tt akn indudes con6hleratK*n of any unusual it•ns or
diselosur•s in tho fi￿n￿81 itatemènts. and Meking explana￿nI fr¢m tho truste8$ conc•ming •ny Such matter•.
The prowlur•& und•rtak*n do not proTr&i*J¢ all th¢ ev￿￿n£￿ Ihat woulj ba required in •n •udrt and ¢onwuanly I
do not express an audit Opinhin on the VkThV gfftn by th• fifianual stat•ments.
Ind•p•nd•nt •x4m5n•rf• •l•l•m•nt
In conn•ctscn With rny examinat￿n. no m•ti•r h•* c4m• to my alt•nlJoft:
lal gi￿* m• rnasonabll e•uM to b•lk•s• Ihat In •ny maton•l reswd Ihe rnqu¢rern•nti
lil lo keep #ceounting r•eerfd# •tcortanc• wth 8•etKin 44111 lal of 2rth Act and R•gulatK*n 4
the 20C6 Ac£ounts Regulèth)ns. and
111 lo prepare financ4al statements 4ethrd wth th• mcords •nd Com￿Y wrth R•aulaUon
8 01 the 2(X]6Accfjunls R￿￿￿tranS..
have not b••n met or
Ibl lo whrh. in my ￿iniOn. att•nbon thould b• dr•wn in wdw to •n•bkn A pmp•r ur##•rnl•nd*ig 01 tr•
ffinancial #t4t•m•nts to b• re*d￿J.
Stuart Mlllar G4
Greaves West &Ayre
17 Walkerga
Berwick upon Tw••d
Northumbelar
TD15 10J
Dai•d.. 27 Othob•r 2025

RHET LOTHIAN
STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES
INCLUDING INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY2025
UThr••trktsd R••trl¢t•d
nd*
2025
Total
Tolal
2025
2025
2024
Donations and *ao•s
Ch•ril•bl• •cti¥ib•*
33,950
33.950
4.020
250
Totsl In¢oi
33,9XI
33.950
4.270
Chantabk actwiti08
10.416
IrAJ
10.516
1,873
Noi Incom&ll•xp•ndttyrnl f¢f th• y••rt
N•t mo¥•m•nt In fund•
23.534
11CWJI
23,434
2.397
Fund bol•no>s at 1 Au9u812024
4,137
4.167
5,907
Fund b•f•n¢•• at 31 Juty 2026
27.671
31.738
8.304
Th• it¥lem¢nt offin•n￿l •cbvit*s lid￿$ all gain •ThJ wniwd in tr* y•ar.
Th• 4tat•m•nt ol fin*noal ind￿* •ll goin• •ThJ Ix•e• r•cwnl••d in Y￿r. AJI ¥wm• •fid •xpgfKlOJr•
d¢rn• fr¢m witiiuing •thil**.
Tho 8¢8tsmenl of financial oc*vrfw •*0 ¢¢Ynpl*s wth lh• rnquiMm•nts for In inrA>ffl• and ¢ywndityr• •ccount
undor lh• comp*n￿$AGI 2006.

RHET LOTHIAN
BALANCE SHEET
AS AT31 JULY2025
202S
2024
Flx•d a88•ts
10
494
18.6Cfj
Curr•nt a•Mts
Debtofs
Co$h at bank and in h•nd
11
13.131
7,726
13.132
7.810
N•t ￿rr*nI asa•ts
13.132
7.810
Tot•1 IM• eurrnnt l￿bI￿lI
31.738
8.304
IN¢om• fvnd•
Restncted lunds
Unr••tnct•d lund8
12
4.(O7
27.671
4.187
4.137
31.738
Tho cornpany 1$ •nb"W to th• •x•mption Irom ￿th.1 r•qunm￿l eontamwd in 477 01 lh• Compan4••Act
2006, for th• y••rended 31 Juty 2025.
The directors ¥c*nowl¢d9• rnwth"Ii￿ for c4*mplying tho ￿9￿￿Orn￿￿ of th• c￿n￿nI•S Act 20Ck8
w4th relpact to •¢¢4unlng r•Mrd• •nd I￿ prryparn￿n ol financiil olatemonts.
Th• rn•mb•rs ha￿ nol required to obtain an au¢Jrt ol ts financi•l 8tsl•monts for the yeor in
In acc*rd8n￿ with wc*on 476
Th¢￿ finanaal 8tatsment$ have been prep•rnd in •cwdanc• wilh th• proviu•)ni applvble to comynKi$ subl8cl
lo the ￿￿$11 ¢wp•n*$ regiTh.
The finanoal •tstwnents were •FproN*d by th• Twstees on 27 0(ther 2025
Miss Shon8 E. ma￿1- Tr•asurnr
Try•ts•
Company R•g18traOon Ilo. SC236715

RHET LOTHIAN
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY2025
A¢¢¢Juntlng polkl••
Charfty Inlomwtlon
RHET Lothkqn is a private tsjmpany lmited by guarantee incwFtyJrnte•J in s￿daftd. Thg rogistered offi¢*
Saltoun East Mains. Haddington. Ea$1 Lothian. EH414HR.
1.1 Accounllng conv•ntlon
The finanual ststem•nts h8¥8 t•on prepar•d in acc3Jrdanc• with the tharity8 govoming drKumonL the
Charit￿$ •nd TruJt•e Invesbnant Istowandl ALI 2005. the char￿e$ Af£ounts IS¢oU8ndl Regul8tior*s
{•• amend•dl. FRS 102 Yhe F￿ana81 R￿rt￿9 Standard appIrab￿ in Ihe LIK and Republic ol
IreLqTrJ' I"FRS 1021 and th8 Chanbes SORP -AcKounting and Rewt¥w by Chanbe$. Statement of
Rec￿M?ndBd PractKe appltabk lo charibe$ pr•parww thwr ar￿jnts in •cwrdanf* with th• Finanoal
Repothg S￿ndard apF4Kabl• UK èhd Repubhc of IFRS 1021" l•ffeth• 1 J¥nuary 20191. The
thaThty o a Publ¢c Benefrt Entty as defined by FRS 102.
Th• charity ha8 tsknn •Jvafit•Je ol th• pm¥•v￿$ Mi th• SORP for rti•ritsJ not to pryre a St•tUThgnt of
Ca6h Fkn￿.
Th• finantyal staternenti are prepared in slerfing. whth r4 th• function4 cyrnncy of thAnty. Mon•tary
•mwnls in thos¢ fm8ntsal •Mt•mgnts 4r• roUrKI￿ to th• n•8rgSt £.
fin8rti81 sto1￿0ntS have l)¢efi pr•p•r•d undor th& hi8tori¢al cost conv•ntion. modfvd tt* indud• th•
revaluation of freeholj pwrt*$ and ¢0 indude inv¢>trneni pr¢p¢rbès And c¢rt8in financial in$trwn•nts 8t fair
¥￿￿￿. Th• prffiryp* •¢*ountirffj 8d¢)pt•J •rg ¥•t out b•kM.
12 Golng ¢1Jnc•m
At Ihg time ol •ppro¥ing the finanu•l st8t•m•nts. lh• TnMl••I h•N* • rea#ofi8bl• OXF*Ctatson that the ¢harty
has Adequat• r￿our¢•$ lo corbbnue in operatsonal •Mk*t￿¢¢ the fores¢¢abkn lu¢ur• Thuj tho Trwt¢¢•
Contynue lo adopl11* 9thr4J o7rK•m I￿0 ol Kcoun￿ Mi pr•pariTrJ th• fin0ft￿l Blatorn•nl•.
1.3 Ch•rltsbl• lund•
Unr¢Jtrictsd lunds •re 4vai*bk• lor at the di￿*￿ of the In fvrth•rane• of th•ir ch4r1￿b
c*i•¢iives.
R•$th¢t•d fvnds subpcl to speak by ¢J)nor• or gmntors As to hrw thoy may be uwd. Th•
purpo￿1 Ir￿ ol th• r•¥trKted fvnds ￿ #•t out r*)i•S to ￿ finonr*•l slatam¢nts.
End+y*mi•nt *r• 8ubJ'•¢l to $P8cft ¢ondthns by don¢M th•t thg capital muit b• m8intaiMd by t
charty.
IA Ineom•
In￿rne i4 rwnwd when the ch•rity is *¥ly entilled to rt alkr any Férforn￿Tr￿ oMditbJns have been mgt,
the amounis c•n b? measured rnh•bty. it rd probth th•t will be recw¥*d.
cash donats.ons arn reo>Jnis8d on r•ceyt Other doMbon$ •re recognRed the charity ha8 btsn notffjod
of the don8b"on. unle88 P8rforn¥n¢* ¢onditb)ri8 requirn delerrol ol the arn¢x4nt In￿rne tax reco￿1¥bI@ In
re￿tion to donations rn<tNed under GrflA￿ or deeil$ of oJYan8nt 1$ r•cogn¢¢d at the line of the donattrJn.
L•gacieJ are rKognMqd on rnc*yt or other*ise l the ¢*anty has boon nobf*d ol an wnpending disth"bution,
the amount is knrywn, aThJ re￿Ipl 15 •xpo¢tsd. N Iho is rK+t krw, the lègacy k% treata 88 a
contingent ass•t.
1.5 EXp•nd1￿rn
Expenditure 15 r•cognned on •n basY6 as the10￿"IrtY is incjmd.

RHET LOTHIAN
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS {CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2025
Ae¢<)unting polici
IContlnu•dl
1.6 Tangltsl• fix•d ••uts
Tangib* fixed assèts are ￿•tiaty measurvAI at cg)* wbwuenvy measwed 8t cost or valuation. nèt ol
dep￿￿81￿)￿ and any inpaim*nt kisa•*.
D8prgciobon ￿ recognised $0 •$ b) wnte off IM colt Of ¥￿u•l￿ of au•ts th*'r r•shlu41 Valu￿ 0￿rthe
usefvl INes on tl* lolkm'w b8ses'.
Plant and oqupmnt
25% on eost
The 9ain or loss ar￿lTra on Ihe disposal of an asset is d8th￿￿ed as th• differgn¢• bgwn the ••1• proc•ed$
and th8 ￿rry￿9 valu• dth• •sse¢. ki fe¢4¥noed m the 8thtom•nt offinanual acb¥Atr•5.
1.7 knpalmwntol Ilx•d ••••ts
Al eath reportiry end d8t¢. Ihg L*arity th¢ ¢arryiAg •mounti ol Its tarrfJibk• a88•ts lo dotarmlne
wh•thor Ih•ro 18 Any that thow asset8 ha¥Y suffered an imp8im*nt bJ$. If ony suth indrAtion
¢￿$¢$. th• r•o)wrnbl• #rnount 01 th• aswt k4 ubmated ITh order io detennine the exlant of thg imp)inngnt
6 lif any).
1A Cash and ¢••h •qulv•l•nts
C8sh 8nd ￿$h equr¥•lents thdud• h•nd. dO￿tr at caw with b•Thk8. other •horkt•Th l*uKI
Inve$lmenl$ wilh onginal MabJri¢l￿ of thrw months or kns. aThJ bank overdrafts. Bank 9￿r￿ra1￿ •r¢ •hown
vmthin borrowings in cuffent labibbes.
l.• Flnan¢thl In•trum•nts
Tho eharrty has eKxted 10 apF4y the prov•ion• of S•c*w 11 '8wtyc FITh•￿2•1 In•lnJm•nl8' and S•ction 12
'Oth•r Fin•nci•l Instr￿0￿9 I88￿. of FRS 102 ￿ •1101 rt8 fin￿(￿•1 in•trLrrMnl¥.
FinancKal inJtwm?nls •r¢ reo)gnis•d in IM th•rrtf• b•￿ffic• It￿t th• d￿rity bBcom•s party to lh¢
cthilraclual provk5ions of Ihe in8trurnenL
Fin•nd•l •ssets and l1•bil￿￿ ar• ots•t. th th• •mounts pl￿ni•d M the fmancial 8tatem8nls, when
Ih•f• is i ￿gaI￿ enforceab￿ rb3ht to sel off the ¥rnourt• •nd ihern l• An h)t•ntion ts UiU• on A Thol
basis or to rBalise the asset 8etk Ikqts'lity sinurtaneousty.
8•sk ffnanclal•ss•ts
Basic finanu81 4ssels. *hKh ￿dud$ d•btty8 •Th1 cash •r￿ b•nk b#￿Tr¢￿. ¥• inibalty Mèa￿1•d ai
traTr8aL**M pru Inc4Ud￿9 trwsactr)n ¢osls an(1 are wbsequenty carrnd at amorbsèd eosi u&'ng the effective
interest melhod the arrangement constitutes a finanon9 tr•ns•dw. vknere th* tr4n$•ction ra
ffl¢a$ur¥d 81 Ihe present value of thè fvture ree•plS di%ounted at * market raie ol ￿t*￿t Fin•n(¥al al￿￿
las5ff￿d 03 rKeival)le T￿thffi year are not amort¢eJ.
B•sk fin•nel•l Il•bMIII•s
BasK finanoal IHbilit*s, In¢Wing ry¢ditofs •nd bank k)orts •re initialty ￿(whIs•d ai irnnsaction pric* unless
the arran9ement constibJ*5 a finar*ry transaction. where the debt I￿t￿JManI is measured at the present
value of Ihe ftJtu￿ payrnont5 discoun￿ at a math•t iat• of inièm5t. Finanaal lkqbilrt￿S dassiw a6 payablg
within one y¢or ore not amort￿l.
08bl instru￿nts are subsequenty carried al amorfi8ed cost the effec0￿ interest rnte mèthod.
Trade uthyitots are obl¥3bons io pay for goods or se￿CeS that have been acquired in the ordin¥y course of
operats.ons $uppl*rs. Amounts pay*Jle We dassK*d a5 ¢JJirent liabilitip5 rf payrneTrt is duo within one
year or kss. 11 not they aTr prBsenbJ 85 non-vJfTenl labilitie5. TrEde crgjitors are recognwl in￿01￿ at
tran8adN)n aThJ subsequenty Measu￿ at •m•￿ed crni u*r¥J the •ff•¢iwe interest m8th0d.

RHET LOTHIAN
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMEpirs {coKriNUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY2025
Accountong polki
IContlnu•dl
Financial li8brfrt*s are d8recqntsed wh•n ts char￿$ contrac*￿1 gypirF or ar• ￿￿￿arg￿l or
can01￿d
1.10 Tax*tlon
RHET Lothi•rt * r?￿nI8•d •$ • charity for thè puoow of lax4￿n legi51ats.on •ré * ther￿or8 not
subject to tsxal*Jn on rts ¢honIab￿ alAm￿s. Thè chanty i¥ not r•9Ot8r8d lor VAT tg8ouros •xp•ndod
therefore indude irr•eowJrnbl¢ InpulVAT.
1.11 Ernploy•• b•n•fft•
The ult ol any unus•d WwJ•y ￿ti￿￿ent * Mc¢¥JrA¥•d th• Per￿ in ¥thith th• •mpby•e'B ¥oNic•s •rg
rec8iv•d.
Tomilnatlon benefits •r• r•¢<•nrf&J KI￿r￿diD1•￿ u •n •yn#• th• thartty io d•mon8trabty u>rnmitt•d
lo t•rninale lh• empbyment ol an •mpbyee or to pro¥th lamifft8¢w ￿Trofits.
CrfV¢•l •ccountlnq Mllmat•B •nd budg•rn•rf•
In the ¥pplKatiM d the *c£trJnbrg th• Tw•ts•s •rn lo mok• I￿￿?01￿￿1•,
eBtimat•$ •nd asswnpl*)ns about tho Carrying amount ol o$30ts and IKqbilts$ Ihal #r• not re¥dity appar•nt
freffj other Jourc85. Th• Mtim81¢$ assou•ied 8$Jump￿￿ •r• on hil￿ri¢•I •xpgrianc* And ot￿r
l•¢ttorn that ar• ts)n*thrnd to r•knv•fit Adual r•wha m•y dthr from thtt• •slkm•t•i.
Th¢ •stirnate# und•rlying assumpb"oN4 •re rev*wed on •n ongoir¥J basis Re￿$￿)n8 to accounbnq
eslirnat•i •r• r•coqnMed in th• pernd in whK* th• •$timats r4 rgvaed yth•￿ h re¥i¥v)n aifxts cmly thal
poriod. or in th¢ ol Ihe r•vis•)n and fvlun p¥vJs th• r•wsion off0* both ￿rr•nt •nd futur•
riods.
Don•lk*n• ¥nd 1•g1¢1••
Urnstrlct•d Unrnstrthd R￿trICted
fund•
fiJnd8
Tot•1
X12S
2024
2024
2024
Oonationa and
33.950
1,020
4.020
Charltsbl• •dl¥ltl••
2025
2024
Cream t•a sa￿•
250
250
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RHET LOTHIAN
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ICONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY2025
Charitsbh acli¥1llH
2025
2024
Depf•oab'on •nd vnpairnont
Dona*an4
In$uranc¢
Co-ordinato¢8 tra￿1 & tran¥port costs
9.388
247
413
919
10.380
1,S79
Sh•r• of•upport not• 61
136
10.516
1,873
Anaty•l• by fvnd
Unre$tntsd fun
R¢$tri¢lgd funds
10,416
100
1.873
10.518
1.873
Suppvl co•ty
Supptsrt 1S0¥•m•n
¢o•l•
X125
2024
AdnMnistr•tk• •xp•rw•
138
136
138
N•t rnov•rn•n¢ In fvnd•
2025
2024
Th• n•t rno¥•rnent in fvrth is s¢•W after thargin￿(c￿dits￿g}'.
DeprBaation of Own￿ taryil)1g fixed as8•ts
247
Tru•l•••
NO￿ of the Trustees lor any p•rn(ms wilh il*ml any ternun8r•bon or beneffts frcrn tha
anty during the year.
11

RHET LOTHIAN
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (coKfiNUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY2025
Employ•••
TM avarage rnonthty number d ￿phY9￿$ duiing thg ygOfWaS."
2025
Nurnb•r
2024
Numb•r
Total
Th•f• W•f• no •mpkny••i wh¢A• •nnu#l r￿UMMI￿)n wa$ mot• than £60,CO).
10 T•nglbl• fix•d
pwrt •nd •wWD•ni
At 1 Augu$t 2024
thition¥
8,824
Al 31 Juty 2025
36.324
D•pr•clatbon and Imp•lnr•Dt
At 1 August 2024
Dgpr•¢i¥b'on thargod in th ￿11
8,330
9,388
At 31 Juty 2025
17.718
Carylng amount
Al 31 Juty 2025
18.6C6
At 31 Juty 2024
11 D•bt•r•
2026
2024
Amounts l411Sn9 du• wlthkn on• y••r.
Tr•de d•bt
Prepayments ¥nd a¢¢xued
12-

RHET LOTHIAN
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMEKrs (coKriNUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2025
12 Rmtrktsd lunds
Th• r•sirthd fuThJs of Ihe tharity ¢￿prne the ￿nex￿nded b*anc•s of donation$ and grants hold on trust
8ubiecl to sperafic mThJitic￿s by th￿015 as to h*x Ih•y m•y be us•J.
Al 1 AuguBt
Ineornlng R•￿ur￿4
2024 f••Ou￿
•xp•nd•d
At 31 July
2025
4.167
11¢XSI
4.C67
Pr•vlou• y••r:
At 1 Augu•¢
2023
In¢fmlno
R••ourt••
•xp•nd•d
At 31 Juty
2024
1,167
4.167
13 An•ty•l• of n•t•H•t¥ b•iw••n lund•
Unrnslrict•d Rwlrl¢t•d
fund•
lund•
202S
2025
T•tsl lJnr••trl¢t•d R••lrf¢l•d
fvnd•
fund•
2024
2024
Totsl
202$
2024
Fund b818ncg$ •t 31
July 2025 are
representsd by..
Tsngible a8u8lB
Curmnt •u•Wlknbilrt*il
18.606
11.965
18.8tX
13.132
494
7,810
494
7.810
1.167
30.571
1.187
31.738
8.304
14 R•lat•d ￿rtY1￿1￿CO9￿•
Th•r• w•rn no d•dos••bl• rnL•i•d p•ty dumg th? JYar12024- non•l.
13-

RHET LOTHIAN
DETAILED INCOME AND EXPENDITURE AccouKr
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY2025
202S
2024
Donallona *nd *a¢l••
Donations and 9rt8
RF Don•lK*ns and g
33.99)
1.020
3.000
33,99)
4,020
ID¢omlnq r••our¢•• Irorn ¢h•rlt•bl• •ctlvll
Fundrai8ir%J •v•nts
250
Totsl In¢omlnq r••o¥rM•
33.950
4,270
Ch•rfi•bl• •¢llvlll••
In8ur¥nc•
Co-ordinaiofl tr•vo1 & trarwrt co•ts
Shafg tsl SUFP¢)rt
413
919
11.0281
11.8281
Totsl rMour¢•• •xp•nd•d
11.0281
11.6261
Ch•Yltsbl• •¢ffvlth•
Depr•u8tK)n
247
9.3681
12471
Charlt*bl• •etlvStl••
RF ￿)natio11#
11CQI
Surplu• for th• Y••r
23.434
2.397
14-