oscr Period start date Y￿r 2024 Period end date Month Year From 1st To 31st 2025 Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator Reference and administration details Charity name Other names charty is known Ctiadel Arts Group Registered charity number Charity's principal address SC034687 28 Meadowhouse Rd Edinburgh Postcode EH12 7HP Names of the charity trustees on date of approval of Trustees, Annual Report Trustee name Office {rf any) Dates acted if not for whole year lor body} entitled to appoint Irf AGM Cha￿. Hon Treasurer AGM AGM 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 APPENDIX 1 Reference and administration details Name5 of all other charity trustee5 during the period. rf any. (for example. those who resigned part way through the financial period) Structure, governance and management Type of governing document Wrttten Ccmstthrtic Trustee recrnitment and apwintment By word of mouth. o)nfiThed at AGM Objectives and activities Charitable purposes The purpose of the charrty 15 to express the creatNty of older people.. to achieve this Citadel assists older writers lo develop their work and Ferform5 their plays to mixed-age audiences in a variety of communities induding She￿ered housing and schools. The chartty deliver5 reminiscen￿ projects in centres dder people. Summary of the main activilies in relation to Ihese objects We have been h￿Jh￿ active in our main areas of interest delivering ojects in both areas of our work.. developing new drama by older wrrters arKI running INing memory Ses￿onS with older people including dementia sufferers. APPENDIX 1 Achievements and perfomiance Summary of the main achievements In 2023 Citadel Arts Group contsnued lo deliver innovatNe projects to of the charity during the financial older people in Letth and Edinburgh. We have also offered free youth period drama classes in Leith eentres and gave older people, induding those Imng wtth dementia, the chance to experience live drama and engage in the crekne pr￿55. Dernentia Project: with funding frorn the People'5 Postcode Lottery, Citadel made contact with several new centres including Corstorphine Dement"a Projec( Camck Knowe Primary Schc()I, the Corstorphine Communty Hub. the Eric Liddell Centre older people's group and Marionville Court Care Home. We also maintained our links with the Seagrove Centre (North Edinburgh Dementia Carel where we perfom)ed a dements"a-fn"endty play adapted wrth input from people with Irved experience of dementia who meet at Capital Theatre. St Ninian's Primary pupils experieneed the play with the older people and socialised with them afterwards. We took plays and offered improvised drama workshops to the centres listed above bringing the generations together to enjoy hwJh quality INe drama. Ghosts of North Lelth." in our main perfmnce project in Leith, Cttadel's older people's playwnghts, workshcy created a new play. The Ghosts of North Leith, inspired by the rich history of the area. We focused on the INe5 of Peop￿ interred in the burial ground in Coburg Street using detailed historical research into the people, and some speCulat￿n where Irtue was known. During Lerth Festival in June, about 40 people came to our guided tour of the graveyard. and 150 people attended a perforrn￿ reading of the play in North Letth Church. The purwse was to ty out the script and collect audience feedback. The revised script was perfonned in North Lerth Church in November to excellent revEws and capacity a￿￿nCes. Leaming Groups: Citadel SUFPOrted adutt leaming groups in aywribng and Theatre Studies. We also continued our creative writing workshops for carers which have provided a positive lrfeline for part￿iPants. Their candid and often rTrJving WTiting was collected into a beautifully designed tx)oklet which was launched at the Care4 Carers Open Days in June. Youth Drama Group". our yO￿g people's drama dasses continued to cperate and attraet gocd numbets to new venues in Duncan Plaee and Leith Custom House. This was a challenging time small arts organisations. but we rernained busy and kept applying for funding until we were successful. The support of the Robertson Trust, the Posteode Lottery and smaller I{￿al Lerth grants enab￿ us to o)ntinue to creatively actNe in Lef(h and bey[￿3. Financial review Brief statement of the Charity's policy We aim to keep free reserves of be￿een £500 and £2500. on reserrfes Details of any deficit Nc￿e Donated facilities and services (if any) None APPENDIX 1 other Optional Information Citadel's Artistic Director, is a connected person due to her relationship with 11 The Trustees have signed an agreement specifying the maximum amount she can be paid in any one year. A copy of the agreement was included in 2024 as a separate submission. Declaration The trustees declare that Ihey have approved Ihe truslees. report above. Signed on behalf of the charity's trvstees Signaturels) Full namels) Position {e.g. Chair) Chair and Hon Treasurer Date 1st Oct 2025 Cltadel Arts Group Recelpts and Payments Account for the year ended 31st Jan 2025 31st Jan 2025 315t 2024 EdinbJrgh Lottery Robertson Tr Lerth cO￿ThUnity Fwd Fountsinbridge Canal Trust People5 Postcc*Je Trust Natlonal Lo[￿ry Community Fund Garfteld Weston Ethi￿[ GI￿ng Anonymous Donor £26. £800. £2.000.00 £5,000.00 £15,000.00 £0.00 £5.000.00 £0.00 £4,¢)00.00 £30.00 £0.00 £i.(KrfJ.00 £0.00 £0.00 £8,200.00 £3,SJO.00 £4,213,07 pia EdinbJrgh Council Fountsirliridge Canal Trust Rotary aub of Le"th Robertgjn frust EVOC William Syson riL*et sales aass fees Book sales, donatlor Total £5,500.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £8,(￿.00 £500.00 £3,500.00 £4,351.00 £4,493.45 £360.00 £43,64752 £5,000.(X) £150.CNJ £190.1)0 £8.000.IJO £0.00 £O.DO £1,765.61 £5.030.00 £695.00 £52.657.11 Payments Fundra￿1n9 Ewenses Payn7ents fv (fiantabkTr actity7Lies Actors and ReminIs￿n￿ Wcykers, Fees £24,413.00 Theatric31 Directcyg Fts A£imin £12,108.83 Techrlcal Assistsn £4,340.11 Props, Travel, Costumes £2.245.57 Hire of Rehearsal Space £6,183.25 Printing Costs £3.693.67 CommlsAors Writa5' Fees £1.880.00 In9Jrance. ac(Duntant £550.72 Entertalr(nent £334.99 Total £55.750.14 £22,038.29 £5,160.00 £2,839.80 £1,332.45 £5,164.12 £1,669.tXI £530.CH) £340.72 £399.C(I £39,473.38 Surplus/(deficlt) for the year ,093.03 £4,174.14 ststunent of BalancÉs Bank balance and at start of year SurpIL￿{deficlt) for the year Commltmerts relatir to thls year's income Bank balantr and cth at end ofyear Includes Ed￿burth Counal payment n errc repaid in the following year Free reserves £28,317.93 -£3,093.03 £24,OIXI.(w) £24,143.79 £4,174.14 £27,OW.00 28.224.90 .£3,Otx).00 £28,317.93 £1.224.90 £1.317.93 ## **Independent Examiner’s Report to the Trustees of Citadel Arts Group** I report on the accounts of the charity for the **year ended 31[st] January 2025.** ## **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 (as amended). The charity trustees 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 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 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 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 • 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. Address: Mitchell Oswald Chartered Accountants, 28 James Young Road, Bathgate, West Lothian, EH48 2UP Date: 29 September 2025