AKONG RINPOCHE FOUNDATION
Annual Report and Accounts for the Year Ended 31[st] March 2025
Akong Rinpoche Foundation Annual Report and Accounts for the Year Ended 31[st] March 2025
Trustees Annual Report
Trustees and Administration Details
Akong Rinpoche Foundation (formally known as Green Tara Scotland) was established as an unincorporated association and recognised as a charity in Scotland (No. SC038576) in August 2007. In December 2015 it changed its legal form to a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation (SCIO) and is governed by its constitution.
The structure of the organisation consists of the Charity Trustees who are also the organisation’s only members and comprise the organisation’s Board. The current trustees, and those who served in the year, are
The Board appoints the trustees at any time and as it sees fit. At each AGM, all the trustees must retire from office - but may then be re-elected.
The principal address and the office of the charity is
The Objects of the Charity
The organisation’s objectives are to promote the social and economic development of disadvantaged peoples across the geographic Himalayan region. Its objects, as stated in the constitution, are:
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The relief of poverty and distress of those in necessitous circumstances by the provision of money, food, clothing and other essential support so that their conditions of life may be improved.
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The advancement of education and in particular but not exclusively, the provision of educational facilities and support for teachers and students.
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The advancement of health and in particular but not exclusively, the provision of healthcare facilities and support for doctors, healthcare workers and patients.
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The advancement of heritage, tradition and culture and in particular, the support of Buddhist monasteries.
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The protection and improvement of the environment.
Review of Activities
The charity remained dormant throughout the year.
Financial Review
Cash funds stood at £2,335 at the year end, of which £2,288 were funds for work in India. It’s the trustees’ policy to maintain a sufficient level of unrestricted funds to cover administration costs, which remain low. These funds at the end of the year stood at £47, which are insufficient and the trustees are considering how this can be rectified.
Approved by the trustees on 19 November 2025and signed on their behalf
Trustee
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Independent Examiner’s Report to the Trustees of Akong Rinpoche Foundation
I report on the accounts of the charity for the year ended 31[st] March 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.
The trustees consider that the audit requirement of Regulation 10(1) (d) of the 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 Charities Accounts (Scotland) Regulations 2006. 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
- 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, and
• to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with Regulation 9 of the 2006 Accounts Regulations have not been met, or
- to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Date: 27/11/2025
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Akong Rinpoche Foundation Receipts and Payments Account for the Year Ended 31[st] March 2025
| Restricted | Unrestricted | Total | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| funds | funds | 2024/25 | 2023/24 | |
| £ | £ | £ | £ | |
| Receipts | ||||
| Donations | - | - | - | - |
| Bank interest | - | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| -------- | -------- | -------- | -------- | |
| Total receipts | - | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Payments | ||||
| Bank charges | - | 60 | 60 | 60 |
| Insurance | - | 112 | 112 | 105 |
| -------- | -------- | -------- | -------- | |
| Total payments | - | 172 | 172 | 165 |
| Surplus/(deficit) for year | - | (167) | (167) | (160) |
| Cash funds brought forward | 2,288 | 214 | 2,502 | 2,662 |
| Cash funds carried forward | 2,288 | 47 | 2,335 | 2,502 |
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Akong Rinpoche Foundation Statement of Balances as at 31[st] March 2025
Bank and cash on hand
| 31/3/25 | 31/3/25 | 31/3/24 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | £ | |||
| Opening balances | 2,502 | 2,662 | ||
| Surplus / (deficit) for year | (167) | (160) | ||
| Closing balances | 2,335 | 2,502 | ||
| estricted Funds | ||||
| Balances | Balances | |||
| 1/4/24 | Receipts | Payments | 31/3/25 | |
| £ | £ | £ | £ | |
| India Fund | 2,288 | - | - | 2,288 |
Restricted Funds
The charity had only one restricted fund in the year - the India fund made up of donations received to support a school in Dehradun, India.
Assets and liabilities
At the year end the charity’s assets comprised of the cash held in the bank and it had no liabilities.
Trustees
The trustees did not receive any remuneration or expenses during this or the previous year.
Approved by the trustees on 19 November 2025 and signed on their behalf:
Trustee
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