APPENDIX 1 oscr Period start date Year 2024 Period end date Month Year March 125 From 01 To 31 Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator Reference and administration details Charity name Other names charity is known by Registered charity number Charity's principal address Polish As%)ciation Aberdeen SC041396 Units G & H Kettocks Lodge Campus 2 Balgownie Drive Aberdeen Postcode AB22 8GU Names of the charity trustees on date of approval of Trustees, Annual Report Trustee name Office (if any) Dates acted if not for whole y&ar (or body) entitled to appoint Irustee {rf any) President Vice-President Treasurer 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 APPENDIX 1 Reference and administration details Names of all other charity trustees during the period. rf any, (for example. those who resigned part way through the financial period) Name Dates acted rf not for whole year 07109124 - 23104125 04109121 19111125 Till 07109124 Structure, governance and management Type of governing document Constitution of Polish Association Aberdeen Trustee recruitment and appointment Trustees are elected for a 2-year temi by charity members as per guidelines in constttub'on. PAA board was elected during Special Annual General Meeting on 23rd April 2025. PAA board: President Treasurer resigned at Ordinary Annual General Meeting on 1911112025. Objectives and activities Charitable purposes 1. The advancement of education - cooperating closely wth Polish educats'onal establishments, running a communty library and organizing InfO￿nal language classes. 2. The advancement of cilizenship and community development - acttvely promoting volunteering in the community, creating voluntary opportunilies and providing infomation about exists'ng voluntary opportunilies in Aberdeen. 3. The advancement of the culture - promoting both Polish and Scottish culture, organizing cultural events, presentations and movie screenings. In longer term providing a venue to various artistic groups. organizing workshops etc. Taking part in various culturavart events throughout Aberdeenshire. 4. The promotion of equality and diversty. 5. The advancement of public participation in sport - organization arKI promotion of sightseeing events around Scotland. as well as organization of sport activities within Polish communty and participation in events to integrate with local Scottish and other communities. Summary of the main activities in relation to these objects We continue our communty and arts centre and library and other important services to our community from 16 Rubislaw Te￿a￿ offices (part of'outer Spaces, ne￿ork. Our Community and Arts centre services in 2024-25 included following services.. - Great Orchestra of Christmas Charty- fundraising for WOSPIGOCC foundation in Poland, community family events, concerts with other Polish community organisations and Aberdeen musiciansl artistsl local businesses (last weekend of January). Psychological help and counselling seNices - wrth Polish speaking psychologists, psychology students and counsellors, members of professional organisations including British Psychological Society. COSCA, and other professional organisations; during 2024 we conducted a mental health campaign 'lt is important to speak about how you feel, about the importance of speaking about the mental health and artists and local community members recorded their videos supporting it. sadly this service ceased on 16th April 2025 and we no longer offer this service; Free Infomiation Point Our main aclivty is the information point oper￿d 2 or 3 times a week (depending on our volunteers, availability), where anyone can speak to our volunteers. find out about social and educational activities run by PAA and take part in them. We have a close working relationship with lots of institutions that are inlerested in health and wellbeing of the Polish communty. We conlinue to provKle the free information point, we provide free advice for Polish communty members and we work with other third sector organisations that provide specialist services including leading APPENDIX 1 Achievements and perforniance Summary of the main achievements of organisations in health and wellbeing, such as Polish Consulate, Aberdeen the charity during the financial period Cty Council, NHS, Shelter Scouand, ACVO, GREC (Grampian Regional Equalty Council). Citizens Rights Project, Voiceabilty and others. Polish Library Wilh over 3,400 books, we help Polish people, especialty kids to keep their language alive. Our library is essential part of Polish community for tts cultural and educational values. We continue our project'Direction Liierature, reflecting the needs of the Polish community of Aberdeen" cultural animation around reading; integration of the loyal Polish communty - Polish language classes for non-Polish speakers- beginners group for students who want leam Polish: English classes - cuThently we operate groups at elementary and pre-intermediate levels: Polish Seniors Club - services for the large group Polish seniors in Aberdeen. V￿th various activities. arts and crafts with professional activities coordinator. 'Family Club with Fancy Sensy. started which are ￿ groups supporting families, integrating parents with children 0-3 years and also grandparents and seniors are welcome as they very often feel isolated in post Covid era. We integrate families and for kids to gather some knowledge, skills, social and moral values as well as to experience emotions and feelings. We organised several cultural events including the 8th edition of the 'Polish-Scottish Mini Festival, early 2025. These events included exhibition for Aberdeen Holocaust Memorial Day 'Cty of the Living, City of the Dead, at Aberdeen Central Library and exhibition talk with {WTiterl Holocaust survivor), 'Polish-Scottish Ceilidh, at Pittodrie Stadium and concerts of'strachy Na Lachy., 'Wlasny Port and Harbour Voices,, 'Kapela PoPieronie', 'Workshop of Beskidian singing with￿, and 'Weekend of Polish Cinema with IFF Tofifest. with a special guest the film director￿. Also concerts of Halat Duo in spring 2024. Financial review Brief statement of the charity's policy on reserves PAA aims to hold unrestricted fvnds of at least £5,000 to cover renvutilities for a period of 12 months and other annual expenses such as web design, charity insurance and to cover any shortfall from PolishlEnglish dasses and day-to4lay pety cash expenses. Details of any deficit Unrestricted fvnds had a £4546 surplus at the end of financial year, restricted funds had a surplus of a £11,502. Donated facilities and services (if any) APPENDIX 1 Other optional information Declaration The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees, report above. Signed on behalf of the charity's trustees ## **Signature(s)** **Full name(s) Position (e.g. Chair)** Treasurer President **Date** 20/12/2025 20/12/2025 **4** Enter SC No. below APPENDIX 2 Enter charity name below **Polish Association Aberdeen** **SC041396** ||||**Receipts and**|**Receipts and**|**Receipts and**|**Receipts and**|**ts andpayments accounts**|**ts andpayments accounts**|**ts andpayments accounts**|**ts andpayments accounts**|**ts andpayments accounts**|**ts andpayments accounts**|**ts andpayments accounts**|**ts andpayments accounts**||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||||Period start date|||||||||Period end date|Period end date||||||| |||**For the period**
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**2025**|||| |**Section A Statement of receipts and payments**||||||||||||||||||||| |||**Unrestricted**
**funds**||**Restricted**
**funds**||**Expendable**
**endowment**
**funds**|||||**Permanent**
**endowment**
**funds**||||**Total funds**
**current period**|||||**Total funds last**
**period**| |||**to nearest £**||**to nearest £**||**to nearest £**|||||**to nearest £**||||**to nearest £**|||||**to nearest £**| |**A1 Receipts**||||||||||||||||||||| |Donations||**2,070.61**||**10,067.09**|||||||||||**12**|**12**|**12,137.70**|**137.70**||**14,318.72**| |Legacies|||||||||||||||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||| |Grants||**5,050.00**||**39,301.50**|||||||||||**44**|**44**|**44,351.50**|**351.50**||**31,044.00**| |Receipts from fundraisingactivities|||||||||||||||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||| |Gross tradingreceipts|||||||||||||||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||| |Income from investments other than||||||||||||||||||||| |land and buildings|||||||||||||||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||| |Rents from land & buildings|||||||||||||||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||| |Gross receipts from other charitable||||||||||||||||||||| |activities||||**26,992.01**|||||||||||**26**|**26**|**26,992.01**|**992.01**||**20,206.17**| ||||||||||||||||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||| |**_A1 Sub total_**|**_A1 Sub total_**|**7,120.61**||**76,360.60**||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**||**83,481.21**|**83,481.21**|**83,481.21**|**83,481.21**||**65,568.89**| |**A2 Receipts from asset &**||||||||||||||||||||| |**investment sales**||||||||||||||||||||| |Proceeds from sale of fixed assets
Proceeds from sale of investments
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**-**
**-**
**_Total receipts_ 7,121**
**76,361**
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**83,481.21**|**-**
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**83,481.21**|**-**
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**65,568.89**| |**A3 Payments**||||||||||||||||||||| |Expenses for fundraising activities|||||||||||||||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||| |Gross trading payments|||||||||||||||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||| |Investment management costs|||||||||||||||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||| |Payments relating directly to charitable|Payments relating directly to charitable|||||||||||||||||||| |activities||**2,573.95**||**64,858.60**|||||||||||**67**|**67**|**67,432.55**|**432.55**||**69,040.15**| |Grants and donations||||||||||||||||||||| ||||||||||||||||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||| |Governance costs:||||||||||||||||||||| ||||||||||||||||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||| |Audit / independent examination|||||||||||||||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||| |Preparation of annual accounts|||||||||||||||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||| |Legal costs|||||||||||||||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||| |Other - Insurance||||||||||||||||||||| ||||||||||||||||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||| ||||||||||||||||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||| |**_A3 Sub total_ **||**2,573.95**||**64,858.60**||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**||**67,432.55**|**67,432.55**|**67,432.55**|**67,432.55**||**69,040.15**| |**A4 Payments relating to asset and**||||||||||||||||||||| |**investment movements**||||||||||||||||||||| |Purchases of fixed assets
Purchase of investments
**_A4 Sub total_ -**
**-**
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**_Total payments_ 2,573.95**
**64,858.60**
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**69,040.15**| |**_Net receipts / (payments)_**
**A5 Transfers to / (from) funds**
**_Surplus / (deficit) for year_**|**4,546.66**
**11,502.00**
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**16,048.66**
**3,471.26**
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**4,546.66**
**11,502.00**
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**16,048.66**
**3,471.26**
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~~——————~~|||||||||||||||||||| Pollsh Assoclatlon Aberdeen Section B Statement of balances SC041396 B1 Cash l￿d5 S039J2 ¥860.TJ J9.9)0.05 43J71 11.502.00 16.048.66 (3,4711 Cash and bank b*nce5 at end of 9,585JB 44362.73 55,948.71 39JOO 4s1) B3 Otlw as59ts B4 Liabititits T(rf Details BS Contmgtnt liabilitits T(A iftt Mame DatÈ of apptoval APPENDIX 2 **SC041396** **Polish Association Aberdeen** ## **Section C Notes to the Accounts** **C1 Nature and purpose of funds** _(may be stated on analysis of funds worksheets)_ |**Type of activity or project supported**|**Type of activity or project supported**|**Individual /**
**institution**|**Number of grants**
**made**
**£**|**Number of grants**
**made**
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| |||||| |If no remuneration was paid during the period to any charity trustee or person connected to
a trustee cross this box (otherwise complete section 3b)||||**X**| |**Authority under which paid**||||**£**| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |If no expenses were paid to any charity trustee during the period then cross
(otherwise complete section 4b)|||this box|| |
**Nature of relationship**
**Nature of transaction**
Expenses paid to
- relating to Psychological help
and counselling,Polish/Scottish Mini Festival and organisingof GOCC
Expenses paid to
- relating to Polish/Scottish Mini Festival,
Psychological helpand counselling,Book Club andgeneral expenses
Expensespaid to
- fuel|||**Number of**
**trustees**|**£**| |Expenses paid to
- relating to Polish/Scottish Mini Festival,
Psychological helpand counselling,Book Club andgeneral expenses|||**1**|**11,654**| |Expenses paid to
- relating to Psychological help
and counselling,Polish/Scottish Mini Festival and organisingof GOCC|||**1**|**4,265**| |Expensespaid to
- fuel|||**1**|**139**| |||||| |||||| |
**Nature of relationship**|||**Transaction**
**amount (£)**
**Balance**
**outstanding at**
**period end (£)**|| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ## **C2 Grants** ## **C3a Trustee remuneration** ## **C3b Trustee remuneration - details** ## **C4a Trustee expenses** ## **C4b Trustee expenses - details** **C5 Transactions with trustees and connected persons** ## **C6 Other information** Receipts and Payments Accounts 2024-25 / Notes 1 December 2007 Polish Association Aberdeen SC041396 Additional analysis111 7Y 1.5n.G1 Ubweox 5119 I.￿1 19 415.ul 1240.•0 2.•71.•1 7.• 11137.7• 2GraTrts •Jo••• 4.T5D. 75OAD 7*0.•0 l•JO•J• Tqlal I.￿5.•￿ 401•JS P￿ents￿D￿5 1190.•0 Tqttl 17 141 1.612. 1.612a• W•b 27.7XA1 1W7.72 6.51 651 1.tgL16 E¥pEns¢5￿￿*j 5¢wrC ?.Q7• 1PJ•JI) T•tsl 67432 oscr Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator Independent examiner's report on the accounts Report to the trusteeslmembers of Charty n olish Association Aberdeen Registered charity number On the accounts of the charity for the period SC041396 Period stsrt date th Period end date m(￿lh Set out on pages rYmernl)erlo In￿delI￿ p trt*rs ol addluonal sneetsl 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) 2005 Act and the Charities Accounts {Scotland} Regulations 2006. The charity trustees consider that the audit requirement of Regulation 1011 } (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. 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 accounts. In the course of my examination, no matter has come to my attention [other than that disclosed on the attached page'] Basis of independent examiner's statement Independent examiner's statement which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements.. to keep accounts'ng 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 2. to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understandin of the accounts to be reached. Signed: Name.. Relevant professional qualification(s) or body Address.. "Please delete the words in the brackets do not ￿pty. Ifthe do atply, set out thos8 Matte￿ which have Cc￿9 to your attent￿ the fdlowing page. ## **Disclosure section** Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material problems. **Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose** ``` In the course of my examination, no matter has come to my attention. ```