Aberdeen Division Girls, Brigade
Scottish Charity Number SC041806
Tru$tee¥' Report and Accounts
for thg yoar ¢nded 31st March 2022

Aberdeen Division Girls, Brigadè
Scottish Charity Number SC041806
Trustees and Professional Advisers
Current trustees:
(Resigned 26105121)
(Appointed 26105121}
Other trustees durlng the year..
None
Principal addFeSS:
Independent examiner.
James Milne
Chartered Accountants
5 Bon AccoTd Square
Aberdeen
AB116XZ

Aberdeen Division Girls, Brigade
Scottish Charity Number SC041806
Trustees, Report
forthe yearended 31st March 2022
Governlng document
The Association is a charitable unincorporated association, and the purposes and administration
arrangements are set OLkt in our constitution.
Charitable purposes
Our purposes, as recorded 8s our aim in our conslilulion. are lo help girfs to become follower5 of the Lord
Jesus Christ, and through self-control. reverence. and a sense of responsibly, lo find a true enrichment of life.
Actlvltles and achievements
Our Annual Returns al January 2022 totalled 269.
Term of Office
has completed her 111 term of 3 years as Deputy Commissioner and has agreed to stsnd
again for a further 3 years and will be appointed at the meeting tonight to do a further 3 years.
has Complet￿ her year as position of Youth Rep and as there We￿ no other nominees
she will be appointed tonight for another term of 1 year.
Divisional Chaplain- we are delighted that
has agreed to lake on the role of Divisional Chaplain
for the next year.
epping
orwar
Division
Unfortunately, due to Ihe ongoing situation with covid we were not able to hold our Beach Ballroom display
again this year.
Our Training DaylDedication Service this year took place virtually on Saturday 28th August and although not
ideal il 5eFved ils purpose and allowed us lo have some sort of training and provided companies with some
activities for their girls.
Our Dedication seNice also went well virtualty and our thanks to
leading this for us.
We started off again thi5 session with the majority of companies meeting with their girls on zoom initially for a
few weeks and then we managed to gel back to face to face. 2 companies have not started back this year
yel, another company made the hard decision to close due to the number of girls and 1 company started back
up again al the beginning of this year.
We also held a Divisional publicity stand al Asda Dyce on Saturday 2na October 2021 be￿een 10.00 am-
4.00pm. There were around 180 goody bags handed out and our thanks go to the ladies and girls who helped
to make up the goody bags and man the stall on the day.
We had a booking for the Brigaders and Leaders lo go to Nelhy Bridge from 2020 but given the ongoing
situation this had to be cancelled again last year but this will now go ahead from 2nd_ 4th September 2022.
Leadershi
Trainin
our Divisional Chaplain for
There has been l offi￿r$ commissioned this session.
We have 7 leaders doing their Induction Training and 3 leaders doing their Gold Training.
1 Silver award has been gained this year.

Aberdeen Division Girls, Brigade
Scottish Charity Number SC041806
Trustees, Report
for the year ended 31st March 2022
Officer Service Awards
Captain of 11t si Stephen's Church has gained her 30 years, service this year and
Officer of 7th Northfield UF and Aberdeen Divisional Commissioner has gained her 20 years. service.
Both ladies will be presented with their award's tonight al OUT AGM.
Bad
Badges gained this sessKJn-
Explorers -20 x Bronze stars, 24 x Silver stsrs. 18 x Gold stars
Juniors- 24 x1St Cir¢les, 16 x2na Circles, 17 x 1st Diamonds, 12 x 2nd Diamonds
Brigaders - 15 x Red triangles, 8 x ￿lte trian9les.6 x Blue triangles, 14 x Gold tr18ngles & 7 Brigader
Brooches
There was 1 ￿MpanY'S numbe¥s I did not manage lo get.
Com
elitions
On a positive note, we were delighted we were able to hold some divisional competitions this year and thanks
must go t•￿WhO co￿ordInated all the entries with the judges. The compekn'lions were set for the
week 7th March and companies had to video the gids on their ¢ompany night and send in their videos.
Explorer Physical" 5 teams
19t place- 3rd Aberdeen. 2nd place- 71h Aberdeen, 3rf place - 2P Abeldeen.
Junior physical: 5 Teams
1 Bt place- 7th Aberdeen, 2nd place- 3r¢ Aberdeen, 3rd plaee- 24th Aberdeen.
Brigader Physical: 6 teams
151 place- 1 51 Newtonhill, 2n0 place- P Aberdeen, 3rd place- 215t Aberdeen & 1 gt Kinlore.
Makalon.. 9 teams
151 place- 3rd Juniors, 2nd place- Ph Juniors, 3rd place- Ph Brigaders.
We also held CJ Bruce Competition for Explorers- this was an Individual competition for any explorers who
wished to take part. They had lo produce an A4 season themed collage eithe( in their company or al home.
We had 53 entries. and the judge5 had a very difficult decision in finding winners. In the end they settled on 3
winners.
We also had a Christmas Photography Competition - 1 for Junior5 and 1 for Brigaders. TheTe were 7 entries
for each of these sections and the judge was highly impressed with the effort that went into creatin9 the
photos.
The Junior placings were Juniors.. l￿_ 7th Aberdeen, 2n&_ 31￿ Aberdeen, 3rd_ 3rrt Aberdeen and the Brigader
placings were 1st_ 7th Aberdeen. Brigader 2Dd_ 3rd Aberdeen, Brigader 3rd_ 1st Newtonhill.
Well done to all companies who took part given these challenging times.

Aberdeen Division Girls, Brigado
Scottish Charity Number SC041806
Trustees, Report
forthe year ended 31st March 2022
Trusteey, remuneratlon and exponses
The Iruslees did not receive any remuneration or expenses during the year.
Reserves
As a result of the surplus of £3,827 for the year, the Group held Un￿strICted funds of £93,115 at the year end.
Approved by the Trustees on
and signed on their behalf by
Commissioner

Aberdeen Division Girls, Brigadè
Scottish Ch8rity Number SC041806
Report by Ihe Independent Examinèr
I report on the accounts of the charity for the year ended 31 st March 2022 which are set otjl on pages 6 and
Respective responslbllltles of trustees and examiner
The chaflties trustees are responsible for the preparation of the a¢counts in accordance with the terms of the
Charities and Trustee Investment IScotland} Act 2005 and the Charities Accounts (Scollandl Regulations
2006. The charity trustees consider that the audit requirement of Regulation 10111 (dl of the Accounts
Regulation5 dges not apply. It is my responsibility to examine the accounts as required under Section 44(11
{¢) of Ihe Act and lo stale whether particular matters have come lo my attention.
Basls of Independent examlnef5 Stalement
My examination is carried out in accordance with Regulation 11 of the Charities Accounts (Scotland)
Regulations 2006. An examination includes 8 review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a
comparison of the accounts presented with those records. 11 also indudes 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 examlner'8 Statement
In the course of my examination, no matters have come lo ry attention
which give me reasonable caus8 to believe that in any material respect the requirements..
to keep accounting records in accordance with Section 44111{a) of the 2005 Act and Regulation 4 of
the 2006 Accounts Regulab'ons, and
to p￿pare a¢¢ounts which accord with the accounting words and comply with Regulation 9 of the
2006 Accounts Regulations
have not been mel, or
2. to which, in my opinion. attention should be drawn in OTder to enable a proper underslanding of the
accounts to be reached.
Partner
James Milne
Chartered Accountants
5 Bon Accord Square
Aberdeen
AB116XZ

Aberdeen Dlvision Glrls, Brigade
Scottish Charity Number SC0418C
Recelpts and Payments Account
for the year gnded 31st March 2022
2022
2021
Rgceipts:
Investment income
Hall hire
Donations
Fees
Badges
Abemethy Trust trip
Rag bag Income
2,706
5,333
1,008
883
1.562
2,119
1.531
65
100
71
71
Totsl receipts
10,004
5.448
Payments:
Propety heal, light, and cleaning
Competition expenses
Earl Haig Fund
Trophies and engraving
11th Company expenses
Abernelhy Trust trip
Donations
4,196
140
4,180
135
216
1,490
288
Total payments
6,177
4.568
Surplus for the year
3,827
880
All funds are unrestricted

Aberdeen Divlslon Glrfs, Brlgade
Scottish Charity Number SC041806
statemgnt of Balancgs
as at 31st March 2022
2022
2021
Bank and cash in hand
Opening balance
Surpluslldeficill for the year
13,288
3,827
12.408
880
Closing balance
17,115
13,288
Investments
At cost
76,000
76.000
Reserves
General fund
Legacy fund
Band fund
55.236
37.072
807
50,927
37,554
807
93,115
89,288
All funds are unrestricted
Notes
Investments
Market value of Investments-
Aberdeen Standard Investments
Janus Henderson Investors
144.S48
35,845
129,594
44,455
180,393
174,049
Funds
Legacy Fund- This fund has been created by receipl of donations. It is used to support the training of young
leaders and other special purposes as deemed appropriate by the executive.
Band Fund - This fund has been created la fund band activities within the Girls, Brigade.
Approved by the Trustees on
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and signed on their behalf b
Treasurer