## Triquetra Services (Scotland) 

## Trustees’ Report & Accounts for 2024-2025 

Contents 

|Contents|Contents|
|---|---|
|Trustees’ Annual Report for 2024-2025 ............................................................................................. 2||
|Reference and Administrative Information ................................................................................. 2||
||Charity Name ............................................................................................................................... 2|
||Triquetra Services (Scotland) ...................................................................................................... 2|
||Charity Registration Number ..................................................................................................... 2|
||Registered Address ...................................................................................................................... 2|
||Website .......................................................................................................................................... 2|
||Current Trustees ........................................................................................................................... 2|
|Structure, Governance and Management ..................................................................................... 2||
||Constitution .................................................................................................................................. 2|
||Appointment of trustees ............................................................................................................. 3|
|Objectives and Activities ................................................................................................................. 3||
||Charitable purposes ..................................................................................................................... 3|
||Activities ........................................................................................................................................ 3|
||Trading activities & regular financial outlay ........................................................................... 3|
||Reserves policy ............................................................................................................................. 4|
||Calculating the value of the Triquetra Collection ................................................................... 4|
||Conclusions & future plans ........................................................................................................ 4|
|Statement of Receipts and Payments for the Year 2024-2025 ........................................................ 5||
|Statement of Balances for the Year 2024-2025 .................................................................................. 6||
|Notes to the accounts for the year 2024-2025 ................................................................................... 7||
|1|Basis of accounting ................................................................................................................... 7|
|2|Nature and purpose of funds ................................................................................................. 7|
|3|Trustee remuneration .............................................................................................................. 7|
|4|Trustee expenses ...................................................................................................................... 7|
|5|Transactions with trustees and connected persons ............................................................. 7|
|6|Grants ......................................................................................................................................... 7|
|7|Independent examination ....................................................................................................... 7|





## **Trustees’ Annual Report for 2024-2025** 

Triquetra Services (Scotland) is a SCIO. The trustees present their report with the financial statements for the 2024-2025 financial year. 

## **Reference and Administrative Information** 

## **Charity Name** 

**Triquetra Services (Scotland)** 

## **Charity Registration Number** 

SC042086 

## **Registered Address** 

## **W** 

## **Structure, Governance and Management** 

## **Constitution** 

The Charity is a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation (a SCIO). It was registered in its current legal form on 16th March 2018. The charity was previously a company limited by guarantee with charitable status, but changed its legal form to a SCIO. 

It has a single tier structure and as such the trustees are the members of the charity. It is governed by its Articles of Association. 

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## **Appointment of trustees** 

No new Trustees were appointed this year. The current Trustees will continue to serve, until they choose to resign. 

## **Objectives and Activities** 

## **Charitable purposes** 

Triquetra Services (Scotland) is a charitable organisation with the mission to promote and further the study of history through the medium of the historical, martial and creative arts. We do this in a way that: 

- Promotes an awareness of culture and heritage through the sharing of knowledge and information pertaining to European history; 

- Increases health, self-confidence and personal effectiveness through training in the safe and enjoyable practice of historical martial arts; 

- Develops traditional and non-traditional skills, particularly among local members of the community that are not in employment, education or training; 

- Includes all members of the community (near and far) in a wide programme of educational, informative and enjoyable events; 

- Creates voluntary opportunities among local people and historical arts enthusiasts; 

- Celebrates art, craft, culture, history and other forms of life enriching activity. 

We do these things because by increasing an awareness of our heritage and culture we improve our individual and collective sense of identity. The education and training we provide creates enjoyment, greater confidence, richer knowledge and deeper understanding of ourselves and others. By creating volunteering and employment opportunities we enrich the lives of local people and enhance our community, and we believe it creates better lives for the people of Glasgow, Scotland and beyond. 

## **Activities** 

Triquetra's main ongoing activity at the moment is developing its collection of antiques, performing research on the items, and creating a sellable presentation to accompany the items for handling sessions. The Collection now includes a broad range of swords and books, and a variety of different presentations and handling sessions with different themes and focus could now be given. 

In the 2024-2025 financial year, there has been no new activity in the charity, as the trustees have been busy with other things. 

## **Trading activities & regular financial outlay** 

The charity does not have any regular trading activities underway, meaning that the only income has been the continuing monthly payments from Fallen Rook Publishing. Our regular 

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financial outlay, however, is almost nothin& the only regular expenses at this date are the
hostin8 fees for the website.
Reserves policy
We would like to maintain £5tXJ) of reserves so that we have the capacity to make useful
purchases to add to the Collection, or otherwise pay for useful servi￿5 as the need presents
itself. Although we are currently far froui this amount of re*rves, we will be workins towards
slowly but steadily.
Calculating the value of the Triquetra Collection
To calculate the value of the Triquetra Collection for these accounts, we have followed the
method established by our accountants behveen 2011 and 2017: simply the amount of money
that our organisation has invested to acquire these items. This is not particularly reflective of
the current retail value of the Collection, but we think it made sense this year to continue with
the niethod in use since 2011.
Conclusions & future plans
This has been a very slow year because Trnstees have had other life pressures.
Future plans could indude more activity - any activxty - as Trustee5 become more available
to do things agai
Approved b! the Board of Trustees on 16th December 2025, and si8ned on its behalf by:
- Trustee

## **Statement of Receipts and Payments for the Year 2024-2025** 

|**Receipts**|**Unrestricted**<br>**Funds**|**Restricted**<br>**Funds**|**2024-**<br>**2025**|**2023-**<br>**2024**|**2022-**<br>**2023**|**2021-**<br>**2022**|**2020-**<br>**2021**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Donations|£0|£0|£0|£0|£600|£578|£204|
|Grants|£0|£0|£0|£0|£0|£500|£0|
|Receipts from||||||||
|charitable|£300|£0|£300|£300|£0|£0|£0|
|activities||||||||
|**Total Receipts**|**£300**|**£0**|**£300**|**£300**|**£600**|**£1078**|**£204**|
|**Payments**|**Unrestricted**<br>**Funds**|**Restricted**<br>**Funds**|**2024-**<br>**2025**|**2023-**<br>**2024**|**2022-**<br>**2023**|**2021-**<br>**2022**|**2020-**<br>**2021**|
|Fundraising|£0|£0|£0|£0|£0|£0|£0|
|costs||||||||
|Costs of||||||||
|charitable|£0|£0|£0|£0|£0|£400|£0|
|activities||||||||
|Governance|£0|£0|£0|£0|£0|£0|£0|
|costs||||||||
|Venue costs|£0|£0|£0|£0|£0|£0|£0|
|IT costs|£50|£0|£50|£50|£50|£50|£30|
|Purchase of<br>equipment|£0|£0|£0|£0|£0|£0|£11|
|**Total Payments**|**£50**|**£0**|**£50**|**£50**|**£50**|**£450**|**£41**|
||**Unrestricted**|**Restricted**|**2024-**|**2023-**|**2022-**|**2021-**|**2020-**|
||**Funds**|**Funds**|**2025**|**2024**|**2023**|**2022**|**2021**|
|Surplus /<br>(Deficit)|£250|£0|£250|£250|£550|£628|£163|
|Transfers<br>between funds|£0|£0|£0|£0|£0|£0|£0|
|**Total Surplus /**||||||||
|**(Deficit) for the**|**£250**|**£0**|**£250**|**£250**|**£550**|**£628**|**£163**|
|**year**||||||||



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## **Statement of Balances for the Year 2024-2025** 

||**Unrestricted**|<br>**Restricted**|<br>**2024-**|**2023-**|**2022-**|**2021-**|**2020-**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||**Funds**|**Funds**|**2025**|**2024**|**2023**|**2022**|**2021**|
|Cash in bank and||||||||
|in hand at the|<br>£2793|£0|£2793|<br>£2543|£1993|£1365|£1201|
|start of the year||||||||
|Surplus /<br>(Deficit)|£250|£0|£250|£250|£550|£628|£163|
|**Cash in bank**<br>**and at hand**|<br>**£3043**|**£0**|**£3043**|<br>**£2793**|**£2543**|**£1993**|**£1365**|
|**Bank & Cash**|**Unrestricted**|**Restricted**|**2024-**|**2023-**|**2022-**|**2021-**|**2020-**|
|**Balances**|**Funds**|**Funds**|**2025**|**2024**|**2023**|**2022**|**2021**|
|Bank|£3043|£0|£3043|£1985|£1735|£1185|£561|
|PayPal|£0|£0|£0|£808|£808|£808|£628|
|Cashbox|£0|£0|£0|£0|£0|£0|£12|
|**Cash in bank**<br>**and at hand**|**£3043**|**£0**|**£3043**|**£2793**|**£2543**|**£1993**|**£1201**|
|**Other**|**Unrestricted**|**Restricted**|**2024-**|**2023-**|**2022-**|**2021-**|**2020-**|
|**Assets**|**Funds**|**Funds**|**2025**|**2024**|**2023**|**2022**|**2021**|
|Antique<br>Collection|£3645|£0|£3645|£3645|£3645|£3645|£3645|
|**Total other**|**£3645**|**£0**|**£3645**|**£3645**|**£3645**|**£3645**|**£3645**|
|**assets**||||||||
|**Liabilities**|**Unrestricted**<br>**Funds**|**Restricted**<br>**Funds**|**2024-**<br>**2025**|**2023-**<br>**2024**|**2022-**<br>**2023**|**2021-**<br>**2022**|**2020-**<br>**2021**|
|Accountancy<br>fees due|£0|£0|£0|£0|£0|£0|£0|
|**Total**<br>**Liabilities**|**£0**|**£0**|**£0**|**£0**|**£0**|**£0**|**£0**|



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## **Notes to the accounts for the year 2024-2025** 

## **1 Basis of accounting** 

These accounts have been prepared on the Receipts and Payments basis in accordance with the Charities & Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 and the Charities Accounts (Scotland) Regulations 2006 (as amended). 

## **2 Nature and purpose of funds** 

Unrestricted funds are those that may be used at the discretion of the Trustees in furtherance of the objects of the charity. The Trustees maintain a single unrestricted fund for the day-today running of the organisation. 

Restricted funds may only be used for specific purposes. Restrictions arise when specified by the donor or when funds are raised for specific purposes. 

## **3 Trustee remuneration** 

There were no Trustee remunerations or other benefits for the 2024-2025 year. 

## **4 Trustee expenses** 

There were no Trustees’ expenses for the 2024-2025 year. 

## **5 Transactions with trustees and connected persons** 

The charity pays £2.50 per month to (Trustee) for website hosting, and £20 once per year for the domain name; he has been donating website development, website maintenance, and general IT work worth a considerably greater sum every month, but cannot provide the hosting and domain name entirely free of charge. 

## **6 Grants** 

There were no grants issued or received for the 2024-2025 year. 

## **7 Independent examination** 

These accounts for a SCIO have not been submitted for independent examination as there was no requirement in our Articles of Association or any request by our Board of Trustees to do so, nor any enactment that requires it (to the best of our knowledge). 

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