2025-09-30-accounts - Renew SCIO

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APPENDIX 1 OSC r

Trustees’ Annual Report for the period	Trustees’ Annual Report for the period	Trustees’ Annual Report for the period	Trustees’ Annual Report for the period	Trustees’ Annual Report for the period	Trustees’ Annual Report for the period	Trustees’ Annual Report for the period	Trustees’ Annual Report for the period
	Period start date				Period end date
	Day	Month	Year		Day	Month	Year
From	07	Sept	2024	To	06	Sept	2025

Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator

Reference and administration details

Charity name Renew SCIO Other names charity is known by Registered charity number SC043399 Charity’s principal address 37 Woolmet Crescent Danderhall Dalkeith

Postcode EH22 1NJ

Names of the charity trustees on date of approval of Trustees’ Annual Report

	Trustee name	Office (if any)
1 2 3	Sonya Willett	Chairperson
	Charles Etoru	Secretary
	Merav Israel	Treasurer

APPENDIX 1 Reference and administration details

Names of all other charity trustees during the period, if any, (for example, those who resigned part way through the financial period)

Name	Name	Dates acted if not for whole year
n/a



Structure, governance and management

Type of governing document Trustee recruitment and appointment
	The Trust was recognised as a Scottish charity with effect from 07 September 2012. The Trust is administered in accordance with the charity’s constitution.
	The original Trustees (3) were appointed on the establishment date of the trust representing the minimum number required. Appointments are made on the approval by unanimous agreement of the existing trustees and removal of any Trustee would also be by unanimous agreement.

Objectives and activities
Charitable purposes Summary of the main activities in relation to these objects
	The purpose of the charity Renew SCIO is to raise funds for the Park Rangers’ Widows and Orphans Project (PRWOP). The project assists widows and orphans (children who have one of more of their parents) of Park Rangers of the Virunga and Kahuzi-Biega National Parks in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). We deliver funds and support for the delivery of the services the project provides to its beneficiaries. These services include: a) equipping and training women for independent sustainable livelihoods; b) enabling access to education for children. The charity also engages in awareness raising of the conservation efforts and challenges park rangers and their families face, to support our achievement of the charitable aims.
	Fundraising has been on-going throughout the reporting period, whilst maintaining donor relationships.

APPENDIX 1 Achievements and performance

Summary of the main achievements of
the charity during the financial period

Successful distribution of funds according to the charity’s purpose with
direct short- and long-term benefits to the beneficiaries, included:
•
Securement of agricultural land and tenure for the widows
cooperative located in Kanyaboyonga, December 2024
•
A one-off contribution to widows groups for emergency food aid in
Kahuzi Beiga and Goma during the early period of intense conflict
in 2025, enabling the women to remain in situ (hibernation) and
stay together.

Financial review
Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves Details of any deficit Donated facilities and services (if any)
	The charity has minimal reserves. Publically raised funds are committed to direct charitable expenditure. Restricted grant income, when received, is earmarked for specific costs according to the terms of the grant.
	n/a
	The charity is currently supported by volunteers to provide its website maintenance. Trustees also provide website support, access to online platforms (fee paying) to enable secure transfer and storage of data (MEGA) and communication platforms (ZOOM); and cover all travel costs to meetings and provision of promotional material.

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Despite the escalation of conflict, risk to life, food insecurity and the occupation by M23 Rwandan backed forces, each of the women’s groups in the South Kivu area has persisted.

The support towards subsistence farming and secure land tenure has been an important benefit for them. Although the agriculture project has been paused due to restrictions on the transfer of funds to DRC, the training delivered in the previous year has continued to bring the beneficiaries benefits.

Whilst the charity recognises it is not our charitable aim to support crisis situations; we have remained in contact with the beneficiaries, providing encouragement and support to the groups to enable them to continue with their livelihood initiatives as best as possible.

In early 2025, using the communication networks within the project, we provided externally validated security updates during the invasion to support the groups to make better informed decisions based on reliable information.

Donor interest and grant funded support for initiatives in DRC has become extremely difficult to find due to the ongoing conflict and uncertainty. Whilst the banks remain closed money transfer are limited to small transactions via online payment methods which is limiting our activity.

It is noted that support for the charity’s accountancy continues to be provided on a voluntary basis free of charge. Website domain fees, ZOOM (international conferencing) and data storage (Mega) subscriptions, comms and travel, continue to be donated by the board. These costs are tracked and noted in our annual accounts.

APPENDIX 1 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) Sonya Willett Position (e.g. Chair) Chair Date 25 June 2026

Enter SC No. below

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Enter charity name below

SC043399

Renew SCIO

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	Receipts andpayments accounts
	For the period from	Period sta		rt date			Period		end date
		Day	Month		Year	to	Day	Mon	th	Year
		07	Sept		2024		06	Sept		2025

Section A Statement of receipts and payments
A1 Receipts	Unrestricted funds to nearest £ 1,077 1,077 - 1,077 1,135 1,135 - 1,135	Restricted funds to nearest £		Expendable endowment funds to nearest £ - - - - - -			Permanent endowment funds to nearest £		Total funds current period to nearest £		Total funds last period to nearest £
Donations	1,077								1,077		598
Legacies									-
Grants		-							-		2,029
Receipts from fundraisingactivities									-
Gross tradingreceipts									-
Income from investments other than land and buildings									-
Rents from land & buildings									-
Gross receipts from other charitable activities									-
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*A1 Sub total*	1,077			-					1,077		2,627
A2 Receipts from asset & investment sales
Proceeds from sale of fixed assets									-
Proceeds from sale of investments		-					-		-
*A2 Sub total*	-			-					-		-
*Total receipts* A3 Payments		-					-
				-					1,077		2,627

Expenses for fundraising activities									-
Gross trading payments									-
Investment management costs									-
Payments relating directly to charitable activities	1,135								1,135		2,688
Grants and donations									-
Governance costs:									-
Audit / independent examination									-
Preparation of annual accounts									-
Legal costs									-
Other									-
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**A3 Sub total **	1,135	-		-			-		1,135		2,688
A4 Payments relating to asset and investment movements
Purchases of fixed assets									-
Purchase of investments									-
**A4 Sub total **	-	-		-			-		-		-
*Total payments* *Net receipts / (payments)* A5 Transfers to / (from) funds *Surplus / (deficit) for year*
		-		-			-		1,135		2,688

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Section B Statement of balances

Details	Unrestricted funds to nearest £ 96	Restricted funds to nearest £ -	Expendable endowment funds to nearest £	Permanent endowment funds to nearest £	Total current period to nearest £	Total last period to nearest £
Cash and bank balances at start of year					96	157
Surplus / (deficit) shown on receipts and payments account					-
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Cash and bank balances at end of year (Agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) Details	96	-	-	-	96	157
	58	-	- Fund to which	- asset belongs	58	61
					Market valuation to nearest £	Last year to nearest £





Details		Fund to which	asset belongs	Total Cost (if available) to nearest £	-	-
					Current value (if available) to nearest £	Last year to nearest £









Details			Total Fund to which l	-	-	-
				iability relates	Amount due to nearest £	Last year to nearest £





Details			Fund to which l	Total iability relates	-	-
					Amount due (estimate) to nearest £	Last year to nearest £



Signature			Print Name	Total	-	-
						Date of approval
Sonya Willett			Sonya	Willett		25 June 2025

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Section C Notes to the Accounts

C1 Nature and purpose of funds (may be stated on analysis of funds worksheets)

Unrestricted funds were raised through public fund raising events and donations received by the charity. Restricted funds there were no restricted funds during this period.

Type of activity or project supported Restricted funds, provided to support the development of the agricultural development initiatives and project deliverycosts.	Type of activity or project supported Restricted funds, provided to support the development of the agricultural development initiatives and project deliverycosts.	Number of grants made £	Number of grants made £





		Total

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 this box (otherwise complete section 4b)			x
	Nature of transaction	Number of trustees	£





Nature of relationship		Transaction amount (£)	Balance outstanding at period end (£)






Expenses during this period donated by the Trustees included: annual fees for Mega £41.36 online data storage, ZOOM video conferencing license £155.88 and website hosting £110.24

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

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Additional analysis (1)

Analysis of receipts and payments

1 Donations

1 Donations
	Unrestricted funds to nearest £	Restricted funds to nearest £	Expendable endowment funds to nearest £	Permanent endowment funds to nearest £	Total current period to nearest £	Total last period to nearest £
Public Donations	1,077				1,077	598
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Total 2 Grants	1,077	-	-	-	1,077	598
	- Unrestricted funds to nearest £	- Restricted funds to nearest £	-	-	- Total current period to nearest £ - - -	- Total last period to nearest £
					-	2,029

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Total 3 Gross receipts from other charitable activities	-	-			-	2,029
	- Unrestricted funds to nearest £	- Restricted funds to nearest £	Expendable endowment funds to nearest £	Permanent endowment funds to nearest £	- Total current period to nearest £	- Total last period to nearest £
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4 Payments relating directly to charitable activities

	Unrestricted funds to nearest £	Restricted funds to nearest £	Expendable endowment funds to nearest £	Permanent endowment funds to nearest £	Total current period to nearest £	Total last period to nearest £
Total Expenses	1,135	-			1,135	2,688
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Total	1,135	-	-	-	1,135	2,688
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Additional analysis (2)

Receipts 5 Breakdown of unrestricted funds	Unrestricted fund 1 - enter name of fund below Fundraising and Public Donations	Unrestricted fund 2 - enter name of fund below	Unrestricted fund 3 - enter name of fund below	Unrestricted fund 4 - enter name of fund below	Total unrestricted funds	Total unrestricted funds last period
Donations	1,077				1,077	586
Legacies					-
Grants					-
Receipts from fundraisingactivities					-
Gross tradingreceipts					-
Income from investments other than land and buildings					-
Rents from land & buildings					-
Gross receipts from other charitable activities					-
*Sub total* Receipts from asset & investment sales	1,077	-	-	-	1,077	586
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Proceeds from sale of fixed assets					-
Proceeds from sale of investments					-
*Sub total* *Total receipts* Payments	-	-	-	-	-	-
	1,077	-	-	-	1,077	586
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Expenses for fundraisingactivities					-
Gross tradingpayments					-
Investment management costs					-
Payments relatingdirectlyto charitable activities	1,135				1,135	659
Grants and donations					-
Governance costs:					-
Audit / independent examination					-
Preparation of annual accounts					-
Legal costs					-
Other	-				-
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*Sub total* Payments relating to asset and investment movements	1,135	-	-	-	1,135	659
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Purchases of fixed assets					-
Purchase of investments					-
*Sub total* *Total payments* *Net receipts / (payments)* Transfers to / (from) funds *Surplus / (deficit) for year*	-	-	-	-	-	-
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	1,135	-	-	-	1,135	659
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Nature andpurpose of funds
Public donations and fundraising providing support for th	e continued development of the wome		n's income initiative	s and crisis respons	e.

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6 Breakdown of restricted funds

6 Breakdown of restricted funds
Receipts	Restricted fund 1 - enter name of fund below	Restricted fund 2 - enter name of fund below	Restricted fund 3 - enter name of fund below	Restricted fund 4 - enter name of fund below	Total restricted funds	Total restricted funds last period
Donations					-
Legacies					-
Grants					-	2,029
Receipts from fundraisingactivities					-
Gross tradingreceipts					-
Income from investments other than land and buildings					-
Rents from land & buildings					-
Gross receipts from other charitable activities					-
*Sub total* Receipts from asset & investment sales	-	-	-	-	-	2,029
					-
Proceeds from sale of fixed assets					-
Proceeds from sale of investments					-
*Sub total* *Total receipts* Payments	-	-	-	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-	-	2,029
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Expenses for fundraising activities					-
Gross tradingpayments					-
Investment management costs					-
Payments relating directly to charitable activities					-	2,029
Grants and donations					-
Governance costs:					-
Audit / independent examination					-
Preparation of annual accounts					-
Legal costs					-
					-
					-
*Sub total* Payments relating to asset and investment movements	-	-	-	-	-	2,029
					-
Purchases of fixed assets					-
Purchase of investments					-
*Sub total* *Total payments* *Net receipts / (payments)* Transfers to / (from) funds *Surplus / (deficit) for year*	-	-	-	-	-	-
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	-	-	-	-	-	2,029
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APPENDIX 3 ’ Independent examiner s report on the accounts V2

	Independent examiner’s report on the accounts V2	Independent examiner’s report on the accounts V2
Report to the trustees/members of Registered charity number On the accounts of the charity for the period Set out on pages Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner Basis of independent examiner’s statement Independent examiner’s statement Signed: Name: Relevant professional qualification(s) or body (if any): Address:**	Charity name Renew SCIO
	SC 043399
	Period start date Period end date
	Day Month Year Day	Month Year
	07 09 2024 to 06	09 2025
	1-6	(remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets)

	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 (as amended). The charity 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.
	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 viewgiven bythe accounts.
	In the course of my examination, no matter has come to my attention [other than that disclosed on the attached page*] 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, 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 understanding of the accounts to be reached.
	`Sean Conoboy` Date: `26/06/2026`
	`Sean Conoboy`
	`Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales`
	`1 Dixon Mews`
	`Barton Seagrave`
	`Kettering`
	`NN15 5FS`

*Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply. If the words do apply, set out those matters which have come to your attention on the following page.

** OSCR will accept digital or typed signatures

APPENDIX 3 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