APPEND I
oscr,-
Period start date
M(th
Year
2(r24
Period end date
Month
Year
March
2025
01
To
31
Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator
Reference and administration details
Charity name
Other names charity is known
by
Registered charity number
Chaiity's principal address
Varapunya Buddhist Society (Varapunya Meditation Centre)
SC043989
Easter Mains Cottage
Malns of Klnmundy
Kingswells
Aberdeen
Postcode AB15 8RB
Names of the charity trustees on date of approval of Trustees, Annual Report
Trustee name
Office (if any)
Dates acted if
not for whole year
(or body) entitled to
appoint trustee (rf any)
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 wIle year
structure, governance and management
Type of governing document
Trust Deed
Trustee recruitment and appointment
In accordance with trust deed
Objectives and activities
Charitable purposes
The advancement of the Buddhist rel10n and especially focused on the practice
of mindfulness medttation within wider publiclcommunity.
Summary of the main activities
in relation to these objects
APPENDIX 1
Achievements and performance
Summary of the main achievements of
the charity during the financial period
All servi5 are provided free and run entirely on 'generous donation. basis. Online
sessions have beneffted not ClY locals but national & international audience.
Teaching and cLasses conducted in at least of three languages: English. Thai and
Nepalese. Approximately over 300 people a month benefited through sessions that
the centre offers In the varlous ways. We also organlsed Onllne medltations
wtth distinguish Buddhist scholars. There were dasses and number of meditation
retreats for children at the centre benefitting almost 15-20 per sessions.
Weekty medtlation sessions on average benefft:
Friday- SurKlay online Moming session.. &10 people per I session
Wednesday moming online practice: 10-12 people I per session.
Wednesday evening in-person practice: &10 people I per session
Monthly meditation sessions and average benefft..
Mindlulness Mondays. typically 718 people per session
Distance Mindfulness Learning: average 10-15 peoplelsession
Buddha Metta Satsang Meditation: average 5-10 peoplelsession
In order to accommodate further demarKI, we run short courses on Buddhism in
English and Thai language. We also extended our affiliation wth local and
intemational organisations, such as Worfd Buddhist Dhammaduta Organisation.
The Council of Thai Bhikkhus in trie USA, Lay Ministers of Buddhi8t, World Peace
Award Conference. Representatives of the centre attended and parucipated In
those events.
The centre also exlended modest but helpful donations to organisations that were
able to support people in need. Substantial support to those in need in Thailand,
Free Medical Clinic in Lumbini. Nepal.
Publicatlon of books on 'Mindfulness Mondays,. 'Practical Buddhlsm, and 'Onllne
Interfaith Booklets. to support mental health & wellbelng and hamionious
community through Interfaith Aclivty.
Significant improvement of Uposatha MedrtatTron Hall construction project, which is
expected to be completed by mid 2025.
Financial review
Brief statement of the charity's policy
on reserves
All unrestricted funds held at bank constrtute the reser4es of the charty.
Details of any deficit
Donated facilities and services (if any)
APPENDIX 1
Other optional information
The centre continued its previous supports to local communities via online and in person in various
ways. such as offering mindfulness sessions. counselling and providing material support.
Mindfulness sessions at the Aberdeen druglalcohol recovery charity (Al R), actively involved in
events with Aberdeen Interfaith Group & official refugee reception etc.
Mindfulness Mondays, session in collaboration with NHS Grampian & ACH&SCP continued to
support mental health & well-being of NHS stafts and general public.
Groundbreaking Ceremony for the construction of Uposatha Meditation Hall at the centre was
remarkable. About 80 People from across UK attended the ceremony. The project began around late
summer and expected to complete by mid 2025.
The 8"Interfaith Mindfulness event was organised in collaboration with Aberdeen Interfaith Group at
the centre. Over 40 people from drfferent faithslbelief and community groups joined to share their
thoughts on 'Mindful Movement,. which is also published as a e-booklet. There were a few physical
activities from drfferent members.
To facilitate and support for the mindfulness meditation practice is being continued via zoom weekly
to reinforce practices and provide support for people who need this to develop their meditation
practice.
The centre received national & intemational recognition and was invited to attend different events
from drfferent organisations. both religious and non-religious. Buddhist and non-Buddhists. such as
(1) in the UK: Interfarth Scotland. Buddhapadipa temple London. World Buddhist Dhammaduta
Organisation. Mangala Buddha Vihara. London Mindfulness Medrtation Centre, Wat Mahathat UK,
Wat Phra Singh UK. (2) Abroad: The council of Thai Bhikkhus in the USA, Wat Thai Norway. Lay
Ministers of Buddhist Religion in the USA, World Buddhist Dhammaduts Organisation in Singapore.
Declaration
The trustees declare that they have approved Ihe trustees. report above.
Signed on behalf of the charity's trustees
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Signature(s)
Full name(s)
Position (e.g. Chair)
Chair
Date
2025-10-14
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APPENDIX 2
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## **SC043989**
|||**Receipts and**|**Receipts and**|**Receipts and**|**Receipts and**|**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**
**from**|||01
Day||April
Month|||||2024
Year||**to**|Day
31||Month
March|||||Year
**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**|**Total funds last**|
||**to nearest £**|||**to nearest £**|||||**to nearest £**|||||**to nearest £**||||**to nearest £**||||||**to nearest £**|**to nearest £**|
|**A1 Receipts**||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|Donations|**26,155**|||**66**|**66**|**66,100**||||||||||||**92**|**92**|**92**|**92,255**|**255**||**89,146**||
|Legacies||||||||||||||||||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||||
|Grants||||||||||||||||||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||**1,910**||
|Receipts from fundraisingactivities||||||||||||||||||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||||
|Gross tradingreceipts||||||||||||||||||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||||
|Income from investments other than||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|land and buildings||||||||||||||||||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||||
|Rents from land & buildings||||||||||||||||||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||||
|Gross receipts from other charitable||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|activities|**3,136**|||||||||||||||||**3**|**3**|**3**|**3,136**|**136**||**2,653**||
|||||||||||||||||||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||||
|**_A1 Sub total_**|**_A1 Sub total_ 29,291**|||**66,100**|**66,100**|**66,100**|||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**||**95,391**|**95,391**|**95,391**|**95,391**|**95,391**||**91,056**||
|**A2 Receipts from asset &**||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|**investment sales**||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|Proceeds from sale of fixed assets
Proceeds from sale of investments
**_A2 Sub total_ -**
**_Total receipts_ 29,291**
~~—~~||||**-**
**66,100**|**-**
**66,100**|**-**
**66,100**||**-**
**-**
~~|~~||||||**-**
**-**|**-**
**-**|**-**
**-**|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**95,391**
**91,056**
~~——~~|||||||||
|**A3 Payments**||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|Expenses for fundraising activities||||||||||||||||||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||||
|Gross trading payments||||||||||||||||||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||||
|Investment management costs||||||||||||||||||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||||
|Payments relating directly to charitable|Payments relating directly to charitable|||||||||||||||||||||||||
|activities|**22,163**|||**123,862**||||||||||||||**146**|**146**|**146**|**146,025**|**025**||**29,091**||
|Grants and donations|**577**|||||||||||||||||**577**|**577**|**577**|**577**|**577**||**825**|**825**|
|Governance costs:||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|||||||||||||||||||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||||
|Audit / independent examination|**100**|||||||||||||||||**100**|**100**|**100**|**100**|**100**||**100**|**100**|
|Preparation of annual accounts||||||||||||||||||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||||
|Legal costs||||||||||||||||||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||||
|Other|Other|||||||||||||||||||||||||
|||||||||||||||||||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||||
|||||||||||||||||||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||||
|**_A3 Sub total_ **|**22,840**|||**123,862**|||||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**||**146,702**|**146,702**|**146,702**|**146,702**|**146,702**||**30,016**||
|**A4 Payments relating to asset and**||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|**investment movements**||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|Purchases of fixed assets
**-**
Purchase of investments
**-**
**_A4 Sub total_ -**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Total payments_ 22,840**
**123,862**
**-**
**-**
**146,702**
**30,016**
~~—_=====~~||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|**_Net receipts / (payments)_**
**A5 Transfers to / (from) funds**
**_Surplus / (deficit) for year_**|**6,451**
**57,762)**
**(**
**-**
**-**
**51,311)**
**(**
**61,039**
**-**
**6,451**
**57,762)**
**(**
**-**
**-**
**51,311)**
**(**
**61,039**
~~====—=~~|||||||||||||||||||||||||
APPENDIX 2
**SC043989**
**-**
## **Section B Statement of balances**
|**Categories**
**Signed by one or two trustees**
**on behalf of all the trustees**
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Investments**
**B3 Other assets**
**B5 Contingent liabilities**
**B4 Liabilities**|**Details**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**47,850**
**6,451**|**Restricted funds**
**to nearest £**
**129,059**
**57,762)**
**(**|**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|||||**176,909**|**113,217**|
||Surplus / (deficit) shown on receipts and
payments account|||||**51,310)**
**(**|**63,692**|
|||||||**-**||
|||||||**-**||
||**Cash and bank balances at end of year**
**Details**|**54,301**|**71,297**|**-**|**-**|**125,598**|**176,909**|
|||||**Fund to which**|**asset belongs**|**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 £**|
||Property at Easter Mains Cottage, Mains
of Kinmundy, Kingswells, Aberdeen, AB15
8RD||||**360,000**|||
|||||||||
|||||||||
|||||||||
|||||||||
|||||||||
|||||||||
|||||||||
|||||||||
||**Details**|||**Total**
**360,000**
**Fund to which liability relates**|**360,000**|**-**|
**-**|
|||||||**Amount due**
**to nearest £**|**Last year**
**to nearest £**|
||Loan from|||||**360,000**||
|||||||||
|||||||||
|||||||||
|||||||||
||**Details**|||**Total**
**Fund to which liability relates**||**360,000**|**-**|
|||||||**Amount due**
**(estimate)**
**to nearest £**|**Last year**
**to nearest £**|
|||||||||
|||||||||
|||||||||
||**Signature**|||**Total**
**Print Name**||**-**|
**-**|
||||||||**Date of**
**approval**|
|||||||||
||||||||16/12/2025|
|||||||||
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Receipts and payments 2425 Varapunya / Statement of balances
2
December 2007
APPENDIX 2
**SC043989**
## **Section C Notes to the Accounts**
**C1 Nature and purpose of funds** _(may be stated on analysis of funds worksheets)_
## **C2 Grants**
## **C3a Trustee remuneration**
## **C3b Trustee remuneration - details**
## **C4a Trustee expenses**
## **C4b Trustee expenses - details**
**C5 Transactions with trustees and connected persons**
|**Type of activity or project supported**|**Type of activity or project supported**|**Individual /**
**institution**|**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)|||||
|**Authority under which paid**||||**£**|
|Trust deed(Livingexpenses of Abbot)||||**2,400**|
||||||
||||||
||||||
||||||
||||||
|If no expenses were paid to any charity trustee during the period then cross
(otherwise complete section 4b)|||this box||
||**Nature of transaction**||**Number of**
**trustees**|**£**|
|Car Repairs & Maintenance|||1|2,314|
|Healthcare|||1|189|
|Mobile Phone|||1|129|
||||||
|Total||||2,632|
|**Nature of relationship**|||**Transaction**
**amount (£)**
**Balance**
**outstanding at**
**period end (£)**||
||||||
||||||
||||||
||||||
||||||
**C6 Other information**
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December 2007
APPENDIX 2
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APPENDIX 2
**SC043989**
## **Additional analysis (1)**
## **Analysis of receipts and payments**
## **1 Donations**
|**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 £**|
|Donations for meditation hall/Summer house|||**66,100**|||**66,100**||
|General donations||**26,155**||||**26,155**|**89,146**|
|||||||**-**||
|||||||**-**||
|**Total**||**26,155**|**66,100**|**-**|**-**|**92,255**|**89,146**|
|||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|
## **2 Grants**
|**2 Grants**|**2 Grants**||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|**Restricted funds**
**to nearest £**||**Total current**
**period**
**to nearest £**|**Total last**
**period**
**to nearest £**|
||||||**-**|**1,910**|
||||||**-**||
||||||**-**||
||||||**-**||
|**Total**|||||**-**|**1,910**|
|||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|
## **3 Gross receipts from other 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 £**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Other activities - bank interest||**3,136**||||**3,136**|**2,653**|
|||||||**-**||
|||||||**-**||
|||||||**-**||
|||||||**-**||
|||||||**-**||
|||||||**-**||
|||||||**-**||
|**Total**||**3,136**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**3,136**|**2,653**|
|||-|-|-|-|-|-|
## **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 £**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Charitable activities||**22,163**|**123,862**|||**146,025**|**29,091**|
|||||||**-**||
|||||||**-**||
|||||||**-**||
|||||||**-**||
|||||||**-**||
|||||||**-**||
|||||||**-**||
|||||||**-**||
|||||||**-**||
|||||||**-**||
|**Total**||**22,163**|**123,862**|**-**|**-**|**146,025**|**29,091**|
|||-|-|-|-|||
Receipts and payments 2425 VarapunyaAdditional notes (1)
December 2007
APPENDIX 3
OSCR
0tt6h Charity Regulat(
Inde
endent examiner's re
ort on the accounts
Report to the Chanty name Var4>unya B1¥St {VmInYa M1rta1K Centre)
trusteeslmembers of
Registered charity SC043989
number
On the accounts of the
charity for the period
Period start date
Month
Period end date
Month
March
Yeer
01
2024
to
31
2025
Set out on pages
10
remerter ki IlUde Ihe pe
umter5 sheets)
Respective The chariws trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance
responsibilities of with the terms of the Charities and Trustee Investrnent (Scotland) 2005 Act and the
trustees and examiner Charities Accounts (Scoliand) Regulab'ons 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.
Basis of independent My examination is carried out in accordance with Regulation 11 of the 2006 Accounts
examiner's statement Regulations. An examinab'on includes a review of the accounting records kept by the
charty and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes
consideration of any unusual items or disdosures in the accounts and seeks
explanations from the trustees conceming any such matters. The procedures undertaken
do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit and, consequently, I do
rt express an audit opinion on the view given by the accounts.
Independent examiner's In the course of my examination. no matter has ccAne to my attention
statement
which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the
requirements:
to keep accounting records in accordance with seclion 44(1) (a) of the 2005 Act and
Regulation 4 of the 2006 Accounts Regulations. and
to prepare accounts which accord wrth 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
(if any)..
112/2025
Address: ALVO
38 Ca3tle Street
Aberdeen
ABII 5YtJ
"Please delete the words in the Ikets (k) 1 appty. Wthe (k) aFvty. set tlM)se ITtt5 have c¢Nne to your attentK)n on Ihe
follong page.
APPENDIX 3
Disclosure section
Only complete rf the examiner needs to highlight material problems.
Give here brief details of
any items that the
examiner wishes to
disclose