Dundee Chinese School
Annual Report and Accounts For the Year to 30 April 2025
Scottish Charity Reference
SC 044552
Dundee Chinese School
Report and Accounts For the Year Ended 30 April 2025
| Contents | Page |
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| Reference & Administrative Information | 2 |
| Annual Report of the Trustee Board | 3 |
| Report of the Independent Examiner | 5 |
| Receipts & Payments Account | 6 |
| Statement of Balances | 7 |
| Notes to the Accounts | 8 |
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Dundee Chinese School Reference & Administrative Information For the Year Ended 30 April 2025
Scottish Charity Number: SC 044552
Trustee Board
The following served as members of the Board (trustees of the charity):
Current Trustees:
Independent examiner:
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Dundee Chinese School
Annual Report of the Trustee Board
The Trustee Board are pleased to present their report and the accounts for the year ended 30 April 2025.
Structure, Governance and Management
Dundee Chinese School is a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation registered as a charity on 30 December 2013.
The affairs of the Dundee Chinese School are conducted by the members of the Trustee Board, who are the trustees of the charity. The maximum and minimum number of trustees are 7 and 3 respectively.
The Trustee Board retire at the following AGM but are eligible for re-election.
The names of those who served on the Trustee Board during the year and other reference and administrative information are shown on page 2.
Objectives, Activities & Achievements
The Dundee Chinese School has the following charitable purposes:
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To advance understanding of Chinese language and culture;
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To provide both children and adults an opportunity to learn Chinese language and culture;
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To promote Chinese culture in the local community by working with other arts and cultural bodies;
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To improve mutual understanding and promote racial harmony amongst the Chinese community, the host community and other ethnic groups in and around the City of Dundee.
The year 2024-2025 is a year worth celebrating. All classes of the Dundee Chinese School (DCS), including Chinese language classes and cultural class, are successfully running classrooms teaching. Both teachers and students kept enjoying face-to-face learning environment and interaction. The Parent’s Council was active and supportive as always. Parents were happy and willing to join the class and helped teachers for better class performance. Meanwhile, two groups of online classes were run to satisfy the requirements of students from other parts of Scotland and London.
Although outdoors activities weren’t organized this year due to the bad weather, DSC celebrated Christmas and Chinese New Year in the hall with our students and their family. We prepared beautiful Christmas gifts for every student. In Chinese New Year day, our students and teachers filmed the greeting video to all our friends in China and overseas.
This year our students worked very hard and achieved amazing results. In the 22[nd ] All-UK Mandarin Recitation competition, our students won six Gold, four Silver and one Bronze Awards. Especially, two students were qualified to the Second Round of the 8[th] Global Chinese Recitation Contest and finally gained one Gold and one Bronze Awards. In Chinese Classics Recitation Competition, our students gained one Most Creative Award, one Best Performance Award and one Best Recitation Award. In the Global Huawen Creative Writing Competition, three students won the 1[st] prize, nine won the 2[nd] prize and five won merit prize. There are also one wining the 2[nd] prize and four wining the 3[rd] prize in the 25th World Chinese Student Composition Competition. In 1[st] World Chinese Composition Competition, our students received one 1st prize, two 3rd prize and five Merit Award. Two 1[st] prize and eight 3[rd] prizes were gained in 17[th] All-UK Calligraphy Competition. One of our students participated the “Love China – My Spring Festival Story” Online Camp for Overseas Chinese Youths and gained the title “Outstanding Camper”. In Huaxing Junior Journalists Global PK Competition, our students achieved one 2[nd] prize, one 3[rd] prize and two Merit Award.
In the SQA Nation 5 and Higher Chinese examinations, all eight of our students achieved excellent grades of A or A*.
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Dundee Chinese School
Annual Report of the Trustee Board
Financial Review
There were net receipts of £4,005 over the year. Details of receipts and payments during the year are shown on page 6. Funds of £60,793, all of which are unrestricted, are carried forward at the end of the year as shown in the statement of balances on page 7.
Signed on behalf of the Trustee Board:
Date: 20 January 2026
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Report of the Independent Examiner To the Trustee Board of Dundee Chinese School
I report on the accounts of Dundee Chinese School (the charity) for the year ended 30 April 2025, which are set out on pages 6 to 8.
Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner
The Trustee Board, as trustees of the charity, are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the terms of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 and the Charities Accounts (Scotland) Regulations 2006. The charity trustees consider that the audit requirement of Regulation l0(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 examiner's statement
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 view given by the accounts.
Independent examiner's statement
In the course of my examination, no matter has come to my attention
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which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements:
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to keep accounting records in accordance with Section 44(1) (a) of the 2005 Act and Regulation 4 of the 2006 Accounts Regulations, and
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to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with Regulation 9 of the 2006 Accounts Regulations
have not been met, or
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Date: 20 January 2026
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Dundee Chinese School
Receipts and payments account for the year ended 30 April 2025
| Receipts Tuition fees Donations & fundraising Total Receipts in year Payments: Payments for charitable activities: Teachers' expenses Volunteer expenses Teaching materials: other resources Outings Property costs Bank charges Capital expenditure Governance costs: Independent examination Trustees insurance Total Payments in year Net receipts in year |
Total Total Funds Funds 2025 2024 £ £ 20,660 17,087 - 1,000 20,660 18,087 10,554 6,915 780 160 - 537 419 700 4,590 3,246 68 67 - 700 - 50 244 244 16,655 12,619 4,005 5,468 |
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All funds were unrestricted
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Dundee Chinese School
Statement of Balances as at 30 April 2025
| Funds Reconciliation Opening balance Net receipts in year Closing balance Bank & Cash Balances Bank current account Total Bank & Cash Balances Other Assets (at cost) Lion costume Laptop Projector Computers |
Total Funds 2025 £ 56,788 4,005 60,793 60,793 60,793 920 878 500 3,588 5,886 |
Total Funds 2024 £ 51,320 5,468 |
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| 56,788 | ||
| 56,788 | ||
| 56,788 | ||
| 920 878 500 3,588 |
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| 5,886 |
Approved by the Trustee Board on 20 January 2026 and signed on their behalf by:
Date: 20 January 2026
Trustee
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Dundee Chinese School
Notes to the Accounts
For the Year Ended 30 April 2025
1. Basis of accounting
The accounts have been prepared on a 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 can be used in furtherance of any of the charitable objects at the discretion of the trustees. A single unrestricted fund is maintained for the day to day operations of the Charity.
Restricted funds can only be used for particular restricted purposes within the objects of the charity. Restrictions arise when specified by the donor or when funds are raised for particular restricted purposes.
3. Trustees' remuneration and expenses
One trustees received expenses of £300 in the current year (previous year - 2 trustees received expenses [Total £840])
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