## **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**|
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|From|<br>01|SEP|2023|To|<br>31|AUG|2024|



Office of the Scottish **Charity Regulator** 

## **Reference and administration details** 

**Charity name** THE BUSINESS CONNECTION **Other names charity is known by Registered charity number SC045163 Charity’s principal address** 


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

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**1** 



**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**|**Dates acted if not for whole year**|
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|**Structure, governance and management**||||
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|**Type of governing document**<br>**Trustee recruitment and appointment**||||
||CONSTITUTION|||
||Any person nominated individual or body who/which wishes to become a<br>Charity Trustee must sign a written application for Charity Trusteeship;<br>and for a corporate body, that application must be signed by an<br>appropriately authorised officer of that body who will remain as the<br>representative of that corporate body until such time as the corporate body<br>informs the Board otherwise. The application will then be considered by<br>the Board at its next Board Meeting.|||
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|**Objectives and activities**||||
|**Charitable purposes**<br>**Summary of the main activities**<br>**in relation to these objects**||||
||The advancement of the Christian Faith and the relief of need among the<br>business community in Scotland and in furtherance of this by;<br>- The provision of pastoral care to businesspeople in Scotland; and<br>- The provision of supportive interventions to relieve the needs of<br>businesspeople adversely affected by stressful working conditions.|||
||To provide opportunities for people of faith, or no faith, via regular events<br>such as breakfast meetings, lunchtime talks and evening functions, to<br>promote the Christian faith and offer help, discussion and support to<br>individuals and businesses. Following our events several requests have<br>been made to meet with a person on an individual basis for further support<br>or signposting to relevant 3rd party support.|||



**2** 



## **APPENDIX 1** 

## **Achievements and performance** 

|**Summary of the main achievements of**<br>**the charity during the financial period**|Summary of the main achievements:<br>2023/24<br>The time period 2023/24 saw the continuation of face to face meetings in<br>2 locations, Aberdeen and Dundee and the arrival of one additional<br>members to the Trustee Board,<br>The period saw a focus on business breakfasts with topical discussions in<br>line with the charity aim of providing opportunities for people of faith, or no<br>faith, via regular events such as breakfast meetings, lunchtime talks and<br>evening functions, to promote the Christian faith and offer help, discussion<br>and support to individuals and businesses.mDuring the period the in-<br>person breakfasts in Dundee and Aberdeen have grown slowly over the<br>year.|
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## **Financial review** 

|**Brief statement of the charity’s policy**<br>**on reserves**<br>**Details of any deficit**<br>**Donated facilities and services (if any)**|The charity aims to maintain a minimum of 3 months working capital at<br>any point|
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||No charge is made by any trustee for the provision of the services or the<br>running of the charity|



**3** 



## **APPENDIX 1** 

## **Other optional information** 


## **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) Position (e.g. Chair)** Finance Director **Date** 30[th] May 2025 

**4** 



Enter SC No. below 

Enter charity name below 

APPENDIX 2 

**SC045163** 

## **The Business Connection** 

## **Recei ts and a ments accounts p p y** 

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|||**For the period**<br>**from**||01<br>Day||SEP<br>Month||||2023<br>Year|||**to**|Day<br>31||Month<br>AUG||||||Year<br>**2024**||||
|**Section A Statement of receipts and payments**||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|||**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**||**Restricted funds**||||**Expendable**<br>**endowment**<br>**funds**||||||**Permanent**<br>**endowment**<br>**funds**|||**endowment**||**Total funds**<br>**current period**||||||**Total funds last**<br>**period**|
|||**to nearest £**||**to nearest £**||||**to nearest £**||||||**to nearest £**|||||**to nearest £**||||||**to nearest £**|
|**A1 Receipts**||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|Donations||**888**|||||||||||||||||**888**|**888**|**888**|**888**|**888**||**1,164**|
|Legacies|||||||||||||||||||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|||
|Grants|||||||||||||||||||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||**10,000**|
|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_**|**_A1 Sub total_**|**888**||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||**888**|**888**|**888**|**888**|**888**||**11,164**|
|**A2 Receipts from asset & investment**||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|**sales**||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|Proceeds from sale of fixed assets<br>**-**<br>Proceeds from sale of investments<br>**-**<br>**_A2 Sub total_                          -**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**_Total receipts_                      888**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**888**<br>**11,164**<br>~~—=——~~||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|**A3 Payments**||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|Expenses for fundraising activities|||||||||||||||||||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|||
|Gross trading payments|||||||||||||||||||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|||
|Investment management costs|||||||||||||||||||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|||
|Payments relating directly to charitable||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|activities||**3,568**|||||||||||||||||**3**|**3**|**3**|**3,568**|**568**||**1,044**|
|Grants and donations||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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|Governance costs:||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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|Audit / independent examination|||||||||||||||||||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|||
|Preparation of annual accounts|||||||||||||||||||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|||
|Legal costs|||||||||||||||||||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|||
|Other|Other|Other||||||||||||||||||||||||
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|**_A3 Sub total_ **||**3,568**||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||**3,568**|**3,568**|**3,568**|**3,568**|**3,568**||**1,044**|
|**A4 Payments relating to asset and**||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|**investment movements**<br>Purchases of fixed assets<br>**-**<br>Purchase of investments<br>**-**<br>**_A4 Sub total_                           -**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**_Total payments_                   3,568**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**3,568**<br>**1,044**<br>~~———————~~||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|**_Net receipts / (payments)_**<br>**A5 Transfers to / (from) funds**<br>**_Surplus / (deficit) for year_**|**2,680)**<br>**(**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**2,680)**<br>**(**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>~~———~~|||||||||||||||**-**<br>**-**||||||**2,680)**<br>**(**<br>**-**<br>**2,680)**<br>**(**|||**10,120**<br>**10,120**|





APPENDIX 2 

**The Business Connection** 

**SC045163** 

## **Section B Statement of balances** 

|**Categories**<br>**Signed by one or two trustees**<br>**on behalf of all the trustees**<br>**B3 Other assets**<br>**B5 Contingent liabilities**<br>**B4 Liabilities**<br>**B1 Cash funds**<br>**B2 Investments**|**Details**<br>Surplus / (deficit) shown on receipts and<br>payments account<br>**Signature**<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>**Cash and bank balances at end of year**<br>(Agree balances with receipts and payments<br>account(s))<br>Cash and bank balances at start of year<br>**Details**<br>**Details**|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**|**Restricted funds**<br>**to nearest £**|**Restricted funds**<br>**to nearest £**|**Expendable**<br>**endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**|**Expendable**<br>**endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**|**Permanent**<br>**endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**|**Permanent**<br>**endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**|**Total current**<br>**period**<br>**to nearest £**|**Total current**<br>**period**<br>**to nearest £**|**Total last period**<br>**to nearest £**|
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|||**12,418**||||||||**12,418**||**15,175**|
|||**2,680)**<br>**(**||||||||**2,680)**<br>**(**||**10,120**|
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|||**9,738**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**9,738**||**15,175**|
|||||||||||<br>-<br>**Market valuation**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**Current value (if**<br>**available)**<br>**to nearest £**<br> <br>**-**<br>**Amount due**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**Amount due**<br>**(estimate)**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-**||-                    0|
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APPENDIX 2 

**The Business Connection** 

**SC045163** 

## **Section C Notes to the Accounts** 

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

General fund for the running of the charity and furtherance of the charitable objectives. 

|**C3a Trustee remuneration**<br>**C4a Trustee expenses**<br>**C4b Trustee expenses -**<br>**details**<br>**C6 Other information**<br>**C5 Transactions with trustees**<br>**and connected persons**<br>**C3b Trustee remuneration -**<br>**details**<br>**C2 Grants**|**Type of activity or project supported**<br>None<br>Recruitment of Personnel|**Type of activity or project supported**<br>None<br>Recruitment of Personnel|**Type of activity or project supported**<br>None<br>Recruitment of Personnel|**Individual /**<br>**institution**<br>**-**|**Individual /**<br>**institution**<br>**-**|**Number of grants**<br>**made**|**£**||
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||If no remuneration was paid during the period to any charity trustee or person connected to a<br>trustee cross this box (otherwise complete section 3b)||||||**x**||
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APPENDIX 2 

**The Business Connection** 

**SC045163** 

## **Additional analysis (1)** 

## **Analysis of receipts and payments** 

## **1 Donations** 

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|General Donations<br>**Total**<br>**2 Grants**||**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**938**||**Restricted funds**<br>**to nearest £**||**Expendable**<br>**endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**||**Permanent**<br>**endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**||**Total current**<br>**period**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**938**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**||**Total last period**<br>**to nearest £**|
|||**938**||||||||**938**||**1,164**|
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|||**938**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**938**||**1,164**|
|||**reference**<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**||**-**<br>**Restricted funds**<br>**to nearest £**||**-**||**-**||**reference**<br>**Total current**<br>**period**<br>**to nearest £**||**-**<br>**Total last period**<br>**to nearest £**|
|None||**-**||||||||**-**||**10,000**|
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|**Total**||**-**||**-**||||||**-**||**10,000**|
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## **3  Gross receipts from other charitable activities** 

|||**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**|**Restricted funds**<br>**to nearest £**|**Restricted funds**<br>**to nearest £**|**Expendable**<br>**endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**|**Expendable**<br>**endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**|**Permanent**<br>**endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**|**Permanent**<br>**endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**|**Total current**<br>**period**<br>**to nearest £**|**Total current**<br>**period**<br>**to nearest £**|**Total last period**<br>**to nearest £**|
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|**Total**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
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## **4  Payments relating directly to charitable activities** 

|||**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**|**Restricted funds**<br>**to nearest £**|**Restricted funds**<br>**to nearest £**|**Expendable**<br>**endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**|**Expendable**<br>**endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**|**Permanent**<br>**endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**|**Permanent**<br>**endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**|**Total current**<br>**period**<br>**to nearest £**|**Total current**<br>**period**<br>**to nearest £**|**Total last period**<br>**to nearest £**|
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APPENDIX 2 

**SC045163** 

## **Additional analysis (2)** 

## **5  Breakdown of unrestricted funds** 

|**Receipts**<br>Donations<br>Legacies<br>Grants<br>Receipts from fundraisingactivities<br>Gross tradingreceipts<br>buildings<br>Rents from land & buildings<br>Gross receipts from other charitable activities<br>**_Sub total_**<br>**Receipts from asset & investment sales**|**Receipts**<br>Donations<br>Legacies<br>Grants<br>Receipts from fundraisingactivities<br>Gross tradingreceipts<br>buildings<br>Rents from land & buildings<br>Gross receipts from other charitable activities<br>**_Sub total_**<br>**Receipts from asset & investment sales**|**Unrestricted**<br>**fund 1 - enter**<br>**name of fund**<br>**below**|**Unrestricted**<br>**fund 1 - enter**<br>**name of fund**<br>**below**|**Unrestricted**<br>**fund 2 - enter**<br>**name of fund**<br>**below**|**Unrestricted**<br>**fund 2 - enter**<br>**name of fund**<br>**below**|**Unrestricted**<br>**fund 3 - enter**<br>**name of fund**<br>**below**|**Unrestricted**<br>**fund 3 - enter**<br>**name of fund**<br>**below**|**Unrestricted**<br>**fund 4 - enter**<br>**name of fund**<br>**below**|**Unrestricted**<br>**fund 4 - enter**<br>**name of fund**<br>**below**|**Total**<br>**unrestricted**<br>**funds**|**Total**<br>**unrestricted**<br>**funds**|**Total**<br>**unrestricted**<br>**funds last period**|
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|||**938**||||||||**938**||**1,164**|
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|||**938**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**938**||**11,164**|
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|Proceeds from sale of fixed assets||||||||||**-**|||
|Proceeds from sale of investments||||||||||**-**|||
|**_Sub total_**<br>**_Total receipts_**<br>**Payments**<br>Expenses for fundraising activities<br>Gross trading payments<br>Investment management costs<br>Payments relating directly to charitable activities<br>Grants and donations<br>Governance costs:<br>Audit / independent examination<br>Preparation of annual accounts<br>Legal costs<br>**_Sub total_**<br>**Payments relating to asset and investment**<br>**movements**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
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|||**938**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**938**||**11,164**|
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|||**3,568**||||||||**3,568**||**1,044**|
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|||**3,568**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**3,568**||**1,044**|
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|Purchases of fixed assets||||||||||**-**|||
|Purchase of investments||||||||||**-**|||
|**_Sub total_**<br>**_Total payments_**<br>**_Net receipts / (payments)_**<br>**Transfers to / (from) funds**<br>**_Surplus / (deficit) for year_**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
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|||**3,568**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**3,568**||**1,044**|
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|||**2,630)**<br>**(**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**2,630)**<br>**(**||**10,120**|
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|||**2,630)**<br>**(**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**2,630)**<br>**(**||**10,120**|
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APPENDIX 2 

**The Business Connection** 

**SC045163** 

## **Additional analysis (3)** 

## **6  Breakdown of restricted funds** 

|**Receipts**<br>Donations<br>Legacies<br>Grants<br>Receipts from fundraisingactivities<br>Gross tradingreceipts<br>Income from investments other than land and<br>buildings<br>Rents from land & buildings<br>Gross receipts from other charitable activities<br>**_Sub total_**<br>**Receipts from asset & investment sales**<br>Proceeds from sale of fixed assets<br>Proceeds from sale of investments<br>**_Sub total_**<br>**_Total receipts_**<br>**Payments**|**Receipts**<br>Donations<br>Legacies<br>Grants<br>Receipts from fundraisingactivities<br>Gross tradingreceipts<br>Income from investments other than land and<br>buildings<br>Rents from land & buildings<br>Gross receipts from other charitable activities<br>**_Sub total_**<br>**Receipts from asset & investment sales**<br>Proceeds from sale of fixed assets<br>Proceeds from sale of investments<br>**_Sub total_**<br>**_Total receipts_**<br>**Payments**|**Restricted fund**<br>**1 - enter name of**<br>**fund below**|**Restricted fund**<br>**1 - enter name of**<br>**fund below**|**Restricted fund**<br>**2 - enter name of**<br>**fund below**|**Restricted fund**<br>**2 - enter name of**<br>**fund below**|**Restricted fund**<br>**3 - enter name of**<br>**fund below**|**Restricted fund**<br>**3 - enter name of**<br>**fund below**|**Restricted fund**<br>**4 - enter name of**<br>**fund below**|**Restricted fund**<br>**4 - enter name of**<br>**fund below**|**Total restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**Total restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**Total restricted**<br>**funds last**<br>**period**|
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|Expenses for fundraising activities||||||||||**-**|||
|Gross trading payments||||||||||**-**|||
|Investment management costs||||||||||**-**|||
|Payments relating directly to charitable activities||||||||||**-**|||
|Grants and donations||||||||||**-**|||
|Governance costs:||||||||||**-**|||
|Audit / independent examination||||||||||**-**|||
|Preparation of annual accounts||||||||||**-**|||
|Legal costs||||||||||**-**|||
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|**_Sub total_**<br>**Payments relating to asset and investment**<br>**movements**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
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|Purchases of fixed assets||||||||||**-**|||
|Purchase of investments||||||||||**-**|||
|**_Sub total_**<br>**_Total payments_**<br>**_Net receipts / (payments)_**<br>**Transfers to / (from) funds**<br>**_Surplus / (deficit) for year_**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
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gbdhn2APPENDIX 3
Sc(*iisli Charily Repiilalur
Independent examiner's report on the accounts
Report to the Charfty name
trusteeslmembers of
The Buslness Connoctlon
Registared charity
number SC045163
On the accounts of the
Period start dale
charity for the perlod
Month
Period end dale
Month
Yaar
Day
Year
to
01
09
2023
31
08
2024
Set out on page3
IremBrnber lo lrtclude the
num￿15 01gdd1¢4onpl ¥he•is1
Ckne lo SIX
Respectlve The Gharily's Iruslees are responsible for th¢ preparation of the aecounls in accordance
rosponslbllltles of with the terms of the Charllles and Trustee Investment (Scollandl 2005 Act and th8
trustges and examlner
Charities Accounts IScolland} Regulation5 2006 (as amended). The charity Irusl885
consider that the auéll requirement of Rogulalion 10111 Idl of the A¢Gounls Regulations
does not apply. 11 Is my responsibility lo examine the accounts as requlred under section
4411 } Ic) of the Act and lo slate whether particular mallers have come lo my allenllon.
8asls of Independent My examination18 ¢8rried out in accordance with R8gulallon 11 of the 2006 Accounts
oxaminer's statement Regulations. An examinallon Includes a review of the accounting records kept by the
ch8rlly and a comparison of the accounts presented wllh those records. 11 also In¢ludes
consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts and seeks
explanations from the trustees concerr)Ing any such mallers. The procedures Lrnderlaken
do not provide all Ihe evldence that would be requlred in an audit and, consequently. I do
not express an audit opinlon on the view glven by the accounts.
Independent examlngr's In the course of my examlnallon, no maller has come lo my allenlion lolher than that
statement dlsclosed on the allached page'l
whlch gives me reasonabl8 cause lo belleve that In any malerlal respect the
requirements..
lo keep accounllng records In accordance with secllon 44{11 la) of the 2005 Act and
Regulation 4 of the 2006 Accounts Regulations, and
lo prepare accounts whlch accord with the a¢¢ounling 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
underslaiidiii
of 11)e accounts lo bo reached.
Signed:
ate..
Name:
Rèlevant professional
qualification(sl or body
(if any):
Address:
"Please delete the wo¥Os in Ihe bra¢kels il they do not apply. 11 ihe ¥voids do apply, s61 oul those rnatter5 wNch have come to your8ttenllon on the
foll￿n9 page.

APPENDIX 3
.,Disclosure' secti<)n'....
Only complete If the examiner needs to highllght matedal problems.
Glve here brief details of
any Items that the
examiner wishes to
disclose
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