APPENDIX 1 oscr Period start date Y￿r Period end date Month 01 Year From 01 To 31 2024 Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator Reference and administration details Charity name Other names charty is known Aberdeen Malayalee Assoaation - SCIO Registered charity number Charity's principal address SC045370 Names of the charty trustees on date of approval of Trustees, Annual Report Trustee name Office Irf any) Dates aeted rf not for whole year (or body) entrtled to yoint 1nBtee (il aryl TrusteelPresident Trusteelsecretary Trustee￿reaSUrer Trusteeivice president Trusteel Joint Trustee Trustee Trustee Trustee Trustee Trustee Trustee Trustee APPENDIX 1 Reference and administration details Name5 of all other charity trustee5 during the period. rf any. (for exarnple. those who resigned part way through the financial period) Structure, governance and management Type of governing document SCIO Constitution Trustee recrnitment and appointment Recrurted and appointed at the Annual General Body meets.ng as per the constttution. Objectives and activities Charitable purposes The relief of the needs of the speakers of Malayalam in North East Scotland who find themselves in necessitous circumstances. advancement of the arts. heritage and culture of Kerala and the advan￿ment of public participation in the traditional sports of Kerala. Summary of the main activities in relation to these objects MUSIC NIGHT AMA has organised it's the first stage programme after a long time on the ￿ ofJune 2023. We have organised a cultural music night for the members wth singers from out of Aberdeen and a few other programmes from our members. It was a very memorable evening delicious food and around 400 people in attendance. Everyone enjoyed the evening as it was after long time we have had the opportunty to come together as a group. ONAM CELEBRATION 2023 The stste festival of Kerala. Onam was celebrated traditionally th various programs and Onam Sadhya on the 0210912023 at Heathery bum School. Northfield. We had a good turnout of about 530 people including children. The celebration was very colorful a rich. Badminton toumaments, tug of war competitions and other culbjral activities were conducted during this period. AMA ANUUNAL GENERAL BODY MEETING - 2810112024 The AGM was held on the 28 of January 2024 at st. Clements Episcopal Hall at 4pm. The meeting was presided over by the president of the association. The annual report was presented by￿secretary) and the financial report was presented by ￿ (Treasurer). CHARITY APPEAL and MONTHLY GATHERINGS AMA has initiated a chanty appeal during this time. It is for . who an intemational student from India came here to study at Aberdeen university. She became critically ill and was admrtled to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary ever since she was in the UK and for her, we collected 2030.00 pounds. From July. the Association started a regular monthly gathering on the last Saturday of each month for our members to meet each other. We organized a big screen for the Cricket world cup final and IPL final. Many of our members gathered, induding children. CHRISTMAS NEW YEAR CELEBRATION 1310112024 The Chnstrnas New Year Celebration was held on the 13th of January 2024 at Ashdale hall, Westhill from 6.30pm. The celebration was based on the theme 'HEAL THE WORLD" The evening was rich wrth a wondertul opening programme wrth the theme presentation and nativity play, colorful dan￿s, beaLrtrful APPENDIX 1 Achievements and performance Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the financial period Successfully conducted three stage programmes for the members and initiated three charity appeals. We have provided the plattorm for the members to be connected to each other and availed right support and help during the d￿Cult "me. Financial review Brief statement of the charl￿S policy on reserves All unrestricted funds al the bank constrtute the reserves of the charity Details of any surplus There was a sU￿lUS of £4094.00 from last year. Details of deficit Not applicable Donated facilities and 5ervice5 (if any) APPENDIX 1 Other optional information Aberdeen Malayalee Association which started as a small friendly group in 2006 has grown from strength to strength and became a charitable organisation in 2015. We have got 177registered families {522 members) with plans for many more Suc￿ssfiJl chantable endeavours in the days to come. Declaration The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees. report above. Signed on behalf of the chari 's trustees Signaturels Full namels Position {e.g. Chair) Secretary Date 2210712024 APPENDIX 3 OSCR s(￿th Charity ReguL31or Inde endent examiner's re berdeen Malayalee Association - SCIO ort on the accounts Report lo the trusteeslmembers of Registered charty number On the accounts of the charity for the period SC045370 Pericxj start date Period end date th Year 01 24 Set out on pages Respective The charity's trustees are resp￿sible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance responsibilrties of trustees and examiner wtth the terms of the charib.es and Trustee Investment {ScoUandl 2005 Act and the Charities Accounts Iscouand) Regulations 2￿6 las amended). The charity buslees CC￿sIder that the audtt requirement of Regulab'on 1011} Idl of the Accounts Regulations does not app￿. It is my resFonsibiltty to examine the accounts as required under section 4411} {cl of the Act and to state whelher parb"cular 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 examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the eharrty and a comparison of the aecounts presented with those records. It also includes eC4)siderat￿n of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts and seeks explanat￿n$ from the trustees eonceming any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the ewdence that would be required in an audit and, consequently, I do not ewess an audit opinion on the vw given by the accounts. In the course of my examinalion. no matter has come to my attention Independent exarniner's statement whith gives me reasonable Ca￿ to believe that in any material respect the requirements" to keep accounting re￿15 in aC￿rdanCe with seclion 44111 (al of the 2005 Act and Regulation 4 of the 2006 Accounts RegulatKJns, and to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting reQ￿d5 ￿MplY with Regulation 9 of the 2006 Accounts RegulatKJns have not been Met or to which, in my opinKJn, attentic￿ should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Date: Signed: Name: Relevant professional qualification(s) or body (if any): Address: p8ge. 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 ||||||Enter charity name below|Enter charity name below|Enter charity name below|Enter charity name below|Enter charity name below|Enter charity name below|Enter charity name below|||||||||Enter SC No. below|Enter SC No. below|Enter SC No. below| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**Aberdeen Malayalee Association SCIO**|||||||||||||||||||**SC045370**||| ||**Receipts andpayments accounts**
**For the period**
**from**
Period start date
Period end date
**to**
01
02
2023
Day
Month
Year
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Month
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31
01
**2024**
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**funds**||**Restricted**
**funds**||||**Expendable**
**endowment**
**funds**||||**Permanent**
**endowment**
**funds**||||**Total funds**
**current period**|||||**Total funds last**
**period**||**Total funds last**
**period**| ||**to nearest £**||**to nearest £**||||**to nearest £**||||**to nearest £**||||**to nearest £**|||||**to nearest £**||**to nearest £**| |**A1 Receipts**||||||||||||||||||||||| |Donations|**25039**||||||||||||||**25**|**25**|**25**|**25,039**||**14,113**||| |Legacies|||||||||||||||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||||| |Grants /HMRC|**5,569**||||||||||||||**5**|**5**|**5**|**5,569**||**3**|**3,620**|| |Receipts from fundraisingactivities|||||||||||||||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||||| |Gross tradingreceipts|||||||||||||||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||||| |Income from investments other than||||||||||||||||||||||| |land and buildings|||||||||||||||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||||| |Rents from land & buildings|||||||||||||||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||||| |Gross receipts from other charitable||||||||||||||||||||||| |activities|||||||||||||||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**| ||||||||||||||||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||||| |**_A1 Sub total_**|**_A1 Sub total_ 30,608**||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**||**30,608**|**30,608**|**30,608**|**30,608**||**17,733**||| |**A2 Receipts from asset &**||||||||||||||||||||||| |**investment sales**||||||||||||||||||||||| |Proceeds from sale of fixed assets
Proceeds from sale of investments
**_A2 Sub total_ -**
**-**
**-**
**_Total receipts_ 30,608**
**-**
**-**
~~———~~|||||||||||**-**
**-**|**-**
**-**|**-**
**-**||**-**
**-**
**-**
**30,608**|**-**
**-**
**-**
**30,608**|**-**
**-**
**-**
**30,608**|**-**
**-**
**-**
**30,608**||**-**
**17,733**||| |**A3 Payments**||||||||||||||||||||||| |Expenses for fundraising activities|||||||||||||||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||**20,661**||| |Gross trading payments|||||||||||||||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||||| |Investment management costs|||||||||||||||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||||| |Payments relating directly to charitable|Payments relating directly to charitable|||||||||||||||||||||| |activities|**26,354**||||||||||||||**26**|**26**|**26**|**26,354**||||| |Grants and donations||||||||||||||||||||||| ||||||||||||||||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||||| |Governance costs:||||||||||||||||||||||| ||||||||||||||||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||||| |Audit / independent examination|**100**||||||||||||||**100**|**100**|**100**|**100**||**100**|**100**|**100**| |Preparation of annual accounts|||||||||||||||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||||| |Legal costs|||||||||||||||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||||| |Other|Other**60**||||||||||||||**60**|**60**|**60**|**60**||**60**|**60**|**60**| ||||||||||||||||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||||| |**_A3 Sub total_ **|**26,514**||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**||**26,514**|**26,514**|**26,514**|**26,514**||**20,821**||| |**A4 Payments relating to asset and**||||||||||||||||||||||| |**investment movements**||||||||||||||||||||||| |Purchases of fixed assets
**-**
Purchase of investments
**-**
**_A4 Sub total_ -**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Total payments_ 26,514**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**26,514**
**20,821**
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**4,094**
**-**
**-**
**A5 Transfers to / (from) funds**
**_Surplus / (deficit) for year_**
**4,094**
**-**
**-**
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**-**|||||**4,094**
**-**
**4,094**||**(**
**(**|**3,088)**
**3,088)**
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