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← Aberdeen Scottish Hellenic Society

2025-07-31-accounts

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Day Month Year Day Month Year From 1 August 2024 To 31 July 2025 Trustees’Period start Annual date Report forthePeriod period end date=|

Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator

Charity name Aberdeen Scottish Hellenic Society Other names charity is known by Registered charity number $C046195 Charity’s principal address 9 Gordon Road

Aberdeen

Postcode AB15 7RY

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

Office (if any) not for whole year (or body) entitled Trustee[name] Dates acted if appointName oftrustee person (if. any) 1 Hamish Wilson President

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Reference and administration details
Names of all other charity trustees during the period, if any, (for example, those who resigned partway
through the financial period)
Name Dates acted if notforwhole year
Structure, governance and management
Type ofgoverning document The Society is governed by a Constitution which was last approved at a
General Meeting on 26 November 2015.
Trustee recruitment and appointment The Trustees are the Committee which carries out the business of the
Society on behalf of the members. The Committee is formally elected at
the Annual General Meeting of the Society.
All members are encouraged
to stand for Committee membership.
Objectives and activities
Charitable purposes The Society's approved charitable purposes are (a) the advancement of
education and (b) the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or
science. This is expressed through the aims of the Society which are:
(a) to promote, through education and other means, interest in Greek
culture, life and thought both past and present
(b) to provide opportunities for social contact between local and Greek
members
(c) to co-operate with other bodies having similar aims
Summary of the main activities (a) educational meetings with invited speakers
in relation to these objects (b) a range ofevents to support social contact between local and Greek
members and to encourage new members
(c) musical and cultural events
(d) classes to support the learning of Modern Greek
(e) a local “Hellenic School” for the teaching of Modern Greek to young
children of Greek and other families
(f) co-operating with the Hellenic Alliance of Scotland, other Hellenic
Societies in Scotland and the Aberdeen and North of Scotland Centre of
theClassicalAssociation

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’ APPENDIX 1 Achievements and performance

The Society wishes to record in this report the sad death in October 2024 of its Honorary President and founder member, Dr Melvin Dalgarno. A celebratory event was held in his memory in May 2025.

The Society organised the following events during the year:

It proved impossible to find a suitable replacement venue for our regular Easter event in 2025.

The Society was honoured to host visits in October 2024 from the new Consul! General in Manchester whose responsibilities include Scotland, and from the Greek Ambassador in London.

Members had the opportunity to participate in the varied programme of (mostly virtual) talks organised by the Aberdeen and North of Scotland Centre of the Classical Association. Society representatives continued to participate in the Hellenic Alliance of Scotland.

A range of adult classes for Modern Greek were held both online and in person to meet the differing needs of the participants.

The Hellenic School continued its successful operation, delivering Modern Greek classes to up to 40 children of local Greek and other families, supported by expert teachers and assistants. The School also provided a range of other activities for the children, including a Carnival Party, geography workshops, and partnerships with schools in Nottingham and loannina.

Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves

The Society's principal source of income is membership subscriptions, supplemented by modest donations and any surpluses from social events. The policy on reserves is to retain sufficient funds to meet any potential shortfall on the costs of meeting and events, and to provide for any equipment or donation requirements to support Society activities

Details of any deficit

Donated facilities and services (if any)

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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) a OSCR will accept rr. £ Tt Ly ( digital or typed Ny k FQ signatures ‘ { , Full name(s) Dr Hamish Wilson Position (e.g. Chair) President Date 14 April 2026

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SCOTTISH” HELLENIC "SOCIETY		 t ; ; t
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Scottish Charity Registration No. SC046195
Statements of Receipts amd Payments
1st August 2024
- 31st July 2025
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Notes
‘Unrestrictedfunds
‘Restrictedfunds
Total
Unrestricted funds
‘Restrictedfunds
Total
RECEIPTS

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 2024-2025
Membership subscriptions
Greek Evening tickets
Palamas appeal
Melvin's fund		 - [
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Aberdeen Hellenic School
3		 221.00 _
221.00.
Modern Greek classes
Ceilidh		 ** ** ** ** 1422.00
0 5
Greek Easter party
Donations
Gift Aid 2023-2024 (2022-2023)


Totals 7463.70.
-7463.70.
PAYMENTS ff [
Lecturerexpenses 0.00,
Greek evening expenses
Palamas appeal		 I
1266.12,
0.00,
Melvin's fund expenses
Aberdeen Hellenic School
Modern Greek classes
Ceilidh expenses
Greek Easter party		 ee



Donations and prizes ee 2
4		 215.00
215.00
Public Liabilityand Trustees Indemnity Insurance 259.52,
Website and domain expenses
Secretarial, printing, subs		 ;

348.34
107.20
Modern Greek prizefrom Loula'sfund 2023-2024 5 40.00 _
40.00.		 0.00.
Bank charges
Other

44.50,
203.84
6250.32, 6250.32,
Surplus/-Deficit for this period 1213.38, 0.00
1213.38
Total funds brought forward 7940.09 0.00.
7940.09
Totalfundscarriedforward 9153.47 0.00,
9153.47,		 7940.09 0.00
7940.09

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ABERDEEN SCOTTISH HELLENIC SOCIETY | 1 t T t ,
StatementScottish Charityof BalancesRegistrationat 31stNo. JulySC0461952025 | | || |
| Unrestricted funds _ Restricted funds | Total Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Total
2024 - 2025
| _ 2024-2025 =2024-2025 2023 - 2024 2023-2024 2023 - 2024
Surplus/-Deficit | 1213.38 0.00 1213.38 -562.57 0.00 —-562.57
Clydesdale Bank current account at 31st July 2025 | | 9153.47, 0.00 9153.47 7940.09 0.00, 7940.09
Notes to accounts 1st August 2024 to 31st July 2025 | | | | | |
1 These accounts have been prepared on Receipts and Payments basis in accordance with the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland ) Act 2005 |
and the Charities Accounts ( Scotland ) Regulations 2005 (as amended) | | | |
2 Subscriptions represent 177 members - 129 Full members, 19 Students and 29 Children | | |
3 ASHS made a donation of £320 to the Aberdeen Hellenic School for workshop expenses | - | | |
The Aberdeen Hellenic School funds are ring-fenced and the balance at 31st July 2025 is £2149.74 | | |
4 Donations of £100 and £75 were made to St Mary's Church and Lumphanan Golf Club (Hygiene Course ) respectively | |
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Independent examiner’s report on the accounts = w Report to the Charity name trustees/members of ne pgeeoececN SCoTTISH HEUENIC SOCIET y Registered charity SC or number O% wli4 | On the accounts of the Period start date Period end date charity for the period Day Month Year Day Month Year to O \ OS 2ZO2ZYy Koo O71 ZOLS Sit Gui on pages PunTbondor sgaHiol wet Respective The charity's trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance responsibilities Of with the terms of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) 2005 Act and the trustees and examiner 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. 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 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, | do not express an audit opinion on the view given by the accounts. Independent examiner’s In the course of my examination, no matter has come to my attention [other than that statement 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 Signed**: CSMunderstanding2th of the accounts to be reached.Date: i~mfirj2o2S | Name: C§.age A SMITH | Relevant professional qualification(s) or body BA. AccOONTIANG (if any): Address: | mitLAnN viel Lom? HANAN BARCHO CY AB3\ 4SF |

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