APPENDIX 1
| Period start date | Period start date | Period start date | Period end date | Period end date | Period end date | ||
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| Day | Month | Year | Day | Month | Year | ||
| From | 01 | 07 | 2023 | To | 30 | 06 | 2024 |
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Scottish Charity Regulator
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Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator
Reference and administration details
Charity name Open Past Other names charity is known by Registered charity number SC047486 Charity’s principal address
Names of the charity trustees on date of approval of Trustees’ Annual Report
Name of person Dates acted if Trustee name Office (if any) (or body) entitled to not for whole year (if any) 8 ~~|~~ 9 ~~|~~ 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 ~~|~~ 15 | 16 ~~|~~ 17 ~~|~~ 18 | 19 | 20
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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 | ||
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| Structure, governance and management | ||||
| Type of governing document Trustee recruitment and appointment |
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| SCVO Model SCIO Constitution (single-tier) | ||||
| The board may at any time appoint any person to be a way of a resolution passed by majority vote at a board |
charity trustee - by meeting. |
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| Objectives and activities | ||||
| Charitable purposes Summary of the main activities in relation to these objects |
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| "The advancement of education", "The advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science" |
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| Running engagement projects around history, heritage, archaeology and art e.g. • Heritage themed colouring sheet website – making humanity; • Recording and publishing conference, workshop and seminar talks on our YouTube channel – TALE. |
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Achievements and performance
| Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the financial period |
Some key highlights: • Had an intern from Arcadia University that worked on the Making Humanity project. • Two SGSAH interns overlapped with this period – one worked on shorts/tick toc videos for the Making Humanity Project. Another one created creative writing resources for the project; • Video recorded and made available presentations from many different conferences e.g. CIfA, EAA, TAFAC, etc. • Completed the Cultural Bridge project – and exchange of knowledge with an organisation in Germany – the bEAR. • Continued to employ one part-time employee throughout the year. |
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Financial review
| Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves Details of any deficit Donated facilities and services (if any) |
Maintain sufficient reserves to ensure day-to-day running for six months |
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| Amounts due for several projects that carried over from 2022-23 resulted in a deficient. This was expected and we are still running successfully. |
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Other optional information
Declaration
The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.
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Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees
Signature(s)
OSCR will accept
digital or typed
signatures
Full name(s)
Position (e.g. Chair) Chair Trustee
Date 30/03/2025 30/03/2025
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SC047486
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| For the period from |
1 Day |
July Month |
2023 Year |
to | Day 30 |
Month June |
Year 2024 |
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| Section A Statement of receipts and payments | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Unrestricted funds |
Restricted funds |
Expendable endowment funds |
Permanent endowment funds |
Permanent endowment |
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 £ | to nearest £ | to nearest £ | |||||||||||||||
| A1 Receipts | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Donations | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Legacies | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Grants | 1,230 | 1 | 1 | 1,230 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Receipts from fundraisingactivities | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Gross tradingreceipts | 13,247.00 | 13 | 13 | 13,247 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 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 14,477 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 14,477 | 14,477 | 14,477 | - | - | |||||
| A2 Receipts from asset & | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| investment sales | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Proceeds from sale of fixed assets - Proceeds from sale of investments - A2 Sub total - - - - - - Total receipts 14,477 - - - 14,477 - A3 Payments ~~— |
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| Expenses for fundraising activities | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Gross trading payments | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Investment management costs | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Payments relating directly to charitable | Payments relating directly to charitable | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| activities | 21,538.84 | 21 | 21 | 21,539 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Grants and donations | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| - | - | - | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Governance costs: | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| - | - | - | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Audit / independent examination | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Preparation of annual accounts | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Legal costs | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Other | Other | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| **A3 Sub total ** | 21,539 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 21,539 | 21,539 | 21,539 | - | - | |||||
| A4 Payments relating to asset and | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| investment movements | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Purchases of fixed assets - Purchase of investments - A4 Sub total - - - - - - Total payments 21,539 - - - 21,539 - Net receipts / (payments) 7,062) ( - - - 7,062) ( - A5 Transfers to / (from) funds - Surplus / (deficit) for year 7,062) ( - - - 7,062) ( - ~~SSSSS=~~ ~~===———~~ |
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Section B Statement of balances
| Categories Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees B3 Other assets B5 Contingent liabilities B4 Liabilities B1 Cash funds B2 Investments |
Details | Unrestricted funds to nearest £ 11,916.00 |
Restricted funds to nearest £ |
Expendable endowment funds to nearest £ |
Permanent endowment funds to nearest £ |
Total current period to nearest £ |
Total last period to nearest £ |
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| Cash and bank balances at start of year | 11,916 | ||||||
| Surplus / (deficit) shown on receipts and payments account |
7,062) ( |
7,062) ( |
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| Cash and bank balances at end of year (Agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) Details |
4,854 | - | - | - | 4,854 | - | |
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| Market valuation to nearest £ |
Last year to nearest £ |
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| Details | Fund to which | asset belongs | Total Cost (if available) to nearest £ |
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| Current value (if available) to nearest £ |
Last year to nearest £ |
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| Details | Total Fund to which l |
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| iability relates | Amount due to nearest £ |
Last year to nearest £ |
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| Details | Fund to which l | Total iability relates |
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| Amount due (estimate) to nearest £ |
Last year to nearest £ |
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| Signature* | Print Name | Total | - | - |
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| Date of approval |
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| 30 March 2025 | |||||||
| 30 March 2025 |
Open Past SC047486 2023 to 2024 accounts / Statement of balances
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Section C Notes to the Accounts
C1 Nature and purpose of funds (may be stated on analysis of funds worksheets)
| Type of activity or project supported | Individual / institution |
Number of grants made £ |
Number of grants made £ |
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| Total | - |
C2 Grants
C3a Trustee remuneration 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 C3b Trustee remuneration - details
£ Authority under which paid
C4a Trustee expenses If no expenses were paid to any charity trustee during the period then cross this box (otherwise complete section 4b)
| Number of | £ |
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| trustees |
C4b Trustee expenses - details
| C5 Transactions with trustees and connected persons |
Nature of relationship |
Nature of transaction | Transaction amount (£) Balance outstanding at period end (£) |
Transaction amount (£) Balance outstanding at period end (£) |
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C6 Other information
Open Past SC047486 2023 to 2024 accounts / Notes
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Additional analysis (1)
Analysis of receipts and payments
1 Donations
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| 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 £ |
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| Total 2 Grants |
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| - Unrestricted funds to nearest £ |
- Restricted funds to nearest £ |
- | - | - Total current period to nearest £ |
- Total last period to nearest £ |
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| Total - reference Unrestricted funds to nearest £ 3 Gross receipts from other charitable activities |
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| - Restricted funds to nearest £ |
Expendable endowment funds to nearest £ |
Permanent endowment funds to nearest £ |
reference Total current period to nearest £ |
- Total last period to nearest £ |
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4 Payments relating directly to charitable activities
| Unrestricted funds to nearest £ |
Unrestricted funds to nearest £ |
Restricted funds to nearest £ |
Expendable endowment funds to nearest £ |
Permanent endowment funds to nearest £ |
Total current period to nearest £ |
Total current period to nearest £ |
Total last period to nearest £ |
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Open Past SC047486 2023 to 2024 accountsAdditional notes (1)
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SC047486
Additional analysis (2)
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| Receipts 5 Breakdown of unrestricted funds |
Unrestricted fund 1 - enter name of fund below |
Unrestricted fund 2 - enter name of fund below |
Unrestricted fund 3 - enter name of fund below |
Unrestricted fund 4 - enter name of fund below |
Total unrestricted funds |
Total unrestricted funds last period |
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| Donations | - | ||||||
| Legacies | - | ||||||
| Grants | - | ||||||
| Receipts from fundraisingactivities | - | ||||||
| Gross tradingreceipts | - | ||||||
| buildings | - | ||||||
| Rents from land & buildings | - | ||||||
| Gross receipts from other charitable activities | - | ||||||
| Sub total Receipts from asset & investment sales |
- | - | - | - | - | - | |
| cross ref error | |||||||
| Proceeds from sale of fixed assets | - | ||||||
| Proceeds from sale of investments | - | ||||||
| Sub total Total receipts Payments |
- | - | - | - | - | - | |
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| cross ref error | |||||||
| Expenses for fundraisingactivities | - | ||||||
| Gross trading payments | - | ||||||
| Investment management costs | - | ||||||
| Payments relatingdirectlyto charitable activities | - | ||||||
| Grants and donations | - | ||||||
| Governance costs: | - | ||||||
| Audit / independent examination | - | ||||||
| Preparation of annual accounts | - | ||||||
| Legal costs | - | ||||||
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| Sub total Payments relating to asset and investment movements |
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| Purchases of fixed assets | - | ||||||
| Purchase of investments | - | ||||||
| Sub total Total payments Net receipts / (payments) Transfers to / (from) funds Surplus / (deficit) for year |
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Open Past SC047486 2023 to 2024 accountsAdditional notes (2)
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Additional analysis (3)
| Additional analysis (3) | Open Past | SC047486 | ||||
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| Receipts 6 Breakdown of restricted funds |
Restricted fund 1 - enter name of fund below |
Restricted fund 2 - enter name of fund below |
Restricted fund 3 - enter name of fund below |
Restricted fund 4 - enter name of fund below |
Total restricted funds |
Total restricted funds last period |
| Donations | - | |||||
| Legacies | - | |||||
| Grants | - | |||||
| Receipts from fundraisingactivities | - | |||||
| Gross tradingreceipts | - | |||||
| Income from investments other than land and buildings |
- | |||||
| Rents from land & buildings | - | |||||
| Gross receipts from other charitable activities | - | |||||
| Sub total Receipts from asset & investment sales |
- | - | - | - | - | - |
| - | ||||||
| Proceeds from sale of fixed assets | - | |||||
| Proceeds from sale of investments | - | |||||
| Sub total Total receipts Payments |
- | - | - | - | - | - |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| - | ||||||
| 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 Payments relating to asset and investment movements |
- | - | - | - | - | - |
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| Purchases of fixed assets | - | |||||
| Purchase of investments | - | |||||
| Sub total Total payments Net receipts / (payments) Transfers to / (from) funds Surplus / (deficit) for year |
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Open Past SC047486 2023 to 2024 accountsAdditional notes (3)
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