## **APPENDIX 1** 

||Period start date|Period start date|Period start date||Period end date|Period end date|Period end date|
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|From|01|07|2023|To|30|06|2024|




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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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**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**||
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||**Structure, governance and management**||||
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||**Type of governing document**<br>**Trustee recruitment and appointment**||||
|||SCVO Model SCIO Constitution (single-tier)|||
|||The board may at any time appoint any person to be a<br>way of a resolution passed by majority vote at a board||charity trustee - by<br>meeting.|
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||**Objectives and activities**||||
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||**Charitable purposes**<br>**Summary of the main activities**<br>**in relation to these objects**||||
|||"The advancement of education", "The advancement of the arts, heritage,<br>culture or science"|||
|||Running engagement projects around history, heritage, archaeology and<br>art e.g.<br>•<br>Heritage themed colouring sheet website – making humanity;<br>•<br>Recording and publishing conference, workshop and seminar<br>talks on our YouTube channel – TALE.|||



**2** 



## **APPENDIX 1** 

## **Achievements and performance** 

|**Summary of the main achievements of**<br>**the charity during the financial period**|Some key highlights:<br>•<br>Had an intern from Arcadia University that worked on the Making<br>Humanity project.<br>•<br>Two SGSAH interns overlapped with this period – one worked on<br>shorts/tick toc videos for the Making Humanity Project. Another<br>one created creative writing resources for the project;<br>•<br>Video recorded and made available presentations from many<br>different conferences e.g. CIfA, EAA, TAFAC, etc.<br>•<br>Completed the Cultural Bridge project – and exchange of<br>knowledge with an organisation in Germany – the bEAR.<br>•<br>Continued to employ one part-time employee throughout the 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)**|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<br>in a deficient. This was expected and we are still running successfully.|
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## **APPENDIX 1** 

## **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<br>Signature(s)<br>OSCR will accept<br>digital or typed<br>signatures<br>Full name(s)<br>Position (e.g. Chair)  Chair  Trustee<br>Date  30/03/2025  30/03/2025<br>**----- End of picture text -----**<br>


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Enter SC No. below 

APPENDIX 2 

Enter charity name below 

**SC047486** 

## **Open Past** 

|||**Receipts andpayments accounts**|**Receipts andpayments accounts**|**Receipts andpayments accounts**|**Receipts andpayments accounts**|**Receipts andpayments accounts**|**Receipts andpayments accounts**|**Receipts andpayments accounts**|**Receipts andpayments accounts**|**Receipts andpayments accounts**|**Receipts andpayments accounts**|**Receipts andpayments accounts**|**Receipts andpayments accounts**|**Receipts andpayments accounts**|**Receipts andpayments accounts**|**Receipts andpayments accounts**|**Receipts andpayments accounts**|||||||
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||||||Period start date||||||||||Period end date|||||||||
||**For the period**<br>**from**||1<br>Day|||July<br>Month|||||2023<br>Year|**to**|Day<br>30||Month<br>June|||||Year<br>**2024**||||
|**Section A Statement of receipts and payments**||||||||||||||||||||||||
||**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**||**Restricted**<br>**funds**|||||**Expendable**<br>**endowment**<br>**funds**|||||**Permanent**<br>**endowment**<br>**funds**|||**Permanent**<br>**endowment**||**Total funds**<br>**current period**||||**Total funds last**<br>**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||||||||||||||||||**-**|**-**|**-**||||
|||||||||||||||||||**-**|**-**|**-**||||
|**_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<br>**-**<br>Proceeds from sale of investments<br>**-**<br>**_A2 Sub total_                        -**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**_Total receipts_                14,477**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**14,477**<br>**-**<br>**A3 Payments**<br>~~—|——~~||||||||||||||||||||||||
|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|||||||||||||||||||||||
|||||||||||||||||||**-**|**-**|**-**||||
|||||||||||||||||||**-**|**-**|**-**||||
|**_A3 Sub total_ **|**21,539**||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||**21,539**|**21,539**|**21,539**||**-**|**-**|
|**A4 Payments relating to asset and**||||||||||||||||||||||||
|**investment movements**||||||||||||||||||||||||
|Purchases of fixed assets<br>**-**<br>Purchase of investments<br>**-**<br>**_A4 Sub total_                         -**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**_Total payments_                21,539**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**21,539**<br>**-**<br>**_Net receipts / (payments)_**<br>**7,062)**<br>**(**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**7,062)**<br>**(**<br>**-**<br>**A5 Transfers to / (from) funds**<br>**-**<br>**_Surplus / (deficit) for year_**<br>**7,062)**<br>**(**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**7,062)**<br>**(**<br>**-**<br>~~SSSSS=~~<br>~~===———~~||||||||||||||||||||||||





APPENDIX 2 

**Open Past** 

**SC047486** 

## **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**|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>11,916.00|**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 £**|**Total last period**<br>**to nearest £**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||Cash and bank balances at start of year|||||**11,916**||
||Surplus / (deficit) shown on receipts and<br>payments account|**7,062)**<br>**(**||||**7,062)**<br>**(**||
|||||||**-**||
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||**Cash and bank balances at end of year**<br>(Agree balances with receipts and payments<br>account(s))<br>**Details**|**4,854**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**4,854**|**-**|
|||-|<br>-|<br>-<br>**Fund to which**|<br>-<br>**asset belongs**|<br>-|<br>-|
|||||||**Market valuation**<br>**to nearest £**|**Last year**<br>**to nearest £**|
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||**Details**||**Fund to which**|**asset belongs**|**Total**<br>**Cost (if available)**<br>**to nearest £**|**-**|<br>**-**|
|||||||**Current value (if**<br>**available)**<br>**to nearest £**|**Last year**<br>**to nearest £**|
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||**Details**|||**Total**<br>**Fund to which l**|**-**|<br>**-**|<br>**-**|
||||||**iability relates**|**Amount due**<br>**to nearest £**|**Last year**<br>**to nearest £**|
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||**Details**|||**Fund to which l**|**Total**<br>**iability relates**|**-**|**-**|
|||||||**Amount due**<br>**(estimate)**<br>**to nearest £**|**Last year**<br>**to nearest £**|
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||**Signature***|||**Print Name**|**Total**|**-**|<br>**-**|
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APPENDIX 2 

**Open Past** 

**SC047486** 

## **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 /**<br>**institution**|**Number of grants**<br>**made**<br>**£**|**Number of grants**<br>**made**<br>**£**|
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## **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**|**£**|
|---|---|
|**trustees**||



## **C4b Trustee expenses - details** 

|**C5 Transactions with trustees**<br>**and connected persons**|<br>**Nature of relationship**|**Nature of transaction**|**Transaction**<br>**amount (£)**<br>**Balance**<br>**outstanding at**<br>**period end (£)**|**Transaction**<br>**amount (£)**<br>**Balance**<br>**outstanding at**<br>**period end (£)**|
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## **C6 Other information** 

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APPENDIX 2 

**Open Past** 

**SC047486** 

## **Additional analysis (1)** 

## **Analysis of receipts and payments** 

## **1 Donations** 

|**1 Donations**|**1 Donations**|||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**||**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 £**||**Total last period**<br>**to nearest £**|
||||||||**-**|||
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|**Total**<br>**2 Grants**||**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|
|||**-**<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**||**-**<br>**Restricted funds**<br>**to nearest £**|**-**|**-**|**-**<br>**Total current**<br>**period**<br>**to nearest £**||**-**<br>**Total last period**<br>**to nearest £**|
||||||||**-**|||
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|**Total**<br>**-**<br>**reference**<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**3  Gross receipts from other charitable activities**||**-**||**-**|||**-**||**-**|
|||||**-**<br>**Restricted funds**<br>**to nearest £**|**Expendable**<br>**endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**|**Permanent**<br>**endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**|**reference**<br>**Total current**<br>**period**<br>**to nearest £**||**-**<br>**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 £**|**Expendable**<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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APPENDIX 2 

**SC047486** 

## **Additional analysis (2)** 

|**Additional analysis (2)**||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**Receipts**<br>**5  Breakdown of unrestricted funds**|**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 3 - 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 last**<br>**period**|
|Donations||||||**-**||
|Legacies||||||**-**||
|Grants||||||**-**||
|Receipts from fundraisingactivities||||||**-**||
|Gross tradingreceipts||||||**-**||
|buildings||||||**-**||
|Rents from land & buildings||||||**-**||
|Gross receipts from other charitable activities||||||**-**||
|**_Sub total_**<br>**Receipts from asset & investment sales**|**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|
|||||||cross ref error||
|Proceeds from sale of fixed assets||||||**-**||
|Proceeds from sale of investments||||||**-**||
|**_Sub total_**<br>**_Total receipts_**<br>**Payments**|**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|
||**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|
|||||||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||||||**-**||
|||||||**-**||
|||||||**-**||
|**_Sub total_**<br>**Payments relating to asset and investment**<br>**movements**|**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|
|||||||cross ref error||
|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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||**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|
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|**Nature andpurpose of funds**||||||||
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APPENDIX 2 

**Open Past** 

**SC047486** 

## **Additional analysis (3)** 

|**Additional analysis (3)**|**Open Past**|||||**SC047486**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**Receipts**<br>**6  Breakdown of restricted funds**|**Restricted fund**<br>**1 - enter name**<br>**of fund below**|**Restricted fund**<br>**2 - enter name**<br>**of fund below**|**Restricted fund**<br>**3 - enter name**<br>**of fund below**|**Restricted fund**<br>**4 - enter name**<br>**of fund below**|**Total restricted**<br>**funds**|**Total restricted**<br>**funds last**<br>**period**|
|Donations|||||**-**||
|Legacies|||||**-**||
|Grants|||||**-**||
|Receipts from fundraisingactivities|||||**-**||
|Gross tradingreceipts|||||**-**||
|Income from investments other than land and<br>buildings|||||**-**||
|Rents from land & buildings|||||**-**||
|Gross receipts from other charitable activities|||||**-**||
|**_Sub total_**<br>**Receipts from asset & investment sales**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|
||||||-||
|Proceeds from sale of fixed assets|||||**-**||
|Proceeds from sale of investments|||||**-**||
|**_Sub total_**<br>**_Total receipts_**<br>**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|||||**-**||
||||||**-**||
||||||**-**||
|**_Sub total_**<br>**Payments relating to asset and investment**<br>**movements**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|
||||||-||
|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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||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|
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|**Nature andpurpose of funds**|||||||
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