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## Scottish Schools Debating # Charity Number: SC048465 Annual Report and Financial Statement for the year ended 31 August 2025 Trustees Annual Report Scottish School Debating Year End 31st August 2025 **----- Start of picture text -----**
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## Trustees Resigned during Year Number of School Debaters Trained 24 SSD is a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation with a written constitution. Our aim is to develop schools debating in Scotland through outreach initiatives. It will enable pupils who attend schools in Scotland to participate in International debating competitions for school pupils and to aim to maximise their success at such events. ## The trustees are volunteers who are proposed by the Board and elected by the membership. Our regular income is from competition entry fees and our main income is voluntary donations from individuals, groups and organisations who support our aim. The organisation aims to hold sufficient cash funds to meet all expenditure due and anticipated during a 3 month period. Services are also donated to the organisation in terms of debate coaching and debate judging. No remuneration is paid to the Trustees during the year. Legitimate expenses can be reimbursed to Trustees during the year for expenses incurred in fulfilling their trustee duties. This totalled £0 to 0 trustees during this financial year. There is no operating deficit for this organisation. All funds held by the organisation are unrestricted in nature. ## Declaration The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above. Signed on Signed .... pate... 3//// £025 ACCOUNTS THE YEAR END 31 AUGUST 2025 SCOTTISH SCHOOLS DEBATING ## Statement of Receipts and Payments ||Total Funds|Previous Year| |---|---|---| |Receipts
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Crowdsourcing
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SchoolDonations
VolunteerDonations
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Charitable Donations||
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£1,755.00
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£10,016.83|£2,507.24
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| _£1,234.39]
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£10,028.96| |DebaterDonations
DebateCompetitionFees
[PublicDonations
Total Receipts||
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£604.15)
£5,000.00
£17,375.98||
£536.18
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£400.00
£14,941.77| |Payments||| |[TrainingExpenses
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WSDC Registration Fees andAccomodation
£3,859.58
BankCharges
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Transport toTournament
£12,696.06
Travelinsurance,
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TeamUniform
[ToumamentExpenses
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£258.22
DebateCompetitionRefunds
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DebateCompetition Expenses
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CharitableDonations
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Total Payments
£16,813.86|||
£6,686.16
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£3,494.64
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£6,404.80
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£10,795.99| |Movementinbalances||| In addition to the above balances the unit has other assets (£100+) at a valuation of: £ Liabilites at the year end (if appropriate) comprised the following: Independent examiner’s report on the accounts **----- Start of picture text -----**
Report to the
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Scottish Schools Debating (SSD)
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On the accounts of the Period start date Period end date
charity for the period
Day Month Year Day Month Year
01 09 2024 to 31 08 2025
Set out on pages 3
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. 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 Charities
examiner’s statement Accounts (Scotland) Regulations 2006. 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 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:
e to keep accounting records in accordance with section 44(1) (a) of the 2005
Act and Regulation 4 of the 2006 Accounts Regulations, and
e 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
i be reached.
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Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material problems. Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose