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The Aperture Trust
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APERTURE TRUST Annual Report and Financial Statements for the year ending March 31st 2023
Scottish Charity no SC049163
Index
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Page 3 Reference & Administrative Information Page 4 Trustees Annual Report Structure, Governance & Management Objectives & Activities
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Page 5 Achievements & Performance Page 6 Financial Review Page 7 Annual Accounts Page 7 Receipts & Payments Account Page 7 Statement of Balances Page 8 Independent Examiner’s Report
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Reference & Administrative Information
Charity Name
The Aperture Trust SCIO
Scottish Charity No SC049163 Principal Address 73 Whitehaugh Park Peebles EH45 9DB
Charity’s trustees on the date of approval, including office held:
Chair Treasurer Secretary Trustee Trustee Trustee
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Other Trustees during the period: none
Independent Examiner
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Bankers:
CAF Bank Ltd 25 Kings Hill Avenue Kings Hill West Malling Kent ME19 4JQ
Web Site
www.aperturetrust.org.uk
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Structure, Governance & Management
Governing Document
The Aperture Trust was recognised as a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation (SCIO) on March 25th 2019.
Trustee Recruitment & Appointment
At each AGM, the members may elect any member (unless he/she is debarred from membership) to be a charity trustee. All the charity trustees elected/appointed shall retire from office, but shall be eligible for re-election.
A charity trustee returning at an AGM will be deemed to have been re-elected unless:
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He/she advises the Board prior to re-election that he/she does not wish to be re-appointed as a charity trustee; or
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An election process was held at the AGM and he/she was not among those elected or re-elected through that process; or
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A resolution for the re-election of that charity trustee was put to the AGM and was not carried.
Objectives & Activities
The Charity’s Charitable Purpose
As set out in the Constitution and The Charities and Trustees Investments (Scotland) Act 2005, the purposes of The Aperture Trust SCIO are the following:
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The advancement of education
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The advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
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Any other purpose that may reasonably be regarded as analogous to any of the preceding purposes.
Summary of the main activities in relation to these objectives:
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The organisations’s purposes are to advance the education of the public in the subjects of architecture and photography as well as advancing the architectural and photographic arts and promoting architectural heritage.
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The Trust will do so by the staging of exhibitions, production of publications and other relevant media; and
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By the holding of programmes of talks and lectures and the provision of educational activities.
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Achievement & Performance for the Year to March 2023
The Trustees met on three occasions during the year: September 12 2022 (via Zoom), October 12 2022 (AGM, via Zoom), February 7 2023. The Trustees concluded that in the absence of any current or prospective activities, the Trust should be dissolved and the assets distributed according to the Trust’s Constitution.
The Treasurer and Secretary have monitored the Trust’s bank account over the year, and the results are posted elsewhere in this report.
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Financial Review
Statement of Reserves Policy:
The Charity aims to have at a minimum six months running costs; at this time this amount is to be determined.
Details of any deficit:
The charity incurred an operating deficit of £183.74 over the year. This reflected the administrative costs associated with running the charity, including bank charges and independent examination fees. The deficit was funded from the charity’s reserves.
Details of Donated Facilities & Services:
The Charity benefits from the time given by all the Trustees to the running of the Charity.
Statement of Trustees Responsibilities
The members of the Charity must prepare financial statements which give sufficient detail to enable an appreciation of the transactions of the Charity during the financial year. The members of the Charity are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which, on request, must reflect the financial position of the Charity at that time. This must be done to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005, the Charities Accounts (Scotland) Regulations 2006.
They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the Charity and must take reasonable steps for the prevention and/or detection of fraud and other irregularities.
Approved by the Trustees and signed on their behalf by:
Date: April 10th 2023
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Receipts & Payments Account for the Year ended March 31st 2023
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Independent Examiner’s Report on the Accounts
Report to the trustees of The Aperture Trust SCIO Registered charity number SC049143 On the accounts of the charity for the period to 31st March 2023 set out on page 7
Respective responsibilities of the trustees and examiner
The charity’s trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the terms of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) 2005 Act and the 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 examiner’s statement
My examination is carried out in accordance with Regulation 11 of the Charities 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 un usual 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, I do not express an audit opinion on the accounts.
Independent examiner’s statement
In the course of my examination, no matter has come to my attention
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Which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in in any material respect the requirements:
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To keep accounting records in accordance with section 44 (1) (a) of the 2005 Act and Regulation 4 of the 2006 Accounts Regulations, and
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To prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with Regulation 9 of the 2006 Accounts Regulations
have not been met, or
- To which, in my opinion, attention should be down in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
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