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ARABESQUE Directors' Report and Financial Statements For the period Ist April 2024 to the 31st March 2025
The trustees present their report and the financial statements for the period Ist April 2024 to the 31" March 2025,
Aims and activities
Arabesque is an initiative founded on the 30" April 2019 to promote Arab film, through a film festival and related activities.
Purpose
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The organisation's purposes are: |. To promote, advance and encourage the study, practice and knowledge of Arab cinema through
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- the public exhibition and distribution of Arab cinema and practical filmmaking workshops; To provide a voice for Scotland's Arab community, through filmmaking projects that work with Scottish Arab and refugee communities;
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- To support community engagement through film and filmmaking projects that engage with Arab abd non-Arab groups; and
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- To provide other cultural events that promote Arab culture
Objectives to 2023
The principal objective is to organise an annual Arab Film Festival.
Achievements and performance during 2024/25 . The organization was unsuccessful in achieving the funding for the 2024/25 festival and consequently there was no festival during the year.
The trustees are currently reviewing the sustainability of[the][festival][going][forward.]
Financial Review
During the financial-yearthe organization made a deficit of £30, leaving an unrestricted reserve of £12.
Reserves Policy
The organization aims to maintain sufficient reserves to fund a film festival and provide on-going operational costs equal to three-months trading.
Principal Funding Sources
The trustees areactively seeking out project funds to allow the 2025 festival to go ahead, with a provisional date set at the end of November,
Structure, governance and management
The governance of the charity is overseen by a board of trustees,
The SCIO is governed by its Memorandum and Articles of Association and trustees are appointed in accordance with the relevant provisions of those articles,
Governing document
The organisation is a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation (SCIO) , incorporated on 30" April 2019, The charitable company was established under a Memorandum of Association which established the objects and powers of the SCIO and is governed under its Articles of Association.
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ARABESQUE irectors' Report and Financial Statement For the perio ‘ April 2024 to the 31'' March
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Arabesque Accounts 2025 (1) (1) (2) / Notes
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