2020-08-31-accounts - Latvian Community in Scotland Aberdeen

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APPENDIX 1 OSC r

Trustees’ Annual Report for the period	Trustees’ Annual Report for the period	Trustees’ Annual Report for the period	Trustees’ Annual Report for the period	Trustees’ Annual Report for the period	Trustees’ Annual Report for the period	Trustees’ Annual Report for the period	Trustees’ Annual Report for the period
	Period start date				Period end date
	Day	Month	Year		Day	Month	Year
From	5	August	2019	To	31	August	2020

Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator

Reference and administration details

Charity name Latvian Community in Scotland Aberdeen Other names charity is known SALA by Registered charity number SC049517 Charity’s principal address 78F Auchmill Road, Aberdeen

Postcode AB21 9LQ

Names of the charity trustees on date of approval of Trustees’ Annual Report

	Trustee name	Office (if any)	Dates acted if not for whole year	Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (if any)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

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




Structure, governance and management

Type of governing document Trustee recruitment and appointment
	SCIO Constituion
	According to the provisions of the constitution.

Objectives and activities
Charitable purposes Summary of the main activities in relation to these objects
	The relief of the needs of persons with a Latvian connection in the north east of Scotland and elsewhere 4.2 The advancement of the Arts & Culture of Latvia 4.3 The advancement of equality and diversity;
	Runing a Latvian Language School. Summer Camp for Children. Latvian 101 Celebration week. Running Latvian Folk Dance Group. Riga Art Nouveau exhibition

APPENDIX 1 Achievements and performance

Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the financial period	The Language school for children met every two weeks throughout the period. Approx. 40 children attend regularly, learning through Latvian language about the arts, heritage and culture of Latvia. A summer camp for children took place for five days of school holidays in Autumn 2019. 20 children attended from all over the Scotland. A busy programme of activities took place which the children enjoyed. The 101stAnniversary of Independence for the Republic of Latvia proclamation was marked in November 2019. This was marked by Latvians all over the world in a week-long celebration. In Aberdeen we had theatre performances and other celebrations attended by approx.. 400 people. Our Latvian Folk Dance Group has been active in promoting Latvian culture. It meets weekly involving 12 regular dancers. The group has performed all around Scotland and in Ireland. The group hosted a dance festival in end of February 2020 welcoming Latvian dance groups from all around the UK and Europe. 180 participants took part. We promoted an Riga Art Nouveau exhibition at Aberdeen Central Library, this featured the finest and the largest collection of Art Nouveau buildings in the world from Riga, the capital city of Latvia. The exhibition was opened by the , Director of the museum „Riga Art Nouveau Centre” and Honorary Consul for Latvia in Scotland and was visited by more then 400 people.

Financial review
Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves Details of any deficit Donated facilities and services (if any)
	All unrestricted funds held at bank constitute the reserves of the charity.
	n/a

APPENDIX 1 Other optional information

We would like to thank our generous donors and Grant funders;

Latvian Embassy in the United Kingdom, Latvian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ministry of Education and Science Republic of Latvia European Latvian Association (ELA) Aberdeen City Council

Declaration

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above. Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

Signature(s) Full name(s) Position (e.g. Chair) Trustee Trustee Date 15/07/2021 15/07/2021

Enter charity name below Enter SC No. below SC049517

															Enter SC No. below	Enter SC No. below
APPENDIX 2 renee		Enter charity name below Latvian Community in Scotland Aberdeen													Enter SC No. below SC049517
	Period end date to Receipts andpayments accounts For the period from Period start date 5 Aug 2019 Day Month Year Day Month Year 31 Aug 2020 ~~—======~~
Section A Statement of receipts and payments
		Unrestricted funds	Restricted funds			Expendable endowment funds			Permanent endowment funds			Total funds current period			Total funds last period	Total funds last period
		to nearest £	to nearest £			to nearest £			to nearest £			to nearest £		to nearest £	to nearest £	to nearest £
A1 Receipts
Donations												-	-	-
Legacies												-	-	-
Grants			6	6	6,348							6	6	6,348
Receipts from fundraisingactivities												-	-	-
Gross tradingreceipts		10,439										10	10	10,439
Income from investments other than
land and buildings												-	-	-
Rents from land & buildings												-	-	-
Gross receipts from other charitable
activities												-	-	-
												-	-	-
*A1 Sub total*	*A1 Sub total*	10,439	6,348	6,348	6,348	-	-	-	-	-	-	16,787	16,787	16,787	-	-
A2 Receipts from asset &
investment sales
Proceeds from sale of fixed assets Proceeds from sale of investments A2 Sub total - - - Total receipts 10,439 6,348 - ~~———~~									- -	- -	- -	- - - 16,787	- - - 16,787	- - - 16,787	- -	- -
A3 Payments
Expenses for fundraising activities												-	-	-
Gross trading payments												-	-	-
Investment management costs												-	-	-
Payments relating directly to charitable	Payments relating directly to charitable
activities		5,072	4	4	4,748							9	9	9,820
Grants and donations
												-	-	-
Governance costs:
												-	-	-
Audit / independent examination												-	-	-
Preparation of annual accounts												-	-	-
Legal costs												-	-	-
Other	Other	Other
												-	-	-
												-	-	-
**A3 Sub total **		5,072	4,748	4,748	4,748	-	-	-	-	-	-	9,820	9,820	9,820	-	-
A4 Payments relating to asset and
investment movements
Purchases of fixed assets - Purchase of investments - A4 Sub total - - - - - - Total payments 5,072 4,748 - - 9,820 - ~~———————~~
*Net receipts / (payments)* 5,367 1,600 - A5 Transfers to / (from) funds *Surplus / (deficit) for year* 5,367 1,600 - ~~———~~											- -			6,967 - 6,967		- -

APPENDIX 2

Latvian Community in Scotland Aberdeen

SC049517

Section B Statement of balances	Section B Statement of balances
Categories Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees B3 Other assets B1 Cash funds B2 Investments B5 Contingent liabilities B4 Liabilities	Details	Unrestricted funds to nearest £ - 5,367	Restricted funds to nearest £ - 1,600	Expendable endowment funds to nearest £	Permanent endowment funds to nearest £	Total current period to nearest £	Total last period to nearest £
	Cash and bank balances at start of year					-
	Surplus / (deficit) shown on receipts and payments account					6,967
						-
						-
	Details Cash and bank balances at end of year (Agree balances with receipts and payments account(s))	5,367	1,600	-	-	6,967	-
		-	-	- Fund to which	- asset belongs	-	-
						Market valuation to nearest £	Last year to nearest £





	Details		Fund to which	asset belongs	Total Cost (if available) to nearest £	-	-
						Current value (if available) to nearest £	Last year to nearest £









	Details			Total - Fund to which liability relates	-	-	-
						Amount due to nearest £	Last year to nearest £





	Details			Total Fund to which liability relates		-	-
						Amount due (estimate) to nearest £	Last year to nearest £



	Signature			Total Print Name		-	-
							Date of approval
							15/07/2021
							15/07/2021

sgdfinalsheet1920 / Statement of balances

December 2007

APPENDIX 2

SC049517

Section C Notes to the Accounts

C1 Nature and purpose of funds (may be stated on analysis of funds worksheets)

There are three restricted funds; i) Camp for Latvian Children, ii) Latvia 102 Celebration Week, iii) Latvian School Support Grant totalling £6348. All other funds are unrestricted and used for the purposes of the charity.

Type of activity or project supported	Type of activity or project supported	Number of grants made £	Number of grants made £






		Total	-

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			£
			400
			400




If no expenses were paid to any charity trustee during the period then cross (otherwise complete section 4b)		this box	x
	Nature of transaction	Number of trustees	£





Nature of relationship		Transaction amount (£)	Balance outstanding at period end (£)

C6 Other information

sgdfinalsheet1920 / Notes

December 2007

APPENDIX 3 ’ Independent examiner s report on the accounts V2

Report to the trustees/members of

Latvian Community in Scotland Aberdeen

Report to the trustees/members of	Independent examiners report on the accounts Latvian Community in Scotland Aberdeen
Registered charity	SCSC049517
number
On the accounts of the	Period start date Period end date
charity for the period	Day Month Year Day Month Year 05 August 2019 to 31 August 2021
Set out on pages	1-7 (remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets)

Respective responsibilities of 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 (as amended). 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 2006 Accounts Regulations. 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, I do
	not express an audit opinion on the viewgiven bythe 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:
	• to keep accounting records in accordance with section 44(1) (a) of the 2005 Act and
	Regulation 4 of the 2006 Accounts Regulations, and
	• 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
	understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Signed:	Date: 19/07/2021 ~~FT~~
Name:	~~ee~~
Relevant professional
qualification(s) or body (if any):	n/a
Address:	c/o ACVO, New Jasmine House, Aberdeen, AB12 3BT

*Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply. If the words do apply, set out those matters which have come to your attention on the following page.

APPENDIX 3 Disclosure section

Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material problems.

Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose

This report and the accounts to which it refers are signed in
TYPESCRIPT rather than autograph as per OSCR guidance of 2[nd]
April 2020.
These accounts are the subject of a Section 46 Report to the
regulator. There was remuneration to two trustees which
appears to contravene the provisions of Section 67 of the Act.

The remuneration referred to is recorded in the Notes to the
Accounts.