## **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|
1|7|2024|To|
30|06|2025|
Office of the Scottish **Charity Regulator**
## **Reference and administration details**
> **Charity name** BSTK **Other names charity is known by**
> **Registered charity number SC050235**
> **Charity’s principal address** 69 Oakfield Avenue Glasgow **Postcode G12 8LP**
## **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**|Adam Carter|Treasurer|||
||Christoph Kelp|Executive Director|||
||Mona Simion|Equalityand DiversityOfficer|||
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## **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**|||
||Constitution||
||Trustees are recruited and appointed either by directly by the Board
or via election by members at the AGM||
## **Objectives and activities**
|**Charitable**
**purposes**
**Summary**
**of the**
**main**
**activities**
**in relation**
**to these**
**objects**|BSTK aims to promote of the advancement of science in the theory of knowledge by providing a
forum for the communication of research in the theory of knowledge aimed at stimulating
scientific debate, providing opportunities for the public to participate in said debate, or
improving the public understanding of the theory of knowledge, through a programme of
conferences and meetings featuring contributions by professional academics working in the
theory of knowledge, subject to peer review to be organised by a subcommittee appointed by the
board. BSTK also aims to promote the advancement of education in the theory of knowledge by
publishing online or in academic journals contributions to the events mentioned, subject to peer
review to be organised either by a subcommittee appointed by the board or by a designated
academic journal.|
|---|---|
||Preparations were made to hold the second biennial BSTK conference: speakers were invited,
venues, accommodation, transport and catering were booked, submissions were reviewed.
Preparations continued for the submission to BSTK’s series by Prof. Ernest Sosa to Oxford
University Press.
Preparations were made for the third biennial BSTK Conference, which was decided to be held
in September 2026.|
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## **APPENDIX 1**
## **Achievements and performance**
|**Summary of**
**the main**
**achievements**
**of the charity**
**during the**
**financial**
**period**|The second biennial BSTK conference was held in Glasgow from 11.9.-13.9.2024. It
featured 100+ delegates, 40+ presentations, including 10+ keynote talks.|
|---|---|
## **Financial review**
|**Brief statement of the charity’s policy**
**on reserves**
**Details of any deficit**
**Donated facilities and services (if any)**|BSTK does not operate a reserves policy. This is because
unforeseen costs can be excluded. BSTK does not have any standing
expenses. It is hosted by the University of Glasgow’s COGITO
Epistemology Research Centre, and so incurs no costs for real estate
and runs no risks of unforeseen costs relating to real estate. BSTK’s
funding will come largely from membership subscriptions and
fundraising events. The expenses for attainment of its aims are
either free (publication in academic journals) or flexible (number
and size of events organised by BSTK) will be constrained by
BSTK’s income (and perhaps supplemented by attendance fees or
funding institutions/projects hosting BSTK events).|
|---|---|
||None|
||The University of Glasgow kindly provided BSTK with a residence
and the resources for receiving mail.|
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## **Other optional information**
## **Declaration** ~~Lo~~
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
> **Signature(s)** Door'y **Full name(s)** Christoph Kelp **Position (e.g. Chair)** Executive Director
**Date** 11.3.2025
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