APPENDIX 1 oscr Period start dale Mr￿1h Y8ar 01 2024 Period end dale Month 01 Y881 From 31 To 31 2025 offi￿ of the Scottish Charity Regulator Reference and administration details Charity name other names charity is known by Registered eharity number Charity's principal address Academy African Sbjdies AFAS SC051598 Names of the charity trustees on date of approval of Trustees. Annual Report Trustee name orrice (rf any) Dates acted rf not for whole year {or body) entrtled to appoint trustee {if any) 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 APPENDIX 1 Reference and administration details Name5 of all other charity trustee5 during the period. rf any. (for example. those who resigned part way through the financial period) Structure, governance and management Objectives and activities Type of governing document Conststution Trustee recruitment and appointment A Fer$l￿ wll not be elbJible for election or appoinknent as a trustee rf they (al disqualffied from being a charity trustee under the Charities and Trustee Investment {SCo￿and) Act 2005,. or (b} an employee ofthe organt&itfv)n The board may at any time app(xnt any member (unless they are debarred from membership under the clause above to be a charity trustee. A charity tnjstee retiriThJ at an AGM will be deemed to have been re- elected unless.. - (al Ihey advise Ihe board pricK to the concluS￿n of the AGM that they do not wsh to be re-appointed as a chanty trustee,. or (bl an election process was held at the AGM and they were not among those electedlre-elected Ihrough that process: or {c} a resolution the r￿le¢fic￿ of that charity trustee was put to Ihe AGM and was not carried. ## **Charitable purposes** - (a) To advance education within the African region by making materials or objects capable of educating available to the public, such as in libraries or on databases - (b) To promote and coordinate activities that enhance equality and diversity - (c) To advance citizenship or community development by providing education, training and re-training opportunities for members of the public about the African context. - (d) To facilitate and organise events celebrating the African heritage, history and culture - (e) To prevent and relief poverty within the African region by conducting research into the factors that contribute to poverty and the best ways to mitigate them - (f) To advance education within the African region by undertaking academic research and publishing the results online, or in peer-reviewed journals **Summary of the main activities in relation to these objects** We have several activities in relation to these objectives. Firstly, we deliver research that matters to our key stakeholder communities. These projects are on African studies and ensure that equality, diversity and inclusion is in place. We actively support and engage in capacity building of researchers, scholars and practitioners via workshops, conferences and developmental programmes. We have developed a sustainable capacity building offering for scholars focused on African studies at all career stages. These projects will also involve key external stakeholders and influence policy making in businesses, private sector, public sector and governmental constituencies. The Academy for African Studies will develop and launch a new journal in African Studies. This will provide an outlet for state-of-the-art manuscripts that bring together multidisciplinary knowledge on African studies from a wide range of disciplines. **2** APPENDIX 1 Achievements and performance Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the financial period During this financial perh)d. the charity successfvlty delNered a range of capacty-building events and professional development worf(shops targeted at researchers. scholars, and practrtioners. These activities were primarily delivered online, enabling broad participation, and featured renowned and experienced speakers from across academia and practice. Key events included Navigating SystematTrc Lrte[a￿re Reviews and Essential Sampling JUstsficat￿n, CoThJucb"ng Qualitattve Research. and a Virtual t)octoral Day, among others. ColleclNely. these intb"atNes addressed crrtical research skills. methodological ngour, and scholarty devdcwien( parti￿laty for earfy-career and doctc￿al researchers. The events attracted WKle intematK)nal participat￿n. wth strong attendance from Afn'can scholars based across Africa, Europe. and the der global diaspora. In addth.on to these developmental activlties, the charlty also produced five research publications during the reporting penod, fijrther ￿l￿"bUt.n9 to knowle&Je generatK)n and sth)larly impact in African sttjdies. Lwknng ahead to ￿ next financial pericKI, the charity aims to expand both the scale and reach of rts activrbes. Plans include organising an intemati(ffial conference for African scholars and practitioners, as well as delNering more in-perwi workshops and ne￿orkIng events to deepen eroagement, foster ￿llabOrati￿. and enhance research and practice impact Financial review Brief statement of the charitys policy on reserves The board must ensure that prcyer accountsng records are kept. in accordance with all applicable stattrtory requirements. The board must prepare annual ac(x)unts. complying wtth all relevant statutory requirements: rf an aud.rt is required under any statutory provisions lor rf the board consider that an audrt would be appropriate for some other reason}, the board should ensure that an audtt of the accounts is carried (xrt by a qualthed audrtor. Details of any deficit There was no de￿[t Donated facilities and services Irf any) APPENDIX 1 other optional information Declaration The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees, report above. Signed on behalf of the charity's t￿￿teeS Signaturel51 Full namelsl Position {e.g. Chair) Cha Date 0710112026 Enter SC No. below APPENDIX 2 Enter charity name below **SC** |||||||||||||||||||||||**SC**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||||**Receipts andpayments accounts**||||||||||||||||||| |||||||Period start date||||||||||Period end date|Period end date|||||| |||**For the period**
**from**|||31||January||||2024||**to**|31||January||||2025||| |**Section A Statement of receipts and payments**||||||||||||||||||||||| |||**Unrestricted**
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**period**| |||**to nearest £**|**to nearest £**||**to nearest £**||||**to nearest £**|||||**to nearest £**||||**to nearest £**||**to nearest £**||**to nearest £**| |**A1 Receipts**||||||||||||||||||||||| |Donations||||||||||||||||||**-**|**-**|**-**||**1**| |Legacies||||||||||||||||||**-**|**-**|**-**||| |Grants||||||||||||||||||**-**|**-**|**-**||| |Receipts from fundraisingactivities||||||||||||||||||**-**|**-**|**-**||| |Gross tradingreceipts||||||||||||||||||**-**|**-**|**-**||| |Income from investments other than||||||||||||||||||||||| |land and buildings||||||||||||||||||**-**|**-**|**-**||| |Rents from land & buildings||||||||||||||||||**-**|**-**|**-**||| |Gross receipts from other charitable||||||||||||||||||||||| |activities||||||||||||||||||**-**|**-**|**-**||**70**| |||||||||||||||||||**-**|**-**|**-**||| |**_A1 Sub total_**|**_A1 Sub total_**|**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**|||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**||**71**| |**A2 Receipts from asset &**||||||||||||||||||||||| |**investment sales**||||||||||||||||||||||| |Proceeds from sale of fixed assets
Proceeds from sale of investments
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~~=S555=~~||||||||||||||||||||||| APPENDIX 2 **SC** |**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**
**B5 Contingent liabilities**
**B4 Liabilities**
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Investments**|**Details**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**71**|**Restricted funds**
**to nearest £**|**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||||||**71**|**71**| ||Surplus / (deficit) shown on receipts and
payments account||||||**-**|| ||||||||**-**|| ||||||||**-**|| ||**Cash and bank balances at end of year**
(Agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
**Details**|**71**|**-**|**-**|**-**||**71**|**71**| |||-|
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**Cost (if available)**
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**approval**| |||||||||| |||||||||07 January 2026| |||||||||**07 January 2026**| |||||||||| Receipts and Payments Account Spread sheet 2025 / Statement of balances 2 December 2007 APPENDIX 2 **SC** ## **Section C Notes to the Accounts** **C1 Nature and purpose of funds** _(may be stated on analysis of funds worksheets)_ The funds in the account is £71. £1 was a donation made when the account was open. £70 was registation fees paid by three individuals prior to an event. |**C3a Trustee remuneration**
**C4a Trustee expenses**
**C6 Other information**
**C5 Transactions with trustees**
**and connected persons**
**C4b Trustee expenses -**
**details**
**C2 Grants**
**C3b Trustee remuneration -**
**details**|**Type of activity or project supported**|**Type of activity or project supported**|**Individual /**
**institution**|**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)||||**X**
| ||**Authority under which paid**||||**£**| ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| ||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 (£)**| ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| Receipts and Payments Account Spread sheet 2025 / Notes 3 December 2007 APPENDIX 2 **SC** **-** ## **Additional analysis (1)** ## **Analysis of receipts and payments** ## **1 Donations** |**1 Donations**|**1 Donations**||||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**||**Restricted funds**
**to nearest £**|**Expendable**
**endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|**Permanent**
**endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|**Total current**
**period**
**to nearest £**||**Total last period**
**to nearest £**| |||**1**|||||**1**||**1**| ||||||||**-**||| ||||||||**-**||| ||||||||**-**||| |**Total**
**2 Grants**||**1**||**-**|**-**|**-**|**1**||**1**| |||**reference**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**||**-**
**Restricted funds**
**to nearest £**|**-**|**-**|**reference**
**Total current**
**period**
**to nearest £**||**-**
**Total last period**
**to nearest £**| ||||||||**-**||| ||||||||**-**||| ||||||||**-**||| ||||||||**-**||| |**Total**
**3 Gross receipts from other charitable activities**||**-**||**-**|||**-**||**-**| |||**-**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
||**-**
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**to nearest £**|**Expendable**
**endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|**Permanent**
**endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|**-**
**Total current**
**period**
**to nearest £**||**-**
**Total last period**
**to nearest £**| |||**40**|||||**70**||**70**| ||||||||**-**||| ||||||||**-**||| ||||||||**-**||| ||||||||**-**||| ||||||||**-**||| ||||||||**-**||| ||||||||**-**||| |**Total**
**40**
reference error
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**4 Payments relating directly to charitable activities**||**40**||**-**|**-**|**-**|**70**||**70**| |||||-
**Restricted funds**
**to nearest £**|-
**Expendable**
**endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|-
**Permanent**
**endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|reference error
**Total current**
**period**
**to nearest £**||-
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**to nearest £**| |||**-**|||||**-**|









|**-**| ||||||||**-**||| ||||||||**-**||| ||||||||**-**||| ||||||||**-**||| ||||||||**-**||| ||||||||**-**||| ||||||||**-**||| ||||||||**-**||| ||||||||**-**||| ||||||||**-**||| |**Total**||**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**| |||-||-|-|-|-||-| Receipts and Payments Account Spread sheet 2025Additional notes (1) December 2007 APPENDIX 2 **SC** ## **Additional analysis (2)** |**Additional analysis (2)**|||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**Receipts**
**5 Breakdown of unrestricted funds**|**Unrestricted**
**fund 1 - enter**
**name of fund**
**below**||**Unrestricted**
**fund 2 - enter**
**name of fund**
**below**|**Unrestricted**
**fund 3 - enter**
**name of fund**
**below**|**Unrestricted**
**fund 4 - enter**
**name of fund**
**below**|**Total**
**unrestricted**
**funds**|**Total**
**unrestricted**
**funds last period**| |Donations||||||**1**|**1**| |Legacies||||||**-**|| |Grants||||||**-**|| |Receipts from fundraisingactivities||||||**-**|| |Gross tradingreceipts||||||**-**|| |buildings||||||**-**|| |Rents from land & buildings||||||**-**|| |Gross receipts from other charitable activities||||||**70**|**70**| |**_Sub total_**
**Receipts from asset & investment sales**|**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**|**71**|**71**| |||||||cross ref error|| |Proceeds from sale of fixed assets||||||**-**|| |Proceeds from sale of investments||||||**-**|| |**_Sub total_**
**_Total receipts_**
**Payments**|**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**| ||**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**|**71**|**71**| |||||||cross ref error|| |Expenses for fundraisingactivities||||||**-**|| |Gross trading payments||||||**-**|| |Investment management costs||||||**-**|| |Payments relatingdirectlyto charitable activities||||||**-**|**-**| |Grants and donations||||||**-**|| |Governance costs:||||||**-**|| |Audit / independent examination||||||**-**|| |Preparation of annual accounts||||||**-**|| |Legal costs||||||**-**|| |||||||**-**|| |||||||**-**|| |**_Sub total_**
**Payments relating to asset and investment**
**movements**|**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**| |||||||-|| |Purchases of fixed assets||||||**-**|| |Purchase of investments||||||**-**|| |**_Sub total_**
**_Total payments_**
**_Net receipts / (payments)_**
**Transfers to / (from) funds**
**_Surplus / (deficit) for year_**|**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**| |||||||-|| ||**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**| |||||||-|| ||**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**|**71**|**71**| ||||||||| |||||||**-**|| ||||||||| ||**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**|**71**|**71**| |||||||cross ref error|| |**Nature and purpose of funds**|||||||| |The funds in the account is £41. £1 was a donation mad|e when the accoun||t was open. The ot|her £20 each was registation fees paid by two individuals|||prior to an event.| Receipts and Payments Account Spread sheet 2025Additional notes (2) December 2007 APPENDIX 2 **SC** ## **Additional analysis (3)** |**Additional analysis (3)**|||||**-**|**SC**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**Receipts**
**6 Breakdown of restricted funds**|**Restricted fund**
**1 - enter name of**
**fund below**|**Restricted fund**
**2 - enter name of**
**fund below**|**Restricted fund**
**3 - enter name of**
**fund below**|**Restricted fund**
**4 - enter name of**
**fund below**|**Total restricted**
**funds**|**Total restricted**
**funds last**
**period**| |Donations|||||**-**|| |Legacies|||||**-**|| |Grants|||||**-**|| |Receipts from fundraisingactivities|||||**-**|| |Gross tradingreceipts|||||**-**|| |Income from investments other than land and
buildings|||||**-**|| |Rents from land & buildings|||||**-**|| |Gross receipts from other charitable activities|||||**-**|| |**_Sub total_**
**Receipts from asset & investment sales**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**| ||||||-|| |Proceeds from sale of fixed assets|||||**-**|| |Proceeds from sale of investments|||||**-**|| |**_Sub total_**
**_Total receipts_**
**Payments**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**| ||||||-|| |Expenses for fundraising activities|||||**-**|| |Gross trading payments|||||**-**|| |Investment management costs|||||**-**|| |Payments relating directly to charitable activities|||||**-**|| |Grants and donations|||||**-**|| |Governance costs:|||||**-**|| |Audit / independent examination|||||**-**|| |Preparation of annual accounts|||||**-**|| |Legal costs|||||**-**|| ||||||**-**|| ||||||**-**|| |**_Sub total_**
**Payments relating to asset and investment**
**movements**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**| ||||||-|| |Purchases of fixed assets|||||**-**|| |Purchase of investments|||||**-**|| |**_Sub total_**
**_Total payments_**
**_Net receipts / (payments)_**
**Transfers to / (from) funds**
**_Surplus / (deficit) for year_**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**| ||||||-|| ||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**| ||||||-|| ||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**| |||||||| ||||||**-**|| |||||||| ||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**| ||||||-|| |**Nature andpurpose of funds**||||||| |||||||| Receipts and Payments Account Spread sheet 2025Additional notes (3) December 2007 ## **APPENDIX 3** ||**Independent examiner’s report on the accounts**|**Independent examiner’s report on the accounts**|**V2**| |---|---|---|---| |**Report to the**
**trustees/members of**|Charity name
Academy for African Studies||| |**Registered charity**|**SC051598**||| |**number**|||| |**On the accounts of the**|Period start date
Period end date||| |**charity for the period**|Day
Month
Year
Day
Month||Year| ||31
01
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**to**
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01|2025|| |**Set out on pages**|(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||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 2006 Accounts|My examination is carried out in accordance with Regulation 11 of the 2006 Accounts|| |**examiner’s statement**|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|In the course of my examination, no matter has come to my attention [other than that|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||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||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:**
07/01/2026||| |**Name:**|||| |**Relevant professional**|||| |**qualification(s) or body**|Institutes of Chartered Accountant in England and Wales||| |**(if any):**|(ICAEW)||| |**Address:**|||| *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 rf the examiner needs to highlight material problems. Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose