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~~o~~ OC The Edinburgh Peace Institute
EPI
51939
5 South Charlotte Street
Edinburgh Scotland UK mom mao EH24AN
| Director | 2023/24 | W. Thomson & Trustees | W. Thomson & Trustees | W. Thomson & Trustees | W. Thomson & Trustees |
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| Secretary | 2023/24 | W. Thomson & Trustees | W. Thomson & Trustees | W. Thomson & Trustees | W. Thomson & Trustees |
| Treasurer | 2023/24 | W. Thomson & Trustees | W. Thomson & Trustees | W. Thomson & Trustees | W. Thomson & Trustees |
2022/23 (Retired)
Constitution / Governing Document - Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisations (SCIO) New trustee appointments will be made in 2025/26 to develop EPI ‘environmental peace’ programmes. (In discussions)
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|1.|the advancement of education,|
|2.|the advancement of human rights, conflict resolution or|
|reconciliation,|
|3.|the promotion of religious or racial harmony,|
|4. the advocacy and promotion of environmental peace where it|
|impacts human peace.|
|1. Training & Educational Outreach – CDP Continuing|
|Professional Development courses for civil society in conflict,|
|humanitarian agencies, diplomats and ministers.|
|2.|Research & Policy Research – In 2025, on completion of|
|NGO registration Israel-Palestine.|
|3. Mediation & Advocacy - Providing training, and mediation of|
|human needs as peace development in the region.|
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NOTE*** At the end of EPI’s last financial year, (Aug 2023) we were set to submit our completed NGO application in the Palestinian Territories and Israel. On Oct 7th 2023, a war started, and since then we have placed matters onhold, due to restrictions on travel. We have enagaged in research on the conflict, and advocated for peace and human security through social channels, and governance structures.
EPI has no reserves at this time, due to non-trading, (2022-2023), and on hold due to the Israel-Gaza conflict in its second trading year (2023-2024), Developing Reserves: Reserves shall be written into and costed within the donor framework for research and policy applications. EPI intend to take a percentage of costs from training and consultancy to develop a reserve fund. 1. Time management and external pro-bono services deficits; for other charities and agencies. 2. Deficits are registered by the Director and Trustees, on personal funds allocated for the development of The Edinburgh Peace Institute, regarding set-up and legal fees. See pro-bono impacts and benefits above “Achievements & Performance”.
EPI was set up to initiate a charity in the Palestinian Territories and Israel, to continue research on human needs and peacebuilding from a praxis based engagement. Once the NGO application has been approved in 2025, EPI will be in a position to start trading, and will have access to international funding for our projects. The leaming curve of registering and functioning as an NGO in Israel and the Palestinian Territories, will allow EPI to apply to other regions of the world, where conflict exists Given the trauma fad by societies caught in conflict, we have paid a small price, but our work is in ever more demand, and we will continue, and review as we develop. OSCR will accept dlgltal or typed slgnatures Director 2310212025
APPENDIX 3
Independent examiner’s report on the accounts
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| Independent examiner’s report on the accounts’s report on the accountss report on the accounts V2 |
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| Report to the trustees/members of |
Charity name The Edinburgh Peace Institute |
| Registered charity | SC 051939 |
| number | |
| On the accounts of the | Period start date Period end date |
| charity for the period | Day Month Year Day Month Year |
| to 01 09 2023 31 08 2024 |
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| 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 | |
| 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 statement |
In the course of my examination, no matter has come to my attention [other than that 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:** | |
| Name: | |
| Relevant professional | |
| qualification(s) or body | |
| (if any): | |
| Address: | |
| 23/02/2025 |
*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.
**OSCR will accept digital or typed signatures.
APPENDIX 3 Disclosure section Only complete rf the examiner needs to highlvJht material problem5. Give here brief details of 'Monday 24th February 2025 any items that the examiner wishes to disclose IReport to the trustees of The Edinburgh Peace Institute (SC051939) on the accounts for the period 1 September 2023 to 31 August 2024. As the charity's trustees. you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. I, hereby act to provide an Independent Examiners Report stating that The Edinburgh Peace Institute did not trade financially or that any financial transactions took pla in it's second year as a charity, and that no items of concem have arisen. The reason for non trading is due to setting up a lengthy process to register as an NGO in Israel and the Palesb'nian Territories. This should be completed in 2025 and will open up the intemational donor funding space for the organisation EPI.