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APPENDIX 1 oscr,- Pariod stsrt datè Period •ThJ dato Year X124 31 Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator Reference and administration details Charty name Other names charlty Is known by Reglstefed charlty number Chartty's prlnclpal address Russian-SF4akir#J Eonbur SC052646 8 Bak•rton M•ir6 Way EdIn￿r Postcode EH14 3HF Names oflhe charlty trustees on date of approval of Trustees, Annual Report Trusiee name Offl¢e111 any) Dateg acted not for whole lor body) entllled to appoknl trusl••lllw H8ad of trustoos Treasurnr &nc• JL¥* 2024 &￿0 Jw 2024 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

APPENDIX 1 Reference and admlnlstration detalls Names of all other charty trustees durlng the perlod. If any, {for example. those who reslgned part way through Ihe flnanclal pellod) Name Resigned Junè 2024 Rosigned June 2024 structure, governance and management Type of govemlng document Trustee recrultment and appolntment Tru5tws w• d•ct•d from alr￿g vLling mwnb•Tr at th• Annual General Veting (usually in late spring or early surrwn8rl Objectlves and actlvltles Charltable purposes RU￿•￿ Sp•akiry Edirthw charty F￿vId•S •ducational and cultural Supp￿ to bdngual ErwJltsh-Russign sp••king ¢hildr•n in Edirthrgh ar•4 btycnd. Tho major actNity of Ru$$itA) Spo•king Eth'nburgh 1$ th• da$g•8 conducted woekty on Saturdays. Russian Speaking EdInI￿rgh organises cuAural 8vonts for tha Russian sp8akng comnwnty and for all p￿p10 intwosted in thg Russian ¢ultur •nd 14nguap. Summary ol the maln acttvltles In relatlon to Ihese obJe¢ts Pmidirwj cL•ss8s in Russian languag• and relat•d cultural suty.￿t8 to thiklrèn and &luMs from Scotland lin practicè. the tatthmènt area tends to include Edinburgh and the Lothi￿. Borders. Stirfing. parts of Frfel. Wo rrvJstty focus on irt-pe￿Qn dass¢¥ and ovents. In por%￿ dassos tth)k e in St Goorgo schod for girfs. Supportir¥J soual and cuhural d9Vdoprr￿t of chilthon from bilingual and mulknlirvJual environments by organising joint culturnl activities lexcursh?ns, pfmnces, contests, path'esl. Providing resourcès for th RuswaTrspe4kirvJ ccynmurbty. notably an exten5tve lending library Ibolh with chihjren's ar￿ general interest malerkglsl Supporting Russian larvJuage1oaming in SCI￿1 by provhling tsaching for rocognisod qualffjbcatic￿s n Russian Icurrenlly GCSE and A-￿VaLs1

APPENDIX 1 Achlevements and performance Summary of the main achievements of The eharity.Ru5siar￿lng Edinbjrgh" ISC0528461 was èstablished to the charty during the financial period reF4ace the existiThJ unincorporated tharty SC036049 and lo transfer all of Howwer. due to buraaucralic drfhcuttias in seth'ng up a bank account for thè now organisation. Tr) activrti&s wora carriod ujt and no fuThJs wa mov¢d durirwJ th? firwnual pgrhxl. 'RussiaTrspeaking Edwthirgh. rs still n the wocess of preparing to undertake all aCtNIt￿ prwousty manag8d by SC036049. Flnanclal revlew 8rfef statement of the charlty's pollcy RuS￿an Speaking Edinlyjrgh airrdb to maintain a Sustaina￿810V8l of on reserves resèNès to alk*w the organisatth to absorb incrèasèy in Èxpndituro, $uch as Sa￿ and rent increa395. lees subsidies low-income m¢mbgrs, subsKliBs for extracurricular actiwt￿5 for rnember5, incroa%d no8d for teaching aTrd 18aming matorials etc. Theso resefvos allow Russian Edinburth to keep tho ￿mborShiP feos aff¢)rdab￿ and r8latNely stab￿. Resèrves Sh￿Id bg maInt￿ned at a levèl be￿on 113 1C()% of the prevh￿s financial yearfs eX￿nd￿Ule. Thè Committee Jims to reinvest any mcnies above this into further Detslls of any deficit Donated laciliknes and services Irf any)

APPENDIX 1 other optional information Declaratlon The trustees declare that they have approved the tTUStees' report above. Slgned on behalf of the chwtys tmstees Slgnaturel Full namel Position le.g. Chairl Head of tru5tee5 Dale 25 Apil 2025