Trustees Re
rt March 2025 Friends of the Laln
Art Galle
The legacy of a large collection of Davidson Cloud glass which we re￿IVed in 2024 has now
been sold by our local auctioneer5.
Our continuing program of talks, day trips and short breaks meant we were able to give a grant
of £20,000 to the Laing Art Gallery toward the very suc￿Ssful exhilytion °Tumer. Art, Industry
and Nostalgia. which was staged by the Laing Art Gallery as a resutt of the National Gallery
loaning the Laing "The Fighting Temeraire. as part of its 200 birthday celebrations. This grant
was agreed in 2023124, and should have appeared in that yeaffs accounts, bui was requested
after the end of our finanGial year.
Unfortunately, in agreement with the gallery. our contribLrtion in 2024125 and going foTrvard
islwill be £10,000. This will be kept under annual revtew and any future legacies in particular
could lead to an increase in the donation to the Gallery.
Our loyal core of members prowdes us wtih the encouragement to continue to support the
gallery we love. We are incredibly grateful to our small team of volunteers, without whom we
would not be able to provide our membership with the events mentioned above, along with
quarterty magazine providing information about the gallery and the events vthich we hold. In
addition to the servi￿5 the volunteers provide to our membership, they offer a weekly talk on
"The Picture of the Month. to the wider public. and a Welcome Desk lo help visitors, both old
and new with any questions they mBht have about the gallery.

Friends of the Laing Art Gallery Treasurers report
1st April 2024 to 31st Marth 2025
REC&PTS
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CHARITY COMMISSION
Fok) ENGLAND AND IVALES
Independent examiner's
report on the accounts
Section A
Independenl Examiner's Report
Report to the trusteesl
members of
rRILdI6 OF Ac-
On accounts for the year
ended
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(if any)
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Set out on pages
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above
charityllhe Trust") for the year ended
Responsibilities and As the chartiy trustee5 of the Trust. you are responsible for Ihe preparation
basis of report of Ihe accounts in accordance with th6 requirements of the Charities Act
2011 ("the Act°}.
I report in respe￿ of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out
under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carying out my examination, I
have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission
under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have
ome to my attention {
') in connection wilh
the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material
fespect..
accounts.ng records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of
the Act or
the accounts do not aCcC￿d wth the accounting records
Independent
éxaminer's statement
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection
with the examir)akn"on to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a
proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
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the words in the brackets if they do not apply.
Signed:
Date:
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Name:
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qualification(s) or body
(if any)-
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October 2018