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2025-10-31-accounts

OLD HAA TRUST BURRAVOE YELL

OSCR NO. $C001356

Income & Expenditure 1/11/2024 to 31/10/2025

2025 2024
OpeningBalance 95,606.82 80,529.16
Income
Tearoom 18,641.63 16,303.97
Grants 8,918.00 15,750.00
Commission 4,554.89 4,815.67
Donations 4,022.28 4,165.21
OldHaa crafts 4,912.09 3,994.66
Hydrowindmill 8,984.42 4,941.59
Entryfees 2,034.00 766.00
Useofphotograpghs 0.00 400.00
Roomhire 0.00 50.00
Bankinterest 332.72
TotalIncomereceivedintheyear 52,400.03 51,187.10
Expenditure
Wages 16,985.26 12,047.82
Repairs&maintenance 1,613.90 7,273.23
Tearoom 2,895.14 4,078.84
Insurance 2,725.61 2,517.81
Hydro 6,162.46 2,462.76
OldHaa crafts 2,374.64 2,446.86
Newequipment 4,387.86 1,030.73
Wortdpay 1,116.81 873.55
Telephone 1,032.33 672.29
Website& software 709.19 607.19
Water rates 1,064.12 588.74
Cleaning 296.15 482.60
Advertising 256.92 430.32
Printing&stationery §82.55 231.22
Generalexpenses 0.00 105.79
Training 41.10 96.00
Garden 207.34 74.60
Subs&membership 30.00 60.00
Postage 13.76 29.09
Preservationandequipment 868.13 0.00
Bankcharges 97.02 0.00
Professionalfees 300.00 0.00
TotalExpenditureforthe year 43,760.29 36,109.44
Surplus/Deficitfortheyear 8,639.74 15,077.66
Unrestricted balance 104,246.56 95,606.82
Represented by:
Bank 103,496.08 95,413.47
Cash 750.48 193.35
104,246.56 95,606.82

APPENDIX 3

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Scottish Charity Regulator
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| independent examiner's report on the accounts « |
Report to the | Charity name
trustees/members of Old Haa Trust |
Registered charity SC001356 |
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On the accounts of the Period start date Period end date
charity for the period Day | Month i Year Day | Month Year
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Respective the charity’s trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance
responsibilities Of with the terms of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) 2005 Act and the
trustees and examiner 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 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, | do
not express an audit opinion on the view given by the accounts.
Independent examiner’s In the course of my examination, no matter has come to my attention fetherthanthat
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  1. which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements:

  2. to keep accounting records in accordance with section 44(1) (a) of the 2005 Act and Regulation 4 of the 2006 Accounts Regulations, and

  3. to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with Regulation 9 of the 2006 Accounts Regulations

have not been met, or

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2. to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper
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OLD HAA MUSEUM
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Old Haa Trust Chair's Report — 2025

This is my Chair’s report on the Old Haa Trust, given at the Annual General Meeting, 13th January 2026.

Season

We recruited 5 job-share Museum Assistants, some who have returned from last season. There was still reliance on Trustees at the start of the season but definitely less than in 2024. We also recruited a Cleaner which relieved the work load on the museum assistants. This seemed to work well.

A total of 37 group booking/special opening this season which was 8 more than 2024. The bulk of our bookings are through Island Vista and we worked alongside them, by opening 10 minutes early, to assist with the issued they were having with the availability of ferry bookings.

Building

Concerns had been raised that the hearthstone in the tearoom could causea trip hazard. A fender was made locally to solve this issue. There was no work further carried out on the building this season although plans have been finalised to replace the garden shed

Collections

Work is continuing on the accessioning of artefacts and contacting lenders regarding items on loan.

Discussions have been completed with Shetland Amenity Trust regarding the White Wife. She will arrive at Old Haa in January 2026 to take up residence in her permanent home in the Downstairs Exhibition Room following conservation at the Scottish Conservation Studio, South Queensferry.

We also contacted Scottish Conservation Studio about conserving the flying suit gifted last year by the family of Flying Officer A Helme, a survivor of the Arisdale crash in 1942. Work is underway to find grant funding to make this possible.

Visitor Numbers 2024

April - 472, May — 1347, June - 1352, July — 1439, Aug — 1307, Sept — 957, Oct - 109 Total 6983. This is a 14.5% increase on 6133 in 2024 and, yet again, our busiest year to date. Tecan ‘aes tinea: | me | ee BEST=EUROPE

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General

We made changes to how the Gallery was run in 2024. Instead of 1 or 2 artists sharing the space with change every 3 weeks, the space is now shared by up to 4 artists changing every at 5-6 weeks. This maintained the number of artists on display but reduced the work for Trustees.

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These changes seemed to work well despite some poor feedback from locals.

We now have 9 Trustees but more would always be welcome to ease the workload. These Trustees have undertaken a lot of training this season including many hours in preparation for re-accreditation which is due at start of 2026.

Finally, may | thank all Trustees, Carol Christiansen, Museum Assistants and Cleaner for their continued support.

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