The Scottish Trust
Annual Accounts & Trustees Report Year ending 5[th] April 2025
Charity Number SC011097
The Scottish Tree Trust (SC011097)
Year ended 5[th] April 2025
Contents
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Contents
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Trustee Report
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Background information
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Income and Expenditure Account
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Balance Sheet
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The Scottish Tree Trust (SC011097)
Year ended 5[th] April 2025
Trustee Report
During the year the Tree Trust received a legacy provided for in the Will of the Late Mrs Maureen Lindsay in the amount of £114,471 after all legal expenses. The purpose of this legacy was to continue the work of the Trust as set out in its Constitution.
The Trust’s Bothy at Loch Fada by Ardfern, Argyll is still undergoing annual maintenance to the outer part with new Aspen Timber. This continues to involve work parties coming up from Glasgow.
Regardless of this, the building continues to function for volunteers, individuals and small groups wishing to study wildlife.
With our raised bog at Cathburn Moss, near Newmains, North Lanarkshire, we have had volunteer work parties from Butterfly Conservation to continue the clearance for the habitat of the Small Pearl Bordered Fritillary and other insects and plants.
We are still in the process of identifying suitable primary school teachers to train in wildlife and plant subjects, but this continues to prove difficult as not much priority for those subjects is being given at training colleges.
The Trust continues to be available to give advice and talks to the public, and has continuing memberships of various charities, and offer our reserves for any member of official from one of these organisations to undertake research.
We continue to be in contact with North Lanarkshire Council’s warden, responsible for the Cathburn Moss area in Newmains, to assist in their conservation policy.
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The Scottish Tree Trust (SC011097)
Year ended 5[th] April 2025
Background Information
Current Trustees and Ofce Bearers
(President), (Treasurer), and
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The recruitment and reappointment of Trustees and office bearers is made at the Annual General Meeting (AGM) which is held in November each year.
The Tree Trust is governed by its Constitution and is an unincorporated voluntary organisation for administration purposes.
The Tree Trust Purpose
The Tree Trusts charitable purposes are for the following:-
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conservation of the natural environment
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species conservation
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education of young people in outdoor matters
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communicating with other charities nationally and internationally
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assist efforts to challenge global warming & species extinction of global flora & fauna
The Tree Trust has focused on those with mental health issues regarding peace of mind, and has run visits to its Bothy at Ardfern in Argyll, where free accommodation continues to be made available to them. This has been extended to persons of low income wishing to find outdoor recreation in the form of wildlife attractions.
Finance and Administraton
Trustees receive no form of remuneration and meet their own travel costs.
The Trust is a small self-contained charity, receiving funding through specific donations from donor bodies and individuals.
Background and History
The Trust oversees two nature reserves at Ardfern on the Craignish Peninsula, Argyll. Located here are Hen Harriers and various other species of butterflies encouraged and maintained through the planting of native Scottish Trees and the rewilding of this area. In addition to these reserves there is a raised bog, the Cathburn Moss, located in North Lanarkshire, also maintained by the Trust.
In the past the Trust has organised international youth exchanges with many Eastern European countries and our own Youth Group, along with attending conferences across Europe and the USA. This included a small group visiting and living with the Sioux Native American nation reservation in South Dakota for a month.
Those involved in these exchanges were predominantly from working class families, mixing for the first time with their counterparts in Russia, Poland and Germany.
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The Scottish Tree Trust (SC011097)
Year ended 5[th] April 2025
Income and Expenditure Account
| 2025 | 2024 | |
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| Income | ||
| Donatons | -- | 5 |
| Legacies | 114,741 | -- |
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| Total Income | 114,741 | 5 |
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| Expenditure | ||
| Repairs & Renewals | 1,100 | -- |
| ------- | -------- | |
| Total Expenditure | 1,100 | -- |
| ===== | ===== | |
| Surplus/ (Defcit) | 113,641 | 5 |
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The Scottish Tree Trust (SC011097)
Year ended 5[th] April 2025
Balance Sheet
| 2025 | 2024 | |
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| Bank Account | 116,103 | 2,462 |
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| Represented by | ||
| Brought forward reserves | 2,462 | 2,457 |
| Plus current year surplus/ (defcit) | 113,641 | 5 |
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| 116,103 | 2,462 | |
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Approved by:-
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Trustee/ Treasurer
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APPENDIX 3
| Independent examiner’s report on the accounts V2 |
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| Report to the trustees/members of |
Charity name The Scottish Tree Trust |
| Registered charity number |
SC 011097 |
| On the accounts of the | Period start date Period end date |
| charity for the period | Day Month Year Day Month Year |
| to 06 04 2024 05 04 2025 |
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| Set out on pages | (remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets) 1 to 5 |
| 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:** | Date: 8/12/25 |
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| Relevant professional qualification(s) or body (if any): |
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*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.
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APPENDIX 3
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