Registered Charity Number SC011350
GREGOR AWARD TRUST
REPORT AND ACCOUNTS
YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH 2026
GREGOR AWARD TRUST YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH 2026
REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Registered charity name
Gregor Award Trust
Charity number
Sco1sh charity number SC011350
Principal address
5 Barony Terrace Edinburgh EH12 8RE
Trustees
Lorna A Pascall Graham K Pascall Alastair G Pascall
Bankers
Royal Bank of Scotland plc
Independent Examiner
David J Terms Chartered Accountant 1 Grange Court Gullane EH31 2FA
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GREGOR AWARD TRUST YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH 2026
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES
STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT
Governing document
The Trust is governed by a Deed of Trust and was established on 12th November 1987.
Appointment of Trustees
The Trustees are appointed under the Deed of Trust and subject to re-appointment annually. The Trustees during the year are listed on page 1.
Risk management
The Trustees have assessed the investment risks to which the charity is exposed.
OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES
The Deed of Trust requires the Trustees to assist persons not over the age of thirty through bursaries, grants, travel awards and the like who, in the opinion of the Trustees, would benefit therefrom parXcularly in the fields of agriculture and home economics and to provide travel opportuniXes at home or abroad for persons who may be interested in widening their knowledge of agriculture, horXculture, arboriculture or the like. Such awards to be known as “THE GREGOR AWARD”.
The Trust sets out to help annually one or two young people from Scotland to undertake study outwith Scotland on a subject related to agriculture or the home at a pracXcal level perXnent to the “back home” situaXon.
ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE
Grants allocated for the year amounted to £2,200 (2025 - £7,082).
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REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES (cont’d)
FINANCIAL REVIEW
The net receipts of the Trust for the year ended 31st March 2026 amounted to £258. (2025 – net payments £4,069). The market value of the Trust’s investments increased from £21,654 at 31st March 2025 to £26,676 at 31st March 2026.
Principal Funding Sources
The principal funding sources are income from investments and voluntary donaXons.
Investment Policy
The Trustees’ investment policy is to balance the requirement for a reasonable level of current income with the objecXve of long term growth in capital and income through equity investment.
Reserves Policy
It is the Trustees’ policy to maintain the present level of general fund reserves and to distribute the charity’s net income as appropriate.
The Trustees declare that they have approved the Report of the Trustees above. Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees.
Lorna A Pascall
Lorna A Pascall Trustee 12 July 2026
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STATEMENT OF RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS
| Unrestricted | Funds | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Notes | Total funds | Total funds | |
| 2026 | 2025 | ||
| £ | £ | ||
| RECEIPTS | |||
| Investment income | 2,724 | 3,013 | |
| --------- | -------- | ||
| 2,724 | 3,013 | ||
| --------- | -------- | ||
| RECEIPTS FROM ASSET AND INVESTMENT SALES | |||
| Proceeds from sale of investments | - | - | |
| --------- | -------- | ||
| TOTAL RECEIPTS | 2,724 | 3,013 | |
| --------- | -------- | ||
| PAYMENTS | |||
| Grants | 2 | 2,200 | 7,082 |
| Miscellaneous | 3 | 266 | - |
| -------- | -------- | ||
| TOTAL PAYMENTS | 2,466 | 7,082 | |
| -------- | -------- | ||
| NET RECEIPTS/(PAYMENTS) | 258 | (4,069) | |
| --------- | --------- | ||
| SURPLUS/(DEFICIT) FOR THE YEAR | 258 | (4,069) | |
| --------- | --------- |
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STATEMENT OF BALANCES
| Unrestricted Funds | Unrestricted Funds | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Notes | Total funds | Total funds | |
| 2026 | 2025 | ||
| £ | £ | ||
| CASH FUNDS | |||
| Cash and bank balances at start of year | 128,576 | 132,645 | |
| Surplus/(Defcit) shown on Receipts and Payments account | 258 | (4,069) | |
| --------- | -------- | ||
| Cash and bank balances at end of year | 128,834 | 128,576 | |
| --------- | -------- | ||
| INVESTMENTS | 4 | ||
| Market Valua\on | |||
| 2026 | 2025 | ||
| £ | £ | ||
| Units – M&G Charifund | 26,676 | 13,096 | |
| Units – M&G Charibond | - | 8,558 | |
| ---------- | ---------- | ||
| TOTAL | 26,676 | 21,654 | |
| --------- | ---------- |
All investment assets belong to unrestricted funds.
Approved by the Trustees on 12 July 2026 and signed on their behalf by:-
__Lorna A Pascall______ Lorna A Pascall
Trustee
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NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS
1. NATURE AND PURPOSE OF FUNDS
To assist persons not over the age of thirty through bursaries, grants, travel awards and the like who would benefit therefrom, parXcularly in the fields of agriculture and home economics and to provide travel opportuniXes at home or abroad for persons who may be interested in widening their knowledge of agriculture, horXculture, aboriculture or the like.
2. GRANTS
| 2. | GRANTS | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of | ||||
| Individual | grants made | £ | ||
| Work/ Study tour, Texas |
E Bremner | 1 | 1,000 | |
| Oxford Farming Conference | G Chalmers | 1 | 1,200 | |
| ------- | ||||
| 2,200 | ||||
| ------- | ||||
| 3. | MISCELLANEOUS | |||
| £ | ||||
| Publicity banners | 226 | |||
| Travel expenses - commijee members | 40 | |||
| ——- | ||||
| 266 | ||||
| ——- |
4. INVESTMENTS
M&G Charibond investments were disconXnued by M&G Investments during the year and the units were transferred to M&G Charifund.
5. TRUSTEES
No remuneraXon or expenses were paid to the trustees during the year.
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INDEPENDENT EXAMINER’S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES
I report on the accounts of the charity for the year ended 31st March 2026 which are set out on pages 4 to 6.
RESPECTIVE RESPONSIBILITIES OF TRUSTEES AND EXAMINER
The charity’s trustees are responsible for the preparaXon of the accounts in accordance with the terms of the ChariXes and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 and the ChariXes Accounts (Scotland) RegulaXons 2006. The charity trustees consider that the audit requirement of RegulaXon 10(1)(d) of the Accounts RegulaXons does not apply. It is my responsibility to examine the accounts as required under secXon 44(1)(c) of the Act and to state whether parXcular majers have come to my ajenXon.
BASIS OF INDEPENDENT EXAMINER’S STATEMENT
My examinaXon is carried out in accordance with RegulaXon 11 of the ChariXes Accounts (Scotland) RegulaXons 2006 (as amended). An examinaXon includes a review of the accounXng records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideraXon of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeks explanaXons from the trustees concerning any such majers. 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 accounts.
INDEPENDENT EXAMINER’S STATEMENT
In the course of my examinaXon, no majer has come to my ajenXon
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which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements
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to keep accounXng records in accordance with SecXon 44(1)(a) of the 2005 Act and RegulaXon 4 of the 2006 RegulaXons, and
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to prepare accounts which accord with the accounXng records and comply with RegulaXon 9 of the 2006 Accounts RegulaXons
have not been met, or
- to which, in my opinion, ajenXon should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
David Terms
DAVID J TERMS Chartered Accountant 1 Grange Court Gullane EH31 2FA 13 July 2026
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