The Robert Louis Stevenson aub Year to 28 February 2026 Contents Page Legal and admlnlstrative Information Report of the trustees Chalrman's Report Flnancial Statement Notes to the accounts Independent examiners report
The Robert Louls Stevenson Club Year to 2 Fetsnry 2025 Legal and administrative Information Committee Chairman Joe Fa11 CommSttee Minute5 Secretsry Valerie Pellatt Membership Secretsry Dora Cossar Hon Treasurer James I Wilkie Other Members of the Commlttee Martin Whlte Professor linda Dryden Jerny Hodges John Shedden Margaret Wllkie Ebaine Gre Anna Donaldson Charlty Number SC016582 Contart 7. Endfiekl Avenue Glas8ow G12 OJX Telephone 0131258 3119 emall J.Farrell@strath.ac.uk Bank Royal Bank of Scotland, Edinburgh Stockbrldge Branch 12 Nortfvwest Clrcus Place. Edinburgh EH3 6SX Sort Code 83-2LK)2 Account Number 257982 Independent examlner R lain Gardner Cl ACMA CGMA. MBIM 2 Park. Thomtonhall Gla$8ow G74 SAF The Robert Louls Stevenson aub
Report d the tntstees for the year ended 28 February 20Z6 Introdurth The trustees present their annual report ar¥J accounts for theyear ended 28th February 2026 The legal and administrativè infonnation 8Nen on pa8e I forn part of thls fepofL Governin8 document and obJertl¥es of the tharlty The aub L8 an unlncorporated as$odatl estsblished in 1920 •)d curr operates under a Constitution and set of Rules amended and endorsed at the Annual General Meetlng hdd on 1° June 1998. The affalrs ofthe dub are mana8ed by the aub Commlttee whose members are elected annually at the Annual General Meetlng. The prlndpal oblertlve of the dub Is the ethcatbon of the publlc con¢emln8the Ilfe and works of Robert Louls Stevenson. Reerultment and appolntment of Trustees Addltional or replacement Committee members •fe reuulted from the aub membership when required to malntaln the strength of the Commlttee. New Commlttee membefs a elected at an Annual General MeellrvA. Summary of maln artfvltles In relatlon to objects The Club arranges and athses on prolects. publlcatlons and actlvltles retstln8 to Robert Louls Stevenson and Te8ularty provldes advlce In response to Inqulrles. A more extensive report on the main achievements of the Club durln8 the year Is contslmd thIn the Chalnnon's AGM Report on page 4. Flnan¢lal Revlew and Reserves PollLy The aub *an the year wlth Reserves of£14,068 to whlch Rttelpts of£5.560 were ad(led. 8lvln8 É19.628 at Its dlsposal. After total payments of £6,198 there was a balance In of £13,430 to Carry forward. The Committee cOlder the rrent I1 of re5er¥es to be satkfxtory; PL4ky Is to retsln sufficlent unrestrirted reserves to meet obll8ations and to ensure finalal stablllty. Rlsks to whlth the charlty Is exposed The Cownmittee conslder that due to its small size and Its slmpllclty there 15 no material rlsk to 4¥filch It Is exposed. The situation is rwlewed at each meetlng of trustees. Statement of Trustees Responslbllltles The irustees are responble for maintsiniwa accountlng ordS which lsdO$e with reasonable accuracy at any tlme the financial p05Ftion of the charlty and whkh are sufficlent to show and explaln the charws transactlons 8rtd enabte them to ensure that the finarhdal 5tstements compty with regulations Fnade under the Charitles Act. They are a150 responsible for safeBuardinB the assets of the tharity and hen¢e for tskin8 reasonable steps for the prelention and detection of fraud and other iryegularitles. The trustees are also responsible for the contents of the trustees, report and the responsibility of the independent examiner in relation to the teS report is limited to examining the report and
Approved by the Committee on 12 July 204 and sigfied on their behalf by Pnrf•5sor Joe Farrell Chalrnwn The Robert Louts Stevenson aub NOTES TO THE AccouNfs
Robfft L[lS SteTh$Oll Club Chain'S ReIrt 202>26 The club has very tIVe in the past yetr. aNI C&A claim to be an i11sb}e focus point for much n&ional and international disClOn and research on RLS. Although plainly we WlId wefer to be able to rqKwt that the Club ha5 I1 attracting rth melllbers, In ft the membershlp has rernained llM)re than stable. The alIty is that the bulk of the membeT5hlp ts no longer in the SpTingiime of their (our) lives. INJI we are maklng every effort 10 auraci a younger mellrShip. In particular. we have be thaSing the feaslbiliry of havlng online events. of kIng use of of sIMlAS films of holding meeLings in other parts of Scotland. not only Eltinburyh fibIlity of havlng access to serfals based on RLS ficdon whlch In happler aays they used to screetL We have hal less encouragemen( fmrn them than i would hwe hoped for bui we will keep We have also been In touch wlth tFE Fllm Llbrary In Kelvin Hall with a vlew ro arranging some showlng5 there of films whlth are aaatiOnS of some of Strvenson's works. I can report that In this case we have had g1 enc(rtWdgemen( from the officials. In the course of thts year we will ceilainly owise at leasi one screen8 of one of the nw)y RLS-based tllms they have. This move ts also part of another objective of outs, viz to try and Ove meetings away from Ethnburgh to othff places In Scotland. SpedftGIIty. we ate aranging a meetlng In DuTrbl, and we WIU adveTtise the eveni ift the Kelvin Haji in the Jw of attraalng new membos. The Club In Edinburgh ltsdf has been active In manlfold ways. There are zegular coffee mornlngs at whlch people chat infomially, wlth RLS as the central focus. In additfion I have been surprlsed by the exrent to whlch the Club ts • as the maln keeper of Stevenson's memory, and so we receive from varf(4ts quarta5 requests for Inforn)adon or a&siStance on some of the more unexpected iniiiatives rdated to the memory ol RLS. Tb clmm two exatnples, the Colinion manse Whe RLS'S graTKlfather w&8 mSnister and wkn RLS h]L$elf played as a boy, has beffi in touch over an appllcatlon to alw the natute of the S[Al1]ng laThl. We have discussed the rnaiter and organlsed a vlslt on 25 AugusL We were also approached by the owner of the Ship Inn in Ltmekilns who wanted some kind of ill4)recise reco8nition over a pIble connectlon Ikxween his proptY and Kidnapd. Seemlngty the a rnUTa]s there deplcthg Sce In the novd. but he belleYe5 the lattOnShIp may be stronger. We had wseful dionS on this poinL This was also the case with the manager of the sknp Ftngal. whlch w&s a lighthouse supply shlp once used by the Sievenson family and is Th)w wmaMtly docked in Leith. He organised a special RLS dlnner and con&1 me fo discuss the owisauon of that evening. He hired an actOT to (Iramadse- very vlvidly . scenes from Jetyll & Hte. I have to stress that thts waq a private initiative and not an offiaal Club ev0)1 t( he valued Snvolvaneni. Many members attended the evening was a great success. We will be happy to have flltse discussioAs with the managemenL tral Club aaivides Induded: Talks and Discussions November 25 Annual Lunch at the Ne4¥ Club, with an interestiThJ talk ty the rtt)velisi Stuart Campbell, who had completed RLS'S unfinished vrk The Great N<th Road March 26 Kidnopped with o Piono 1917 silert
March 26 The Three Robins. an infomiatrrfe tslk by Prof David Purdie ab¢xrt the relationship between the three Scottish 'Robbies PL)berts or Robin&. May 26 A Friendsh(D in lettas, a dramalised reading ty Iwo artcws Jack Johnstone and Peter Berry, of the correspondence beivfftn RLS and J M Barrie. We are otganislng a new series of talks, with the fty A Rebel In PA)hemia, scheduled for 7 AugusL We are in touch wTrth LKher tx>&sible speakers so we will have a full progtamme for the coming year. We will Ik in particular. but exclusivdy. at the Ligillhouse-buiming aaivities of the family io de in with fonhcow exmbltion ' For the Safety of all Scotland, ai the General Reglstrar House. IDdividual menlJeTS have bm xtive (• behalf of the Cknb in sectr)rs wljich are of 8rEai [rtanCe. Jeremy Hodges has been invaluable in keeplng trk of new work on SievertsoD. New biogTaphies of sVen0Th have aEFard, I wqmlld like io draw atenuon to work in Italian agglo nelle cenne5 by Tlno Franza We contioue to Assue a qUaTwly - The RIS Club News - to keqj everyone fully involved and inforlll. This is noi a elY IIKal thfitiative canles news from dlfferent pans of the world. Receni artldes have updawl rnelllbets on RLS-related artlvtties on the Rthvlera. on Grez-sur-Loin8 where wriors can receive an RLS Ixll5ary. aTh1 on our sisier dub in Monterey in Californla. I have personally had the honour of thesslng them and am still in contacL There Is a]so a RLS website. There have been Stevenson-related initiative5 ID several eounthes in which we have been involved. Martin White, ldlL of the Euro[ll CultUTal Roirtes. is an aaive member arKI has had the enthuslastic supp)n of the Club. Of specia] iDiere5t are initiaives In several cities Induding Antwerp and Menton to ensure that Stevenson's presence in these pLxe5 ts fulty Tecognised. In this coniex(, an Edinburyh Robert Louts Stevenson Club ts more Inylrtant than ever. nationally and intemaiionalty. Professor Joe FaThdl (Chair)
ThE ROBERT LoUISSTEVEXY CLUB RECEIPIS Subxriptions Annual Members Donations 2511 22 428 Totsl &Jb$ptTrs Bank Inte$t Club Event-Annual Lunth Oonations 2628 231 2495 65 Tor AECEIPTS 5704 PAYMEPlfS Charknble Actfvlt*s Club E¥eTht-Annual Cfvk lUb SFoaker fee and expen Soclal Evefitexpenses Postage, statlonery. newsktters Prfntln6 of New51etters deo Recordlng menttl Plawè 2614 2730 371 1113 475 720 631 470 816 6161 Admlnlstratk MIX 5ubxrlptlon to Ills European 227 23 317 TOTAL PAYMEPITS 6274 SUIPW¥4)EFiaTfry¥¢ $58 49) 5urplusl 4MficltforyeaT sw•m•ntofO•larKes At 28 February204 •nk A¢tourts TA SuQÈ£ l• ¥L-' rEsiO£ To& r.4
NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS For the year ended 28 February 2026 Basls on whlth a¢counts have been prepared With effert from l March 2(X)7 the accounts have been prepared on a general receipts and payments basis. The charity is entirety dependent on the contlnulng support of Its sub5crlbln8 member donors, both indivldual corporate. Taxatlon As a reglstered charity, the soclety Is exempt from Incorne and corp)ratlon tax to the extent that its income and gains are applicable to charftable purposes only. Value Added Tax Is not recoverable by the socW and Is therefore Included In any relevant costs If upon wlndlng up or dlssolutlon of the charlty there remain any assets, after the satisfaction of all debts and liabllities. the assets represented by the accumulated fund shall be transferred to some other dwritsble body or bodie5 havin8 objects similar to those of the charity. Remunerat1( of Trustees The management commlttee who a Irustees receNe neither MuneratIOn nor round sum expenses. Endowment Funds The charlty had no endowment funds In the year ended 28 February 2026 nor in the year ended 28 February 2025 Desl8nated Fund$ The Club had no funds in the year under review other than for the general purposes expressly defined In 5ts objects as a liteftry charity in accOrdare with its goveming document as summarlsed at the outset of the Trustees, Report on Page 2 Independent Examlnerfs Report tothe Trustees of The Robert Louls Stevenson aub
I reporton the finandal Strtem ofthe dwrlty for the year ended 28 Feknary 2026 whith are set out on pages5 arnl 6 The charitystrustees are responslble for the preparadon of the accounts In accordance wfth the tern of the Charftles •nd Tftees InsIme0t (Scotland) Act 2(Y15 and the Charltles Attounts {kotland) Regulatlons 21X)6. The tharltytnotees the audlt requlrertnt of Re8ulatk>n5 1011) Id) of theACC¢nts Re8ulatKins does not apply. It Is my responslblllty to examlne the accounts as requlred under sectlon 4411) c of the kt and to stste whether rtICular matters hwe come to nw attentloft. Myeumln•tk)n1s carrfed out In artordw wlth Ile8ul•tlon 11 of the Charftks Accounts (Scothndl Re8ulatlons X. An examlr•tknn Inclth a revlv of the accountln8 records kept bythe clIty and a comprlson of the accounts presented wlth those records. It 41$0 Includes con5klerntknn of any unusual Items or dlsck>gJres In the accounts and seeks explan•tlons from the trustees concemln8 ary such mattef& The procedures undertaken do not provkle all the evldencethat wld be requlred In an audlt and consequently I do not express an oplnh)n on tt vlewW4M In the •coxm In the course of my examlnatk)n. no matter h•s come to Iny attentbn requlrementr" To keep •¢countlry records In accardance wlth Sectlon 44 la) of the 2Cf15 kt arrfl Re8ulatlon 4 of tr 2CQ6 k(ounts Regulatlons and to wep•re accounts whlch accord wlih the ac£ounlts¥ recordsand complywlth Re8ulatlon 9 of the 2006 2) To vlthkh. kn my oplnk)D, •ttentloD should be drwn In oyderto en•ble • proper understarrflI of tl accmtstrJ be re•thed. R laln Gardner C4 Ac CGMi MBIM 2, Bishops PfL ThOmknll Glay G74 SAF