Trustees Annual Report 12[th] July 2026 New Pitsligo Village Hall SCO17152
New Pitsligo Public Hall, High Street, New Pitsligo, AB43 6NF.
Newpitsligopublichall@outlook.com
The current Trustees are-
David Lear (Chair) Arron McNiven (Joint Treasurer) Loraine Lear (Secretary) Kathryn Johnstone Adam Cruickshank (Vice Chair) Carolyn Slessor Robin Nichols (Joint Treasurer) Sarah Wood
Trustees who have left within the last year-
Janet Hood (Joint Treasurer) resigned, as had only taken on the role for 6 months and had already exceeded that.
Trustees are nominated and proposed at the Annual General Meeting each year.
The hall is the centre of the village and helps to bring the community together and meet the needs of all individuals, wherever possible. The hall is owned by the community, but ran by and cared for by a committee of trustee volunteers. The committee are responsible for the maintenance and upkeep, the updating of the hall and providing clubs, groups, events etc and a place for private hire use.
We have had a busy year of hall maintenance and events, with new events being added to the schedule. The halls general maintenance needs have continued to be our focus to ensure a safe and welcoming environment for the community. To do this we have raised funds through fundraising events, applying for grants and where possible the trustees have volunteered their time and expertise to carry out works themselves.
The following upgrades and maintenance have been carried out in the last 12 months-
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The main hall, upper hall, stairwell and lobby have all been painted including the wood panelling.
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The bar has had a complete overhaul, walls decorated, new flooring and various bar related accessories, signage etc added.
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All of the single glazed windows in the main hall, kitchen, stairwell, hub windows and men’s toilet have now been replaced with double glazed units.
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New runner rugs have been purchased to prevent slips and falls infront of the kitchen hatch and bar hatch and also an extra long one for the lobby area.
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Another soup urn has been purchased for the kitchen and various new utensils, table numbers etc to ensure we work within health & hygiene requirements. A replacement hob was purchased after the last one stopped working.
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New hanging rails have been purchased for the hub.
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New Thermal and double layered blackout curtains have been purchased for all of the 6 windows in the main hall and the two windows in the Upper Hall. This was done to ensure they are compliant with fire regulations.
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A floor buffer/polisher to replace the old one.
The following events were arranged by the hall trustees.
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Monthly Bingo nights
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Weekly Craft Club
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New Pitsligo Annual Quiz night
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Annual New Pitsligo Dog show
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Christmas Fayre held over two days with table sales, refreshments and Santa’s Grotto.
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A coffee morning to raise funds for SCAA
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A coffee morning to raise funds for ‘Scotty’s little soldiers’, on armed forces day.
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Cold Case Murder Mystery
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Live Professional Wrestling
Other events held at the hall organised by other village groups include
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The Annual New Pitsligo Visual Arts Show
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The Annual New Pitsligo Horticultural Society Flower Show
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New Pantomime, over several nights and a matinee performance.
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New Pitsligo & St Johns Primary School Concerts
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Children’s Discos
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Various music and dance entertainments for adults and children
The hall is also used on a weekly basis by a variety of local groups and clubs as well as private hires for parties.
Our hire prices are reviewed annually. There are two hire price lists, one for regular groups and the other for private hirers. There has not been any changes made to either price list, currently this year.
The Bring and Buy hub, which the committee runs 4 days a week in rooms at the back of the hall, is a major contributor to our fund-raising efforts as well as providing a useful service to the community. The hub has also allowed the committee to make £100 donations to local groups. This is decided by the committee in the form of nominations of local groups and put to the vote.
Together, we continue to strengthen the role of the Hall as a warm, welcoming, and wellmaintained space for all. Looking ahead, we remain committed to further improvements and broader community engagement by offering more and varied types of events and activities.
Financial review
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Overview of income and expenditure is shown below:
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There appears to be a surplus on our income, however, this was moneys raised from events and reserved, and a grant of £750 to go towards the planned works of decorating the interior of the hall. This has since taken place and funds withdrawn to pay for materials and the decorators contracted to do the work. This planned project was quoted at £5764 excluding the materials.
Signed Loraine Lear, Secretary for New Pitsligo village hall.
Signed David Lear, Chairman for New Pitsligo Village Hall.