APPENDIX 1
OSCR
PencNJ start date
Peiiod end date
Month
Y•ar
Irth Y8¥
Frorn
2024 To
S((Alsh (harity RegulaloT
Office of the Scottish Charlty Regulator
Reference and administration details
Charrty nam•
Othèr namos charlty Is known
Bressay Hi5W Group
Reglstered charfty number
SC020818
Charlty's princlpal addreu Bressay Hwrtage Centre
Bressay
Sheda
Postcode ZE2 9EL
Name8 of the charky tru$tMs on dats of approval of Tn*l¢es' Annual Report
lor body) •ntkl•d to
Beatrice Lowe
Chair
Bem¥d Redman
v￿£hair
Stuart Barton
Treasurer
Hazel Anderson
John Scott
Jo Smith
Lindsay Tulloch
Davhj Manson
John Batesson
From 2W Jan 2026
10 Graham March
From 2W Jan 2026
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19

APPENDIX 1
Reference and administration details
Nomes of all other charity trustee• durfNJ the po1i¢>d. ff any. (for •x•mph, those who rn8lgn•d part way
through the finan¢lal porlod)
Structure, governance and management
Typ• of govornlng doeument
Tnmtee rncrnlkn•nt and appolntment The ex officio Trustees shall be those appointed at a public meeting to the
Cha¥. V￿£ Ch*"r, Secretary and Treasurer of the Trust. and those
ap[￿nted shall serve ts a of years, but shall be eligible for re-
appjinlment. Those enb'ued to vote at Suth a Meeting are those whose
narres are on the currenl Electc￿al Roll for the Island of Bressay,
Shelknd.
The number ofTntstees shal rK)t be kn than and. in the event of
tr￿'r numter falkng below three. such aldilwmal Trustees or Twslee shall
forthw.rth be apwnted as shall b8 ￿eSSary to make thew number up to
three t￿1 the Tnjstees may from time lo time exerGi5e all or any of the
Tfusf s poweT5 and dixretions Iwein contained, nOt￿"thStanding any
vacaw or ¥￿anC*S in their numt*r.
Objectives and activities
Charitable purpo808
The advancement of crtizenship or community devekyment.
ar￿￿)1 of the arts. hentage. culiure or sC￿ce
Summary of the maln acllvit
In rolatlon to th•80 obifjcts
To collect and exhknit Bressay Histy in our Heritage centre.
To provide research facilrties from our ar¢hNes.
To provide lanwty history to tlThe with a connection to 8ressay.
We we ryen lo all three days a week and by appointment.

APPENDIX 1
Achievements and performance
Summary ol the maln achlevements of Reluming the Bressay slone was the biggest ttem the History Group
the charlty during the flnanclal pgriod
TKJrked on in 2025. arKI ffembers of BHG regularly wth Jenny
urray. Andrew Jennings arKI IA*olm Innes. BHG were su¢ce$$ful In
ing funding through UHI to P￿ for stsff to undertake 3 projects
linked to the Stone.
(hjr committee have ￿7)rked throughout the year wth other heritage and
tourism (KganisatM)ns. Bern¥d has attended Shetland Heritage meetings
and Hazd and Beatrice have attended a Vtsitor Information Service
Netrworking Event ￿ a Travel Distribution ￿rks￿ in November. t4)th
gave us some interesting ideas for developing and sellin9 our'product,
and an OPFX)rtunty to share Ideas wilh other heritage centres and tourist
ntred businesses.
Bressay Henlage Centre opened from May to September vmh Hazel our
main custiyjian and customer numbers for 2025 were up from the
previous year11373 to 17691. our hwjhest ever nun￿er of visitors
recorded.
Our group took part as usual in the Voar Redd up and held a Christmas
gathering kn the ojmmitth and supporters where Malcolm shared the
details of the report
Numerous smal￿[ tasks were cOMp￿ted Ihrc4Jghoul the year includirNJ the
updatwig of our shetland.org listing. reattaching the Bumt Mound sign to
its post. repairs to d￿rS and porch flooring. the installation of a card
payffent system. QR c(yJe for donations. purchase. We receNed believéd
to bekng to the late Bertie Smith. Hazel provided a collection of W11
and WN2 ilerrts held in BHG'S collection to take part in a re-dedicalion
Cerer￿[￿ in September.
2026 wll marf( Bressay Herrtage Centre's ￿rthdaY and as well as
overseeing the retum of the Bressay Stone and the commencement of the
updates to our exhtJrth)ns. BHG ￿11 need to agree a plan for the Ham
I(￿k. whth ncw have (ywnership Df.
Financial review
Brlfjf statem•nt of th• chaiity's policy have I￿0 reserved furK15. Ch* 15 for th8 ongoirwJ maintenance of the
on re8eThes
Rescues and Vbtecks project wh￿h deals with looking after the information
points around Bressay. The Oth￿ is fw any future Fxoject regarding the
Bressay Lighthouse.
Dètslls of any defkft
Don•tod f4cilitié8 and s•rvic•s lif any>

APPENDIX 1
Other optional information
Declaration
The trustees declare that tlw hav• apwov•d tho Irust••8' report above.
Sign•d on behalf of tho ¢haTIty's truste
Slgnaturnls)
OSCR *Tllacrwpt
Stuart Bartc
Full name(s)
stuart Bart
Position le.g. Chair)
1V Awl 2026

APPENDIX 3
OSCR
5collish Chaiily ReRuklor
Independent examinerfs report on the accounts
Report to the Bressay History Group
Iru8t•O8lmomborn of
V2
Reglster•d ¢harlty SC020818
number
On the accounts of the
Peri(xJ start date
charlty for the period
Period end date
Month
Sep
Year
Year
2024
2025
Sot lxrt on pages 7-10
R•sp•ctlv• The ch*ity's trustees are resp￿sIbl& for the preparati￿ of the accounts in accordance
rnsponsibilities of the tèms of the Chanties *KI Truste8 Investn*nl (Scotland) 2005 Act aNI the
tru$t•o8 and gxaminer Charities Accounts {Scolland) Regulations 2C#J6 las ameThJed). The charity trustees
consider that the audit requ*ement of Regulabon 10(1 } (d) of the Accounts Regulations
dces not apply. It is my ￿5￿nsIbl￿ty to examine the accounts as required under section
4411) (¢) of the Act and to State whether particular matters have come to my attention.
Bas18 ol Independent My examination is carried out in xcordan* with RegulatiM 11 of the 2C()6 Ac¢ounts
examlner's statement Regulalwms. An examfftat￿ wKludes a review of the a¢¢ounting records kept by the
d￿rity and a Comparison ofthe a¢¢ounts wesented wilh those records. It also includes
con$iderats"on of any unusual rtems or dis¢tosures in the accounts and seeks explanats'ons
from the trustees con¢eming any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide
all the evpJen¢e that woukl be fequired in an audit and, Consequently, I do not express an
audit opinion on Ihe vw gNen by the w￿nts.
Independent examIne￿6
statement In the course ol my exaTrmnat￿. no matter has come to my altention lother than that
disclosed on the attxhed page.
which grves me reasonable cause to believe that in any rnaterial respect the
requirerrEnts:
to keep a¢counts'ng records in ￿rdance with section 44(11 (a) of the 2005 Act and
Regulation 4 of the 2(KJ6 Accounts Regulations. and
to prepa￿ acownts which accord with the ￿cOunting records aTrJ comply with
Regulation 9 ot the 20C6 Accounts Regula￿nS
have not been meL
2. to whith. w) my opmion, atlen150n shouhj be dra4m in order trj enablo a proper
UnderStandW￿ of the x¢ounts to be reached.
Slgn¢d:
IoL¥la
Name: Michelle Hughson
Relevant prof•ssional
qualthcatlonlsl or body qlf independent Examiner
any):
Address: Voluntary Action Shetland
Market House
14 Market street
Lerwick ZEI OJP
Page 5

APPENDIX 3
Disclosure section
Only compkte rfthe examiner needs to h￿hI￿ht material probleffts.
Give here brièf d•lalls of
any Itèms that the
examlner wishes to
disclose
Page 6

PPENDIK2
Bressay Hlstory Group
Rec•lpts and payments accounts
SC020818
OSCR
Forth•
5(ottth Cliarty RegiiL3101
1st
2D24
20
Sectioii A Stateillent ol receipts and payments
Unr•qtriet•d
R•BtrKtsd
Expfrndabbè
Permanent
Totsl T￿n0*
Totsl f¥nd• l•¥1
A1 Rtt•l
1.123
87S
&178
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a￿d bum
Rentsfrun Lqnd &
oth•r
1n￿tM•nt la
12h97
In¥o*rn8nt rr•r•g•rn•rt oxl¥
èt*iviiiÈs
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A3 Srt* lolpl
10,•15
A4 P4yrn•nts tg i¥••1￿d
Purcha￿Orfi￿ 8S$6ts
A4Svb to
9.082
10.815
i￿1 r•¢dptsi(p•yfflentsJ
IX17
2,637
Y.2SI
A6 TrnMl•rn to I Ilroml lund
).2$1

AFFEPiIiX2
Bressay Hlstory GTOUP
Section B Staterlleiit af balances
SC020818
Ezp•n&4W
T*X*cLrnI
T4W I￿v•rIod
10,267
O,ODO
i•
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472,0
Tth
T•lll
211DI12S

APPEND￿ 2
Bressay Hlslory Group
SC020818
Scction C Notes to the Accounts
C1 Natuve and purpose of
funds (moybe sta16don
oflunds wthshBets)
Type of activity or piojèci supported
C2 Grants
C3a Trusteè r•munoTrlon
Aulhorily yndorwhi¢h paid
C3b TYu*t•• ron￿￿1*110n.
d•ta116
C4a Trn*t•• •xp•M•s
C4b TnAt•• •xpon•es.
detslls
050
Nature of re121ionship
N31ure of transhclion
•ffj(wi¢
CS Transa¢tion¥ wlth In￿1￿3
and connocted p•rnons
C6 <)th•r knfom)at14)n

AVPENDX2
Bressay History Group
SC020818
Add1tional analysis 111
Virlv
IMS
To
T*1
TtX•I
2,970
19
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