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FROGSTON SPORTS TRUST Scottish Charity No. SC022188
Annual Report and Accounts for year to 31 December 2025
Trustees: Gail Cousins Alan Veitch James Douglas Patrick Skene Martyn Rendle Donald MacLeod John Bell
Constitution
The Trust was created by Deed of Trust by Margaret Jean Aitken and Others dated 17 August 1967 etc. and registered in the Books of Council and Session on 17 May 1974. The Trustees presently acting have all been assumed since the creation of the Trust. If at any time further Trustees are required they will be sought amongst persons known to share the Trust objectives.
Contact address
Mr Donald MacLeod, 23 Barnshot Road, Edinburgh, EH13 ODJ
Organisational Structure
The Trustees have appointed Solicitors to represent their interests and meet as a body as and when required.
Objectives and Activities
The primary Trust purpose as set out in the Deed of Trust was to establish within or as near as practicable to the County of Midlothian facilities not otherwise adequately provided for physical recreation with the object of enhancing the social welfare of the community by promoting the physical well-being of its members. In furtherance of these objectives the Trust in 1968 acquired an area of ground of approximately 5 acres situated on the south side of Frogston Road, Edinburgh with a view to its development as playing fields, principally for hockey for both men and women. Following the acquisition and development of the site the grounds were originally leased to Frogston Sports Club whose membership was drawn from Inverleith and Edinburgh Ladies Hockey Clubs and St Denis School for girls. That Club encountered financial difficulties and was eventually dissolved. The Trustees thereafter leased the pavilion for a number of years to a local Nursery School and the playing field to a local football club. Unfortunately the pavilion suffered from continued vandalism and insurance became impossible to obtain. The Nursery School closed and the football club discontinued its use. Return to the original purpose of development for hockey became impracticable as hockey for both men and women is now played on artificial surfaces and the Trustees had no funds to create or maintain such a surface.
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In that situation the Trustees determined that the only realistic way forward was to retain the heritable asset and await a review of the local planning for the area. A number of development companies have expressed an interest in the site and the Trustees anticipate that in the fullness of time the site will receive planning consent for residential or commercial development. If that does occur, although there is no immediate sign of development being permitted despite recent development to the east ofthe site, and more recent proposals for further development in Frogston Road East a price in excess of £3m may reasonably be expected to be received. This would enable the Trustees to seek an alternative (and smaller) site to develop as an artificial surface for the playing of hockey together with ancillary facilities for other sports and the involvement of the community. In the meantime the subjects are the subject of basic maintenance by Edinburgh Council in exchange for the Trust permitting use of the pavilion by Gracemount Gym, a community weight-lifting club, at a nominal rent, which is not currently collected as the cost of collection would exceed the rent although the tenants acknowledge the obligation, and the former playing surface for community recreational use, this being in accordance with the original Trust purposes.
Trustee remuneration and expenses
The Trustees did not receive any remuneration or expenses during the year.
Banking
The Trust does not currently hold or operate a Bank Account having no financial assets. As and when the Trust has or anticipates acquiring such assets an appropriate Bank account will be opened
Reserves
The Trust has no assets other than its heritable property and thus currently has no reserves. If and when the heritable property is sold the Trustees will establish a suitable reserves policy.
Approved by the Trustees and signed on their behalf
D MacLeod 2y. April 2026 23 Barnshot Road Edinburgh EH13 ODJ Trustee
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FROGSTON SPORTS TRUST Scottish Charity No. SC022188
Receipts and Payments Account for the year ended 31 December 2025
| 2025 | 2024 | |
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| z | £ | |
| Receipts | ||
| Donations | nil | nil |
| Legacies | nil | nil |
| Grants | nil | nil |
| Receipts from fundraising activities | nil | nil |
| Total receipts | nil. | nil |
| Payments | ||
| Fundraising expenses | nil | nil |
| Payments for charitable activities | nil | nil |
| Governance costs | nil | nil |
| Total payments | nil | nil |
| Surplus/(deficit)foryear | nil | nil |
All funds are unrestricted
FROGSTON SPORTS TRUST Scottish Charity No. SC022188
Statement of Balances as at 31 December 2025
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| £ | z | |
| Bank and cash in hand | ||
| Opening balances | nil | nil |
| Surplus/(deficit) for year | nil | nil |
| Closing balances | nil | nil |
| Reserves | nil | nil |
| Assets | ||
| Heritable property - at purchase cost | 6,000 | 6.000 |
| All funds are unrestricted | ||
| ApprovedbytheTrusteesandsignedontheirbehalf |
pule— D MacLeod At April 2026 23 Barnshot Road Edinburgh EH13 ODJ Trustee
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Independent Examiner’s Report to the Trustees of Frogston Sports Trust
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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) Act 2005 and the Charities Accounts (Scotland) Regulations 2006. 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 Charities Accounts (Scotland) Regulations 2006. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison ofthe accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeks explanations from the Trustees considering 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 view given by the accounts.
Independent Examiner’s Statement
In the course of my examination, no matter has come to my attention
|. 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 ofthe 2006 Accounts Regulations
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have not been met. or
- to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
ibe)pene RQ Quark Brenda R Russell Chartered Accountant 13 Bonaly Grove Edinburgh EH13 0QA
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