BGS
Blind Golf Scotland
Trustees, Annual Report
Period From 111112024 to 3111012025
Charity contact information
Scottish Blind Golf Society
Scottish Charity Number: SC024309
Address: 26 Bonaly Wester, Edinburgh
Postcode: EH13 ORQ
Telephone number: +447598782562
Email address: secretary@blindgolfscotland.com
Website https:Ilblindgolfscotland.comlabout-us

Charity Trustees
1. Mr G Docherty
2. Mr A Reid
In the current year (2025-26) the number of trustees was increased as
part of a strategy to strengthen the governance of the charity and
introduce sighted persons, specifically to help with banking, finance
and certain administrative tasks. The following trustees were
appointed in February 2026 in accordance with the constitution and
code of conduct (see htt s".Ilblind olfscotland.comlabout-uslb
constitution-and-code-of-conduct).
These trustees are listed on the OSCR page of the charity.
1 . Greg Docherty
2. Douglas Smith - normally sighted individual and primary contact.
Doug has experience as a trustee on other charities, particularly
in the finance areas.
3. Kris Adams
4. Allan Mustard
Objectives and activities
The objectives of the Society are to further the physical and mental
health of all registered blind or partially sighted persons in Scotland to
ameliorate their suffering and distress and to aid them in maintaining
their handicaps, specifically by promoting and encouraging their
participation in, and the playing of, the game of golf. This jus achieved
by:_
1. Maintaining and promoting a club for blind golf
2. Recruitment of sighted guides for players
3. Holding matches
4. Raising funds from subscriptions and grants
5. Participating in international golf tournaments.
6. Engage with other disabled persons charities such RNIB and
building relationships with Scottish Golf s disabled golfing
functions.
7. Support coaching of blind golfers with qualified professional golf
instructors

8. Maintaining players handicaps
Structure? governance and management
The charity is fully operated by volunteers, there are no employees.
There are two main documents which stipulate how the charity is
managed and how members and officers of the company are expected
to conduct themselves when representing the charity. The Constitution
and the Code of Conduct. These two documents can be found at:
htt s:/lblind olfscotland.com/about-uslb
s-constitution-and-code-of-
conduct).
Being operated by volunteers enables the charity to maximise the
funds applied to the objectives and minimise overheads.
The Charity is managed on a day-to-day basis by the Executive
Committee which consists of the following individuals for the current
year.
Captain.. Greg Dochety {captsin@blindgoltscolland.com}
Vice-caplain.. Allan Mustard Ivicecaplain@blindgolfscolland.wm}
Secretary.. Doug Smith Isecrelary@blindgolfscolland.com)
Treasurer.. TBC 1treasurer@blindgolfscolland.coml
Match Secretsry.. Cameron McDairmid 1malchsecrelary@blindgolfscotland.coml
Handicap Secretary.. Cameron McDairmid
(malchsecretary@blindgolfscolland.¢oml
Events.. Kris Adams levenls@blindgolfscolland.eom)
John Gibb- Guiding Officer
The majority of the committee are blind golfers. There are 2 fully
sighted members, the secretary and the guiding officer (who manages
the guides that assist golfers when playing). The fully sighted
individuals are recruited via "Volunteering Scotland" and the others
from the playing members.
Executive Committee members are appointed at the AGM, which
usually takes place in February each year.
It is important to have at least 2 sighted members to ensure the charity
can manage things such as online banking and online submissions to
sites that are not "user friendly" for individuals with sight impairment.

Achievements and performance
During the year to 31 October 2025 BGS has run a number of society
specific event and competed in a UK wide event and an international
event.
On average we get around 14 Blind Golfers for our society events, the
numbers are limited because many of the golf clubs who extend a
friendly welcome to us only have 4-6 buggies. The buggies are
essential to our golfers as walking over a golf course is not that easy
when you are visually impaired. We have golfers from all over
Scotland and our only female player (J'ust for now) travels from
Shetland to play in our events.
The left photo is our lady golfer from Shetland,the centre photo is an
attempt to play out of the marsh (difficult by any standards) and the
right. Photo. Is at a Strokeplay event.
One of our golfers, who was blinded in an accident, has state that
"playing golf has changed his life so much for the better"
We keep an order of merit, with players earning qualifying points for
each event they attend, and the top 8 are selected to represent
Scotland at international events.
In Ihe year to 31 October 2025 we ran the following events
Largs GC May 2025
Cawder GC May 2025

Thornton GC June 2025
Shetland GC Strokeplay June 2025
Cardrona - British Blind Open July 2025
Bruntsfield GS July 2025
Drumoiog GC August 2025
Portlethen GC August 2025
The society's events are self-funded with the members paying a fee.
We are immensely grateful to the golf clubs that host us, they
subsidise the fees and allow us on the course knowing that our pace
of play is much slower than an average golfer.
In 2025 we secured a grant that enabled us to provide 15 golfers with
personalised coaching with a qualified professional. This was greatly
appreciated by the members involved.
We are conscious that we are not growing as fast as we would like
and over the next two years, we hope to double our membership and
improve the percentage of female golfers. We also want to start to
start to engage more with younger blind persons to take up golf. Our
plan is to work in collaboration with Scottish Golf. Blind Veterans,
Disabled Sport UK and the RNIB. This will mean targeted efforts at
blind golfers but collaborative efforts with Scottish Golf and Disabled
Sports UK. Blind Golfers are just one of many disabilities and both
Scottish Golf and Blind Sports UK are looking at the whole disability
offerings.

Financial review
The year to 31 October 2025 resulted in a small surplus of
approximately £3.8k
Income £68.2K
257
15583
48586
Donations ll Grants • Others
Expenses and Surplus
79
Charitable Éxpense5
Audir • Surplus
Reserves Policy
The Society self-funds most of its outings however the Strokeplay and
International Events require additional funding. Each year we have
managed to raise enough funds for this. However, the executive.
Committee think it prudent to retain at least £10,000 to cover an entire

year, in the event that funds cannot be sourced. At the 31 October
2025 the Society had approximately £22k of reserves in unrestricted
funds.
The members, subscriptions and raffles finance the website fees,
insurance and professional fees. There are no other material
overheads as the volunteers operate from home and make no claims
for expenses.
There are no deficits and no donated facilities or services.

Future plans
As alluded to above over the next 24 months we are seeking to grow
in partnership with other organisations. This collaborative approach
will secure access to funding we don't currently have access to. We
also plan to hold our first world ranking event to encourage worldwide
participation. The year to 31 October 2026 will mainly be strategy
development with results coming in 2027.

Declaration
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APPENDIX 3
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r•*pon•lbllltl•• of with the terrns of the Charitses and Trustee InveSt￿nI Iscouandl 2005 Act and the
tru¥t•M and •x•mlngr Charrties A¢¢ounts (Scolandl Regul8tion8 20Ce la8 arrnndedl. The chthty iru8tets8
conshyw that thg audft wulrem¢nl ol Rggulation 10(11 Idl ofthe Accounts ReguLiboni
do•8 not appty. It is my rnspon$ibilty lo *xamlre the accounts ats requir•d under S￿11￿1
W1} Icl of the Act and to state whether parbutlar matt*rs h•v• Come to my att8rrt￿.
ol Indep•nd•nt My examinathm ￿ e•rri•J out in accordance with Regubuon 11 ofthe 20Ce ￿￿Unts
•x•mln•rf• *tat•m•nt Regulations. An ￿&MInation in¢ludgs a review of tho 8CC47unting r￿r￿S k•pl by tho
¢h8rity and 8 comparison of the accounts prewntgd with thc6e records. It also thdud•8 1
onsNleraV4)n of any Unusu￿ it•ms or dtsdosuwes in the ￿nIS and se•ks
Ilanation8 frorn the trustees concemlng any suth matters. Th• proc•dum undettskon
do nol provlde all the evidence thatwould be requirgd In 8n 8udtt•nd, conMqu•nty, I do
t exwe88 an audlt opinion on the vivw glven by thg a¢¢ounts.
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which glva8 m¢ TO￿Onable cau8• to ￿11￿ that In any rnat•￿ rnSp￿tth•
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to prepare Ks)unts which ac¢ord wtth ¢he xcouTrttng ￿or¢I8 and w
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