BENNA¢HIE ¢£NTRE TRUST
COMMITTEE REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDE
31 MARCH 2026
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BENNACHIE CENTRE TRUST
TRUSTEES REPORT FOR THEYEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2026
The Tw8teeÉ present their rewrt andthe financial ststem8nl$forth8year ended 31 Marth 2026.
DrP Stutrodt IneeWvJhtrTranl Chairperson
Mrs J Lythg
Treasurer
MrJ ￿￿01
Mr F Gor(kJn
Dr J Cmstrsayryer
MrG Corn*ok
Cllr H Smrfh
Cllr G Peirf?
Cllr S Payne
Cllr M Grant
{ReS￿ned 02111r20251
IApprA"nted 19103120261
Cot)ts¢t address
BÈnnachie ViSit￿Centre. Pitca￿e. Aberdeenshire. AB515HY.
RecMltrnpntarKI aPPDlntsnent of tw$tqe¥
Tnths ar8 appointed by the e￿￿ting oimmitteeof twstees.
Govornlng docume
The governirvJ docurrEnt was a Trust De•J charbiaNe stsbjs was amained on 1 October 1996. The Trust adopted a SCI<>I)ased
Constit￿tiOn when tsy b￿me a SCIO (Scothsh Charitable InCorp￿ated Organi%abDnl in 2016.
charitab￿ punyose8
The purw5e of the Trust Is to advance edu(xtion of tht publ￿ by the provision. rymstruction and wbsequent manaoerEnt of a
centre for the de¥8h)pmenl of environmental edutsuon. consetvation and preservati￿ of Ihe fiora. tsuna. geolcoy and hlstro of th8
are8 around Bennachrd.
Sumrmry of the maln ac￿lI1eS In reldtlon tothe80 objects
TheTFust held 4 forn￿1 business meetsngs durfng the y&8r, 3 wer&a Nend of in-petEon a￿1 anline a￿darre. tsulitaled by the Smart
board el￿trOniCsyslern al the Cenlre, and onewas fulty online (via Teams). Severai additional m*tsngswere hdd. trspetsfic issues
induding.. progresgng dectronics update8 regardino V￿ld141￿ and liv&feed hill view (xmeras and interactsve dectronr quvue5.'
de¥ekipmenl ofa map oflhewhde B8nn8cI)te rawe12 m*tingsI', ￿￿￿traI grants and developrrentof re50wces ￿speC]s4 needs12
meelirosl.
A¢tivttres and achleven*nts
The Centre opened for the 2025 season on Saturday 29 Marth. A prtr)ramme of pUbl￿eVents prO￿dIng opprytynities to discoverand
apprerAale the natural and cultur81 heritsge of Benn8chie. IndLthd a ceram￿ Birds wotkshop112 adults). an Artand Craft Fair. a'Doors
Open weekend'1254 visitor51. The Centre h051ed NEQS (North East Open Studios), featuring 3 loral arbsts 8fLd their BennaGhi
Ins￿red ariwotk over a week in September. attracting 895 wpk. incjudino manywho would not Othe[v￿Se havemsited.
artisislttFakeTswere suppryw thr￿9￿ul the season. wlth the shop sellSng thelr Be￿r￿le-reIa¢ed ar￿rk, whith also generdied
ir￿￿￿£ forlhe Tru51.
Centre provKled a venue fora rangeot&watKinal courses. and supporied events Nn byother bodias, induding hill naviyatitin
(Hillyoèrsl. ￿ld1rfe identification 5kilL4uwrse5 IF￿￿￿ SludEs Cwnull, 8 th8rty popup café on Mither Tap, a hill rdce and Bennach
UNramar8thon. One Seed Fowrard used Ihe Centre as a seed hub. to prtymol8 wple growNJ their oym I￿J. Trt Chairperson gave a
talk lo a groupen.BennaCh￿. the Centre and the Trusf. and new pre.ordered lunchtN)xesfrom the Fam￿￿ Bakehousewera
surLes8fu1ty￿al￿d. Atr￿ pq>up shopforthe Famity Bakehouse was ￿s0 heid 81 the Centr8.
A ￿ndraiS]r￿a 2026 calendarwas ￿￿￿UCed, in Ix)11abDrdtion ¥￿th Iwpl sthwls and arbsts. featurro arNvcrt interwefjng Bennathle in a
range orm￿18. The odglnal ariworks We￿ exhibited. and the Trust rere1￿￿ a dOnatiC￿ Ircffi 58188. The ca￿ndar¥ ￿re sdd In the
shop. other loc81 ouU&is. arKI online. A2027 ralendaris now bwng ￿e￿lOped.
Two proietts tO{*￿brate Ihe 30 annwersaryof the TrusVC8ntre120251 are also bdno prf&rnssed'. a mapof the enbre 8ennathE hill
raw lindudiny Ihe Gordon Way) In o)Djunction %wth Harveys Maps." and a'B]'rd$ tsf B8nnath￿' leafiet, n (x)njunGtion with arbst
Jane Milloy. Both project5 should be completed before end of sumN*r 2026.

BENNACHI£ CENTRE TRUST
TRUSTEES REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2026
Acthfhles and achknements {corrtlnuedl
A promotional ￿8flet forthÈ cent￿ wasd85ignÈd and wnted, and distributed lo other venues. IAsitorwunlers in the Centre indiGated
over 30.333 vtsitots ov8rthÈ season, a slight increase on we￿auS yeats. Wi$itorwunler numbers Gonknbute lo forthe Scotbsh
Visitor Aitradions Barorneier. VisitorGommerrt5 IlogbLy)k anLI que51v)nnairel Indicate high 58tisfaction kvds. The communty rcN)rn had
27 Ix)oking5.
Atotaliser banner to stimulatetaryeied Ik)nabons bird ftstsd was produced and di$pbyed. sa￿ of donated Lx)oks and ilem5, plu5
'rewJing fortharity, boxes link tarkndges, Ullwdnted items induding foreign currenGyI provided additional irwme.
Garioch Ranger held 4 public events136 aduhs. 26 thildrenl, led 11 even15 forgroupW cornmunilEs191 adults. 102 chiklrenl. and
provhJed enwronmenlal education for25 sthcols If19 adults, 864 thildrenl through aramlies promoiiny discovery and aweuatiDn of
Ihe Dalural and ￿MUraI history of Bennarhe, irnpro¥iro the Ical 8n*ironrn8nt8nd bEodfversty, reSpOn￿tAe a￿S$and promoJNJ heallh
t6nefits of arxessing outdoors.
Athangiry progrdmrre ofarwAI 20 exhib￿On$ and Discovery txspw l•l￿t￿)nal Inter￿ative b)ards forts￿n0 on the sco81. natural
or historic ￿￿ents of B￿rnaChIe and its environs, as wdl aswider r￿￿an1 subject araasl 0￿rred during the season, indudin9
interactNe actiwties. PmIouS￿ yoduC￿ educAlkJnal display boards on conrfer id￿tif￿*tK)n, and hill safety skills. and a poster
Idllfe [￿ntIfica￿on. were dispw wtth accompan￿ng tabwop materials and acts￿1￿5. Further board5 on Squirrels and'Bennathie
in Dorfc. are bdng developed. th& latter in fthjurttion wlh Monyrnusk Pritnary School and the Doric Board. fAsplays rm butternies and
moths. and on IHunfy S*ift Group) ￿tre aL%ofeaiured.
Workto up)rddethe centree￿n￿&, in conjunGtion with a $peGiBl￿1 local firm. indvdes Qnklng Intemal screens to extsm81
txmeras le￿$ting and newl and the live-feed hill viewcamera.. this has progressed bul experienced some daw and Is sJll lo te
C4)mp*led. E￿$ting equipment has been assessed and new¢abl8s Installed. A nth¥ Interactwe famitylriendly lintorporaung
natural hlstrry. Dorfc. socLg1 hlstcryand forestyelementsl has W wapared to rWat* outdated ones on IhÈ Foresty Cube.
Social media ¢￿tinueS lo proV￿e an effecti¥e communkatSon tool.. Ihe BVC Facet(¥)k page now has4600 folfftrs and 4800 likes.
Events were also publitssed through the Benna¢h￿ Communty Ctyjnul neWs￿r and SpoUkJM maua*ne. The Centre Is a180 Iistsd on
Aberdeensh1re Counul. Visit ScolLgnd and Wisll Aberd8enshlre ￿b$It8$.
Two batiery-operaled tods wwe purchased to aid coutyard maint8]8rbr£.' TrtJste&sKEpded and dedrwl the Gwriyaril on 8 in
2025 and before the 2026 opening. Inveturie AcAdÈtny pupils asFASt& with hand.weeding of the coutyard as part of their Dukeof
EdSnburgh 8clville8, and additional ￿rtyard m8intenanteMeeding was pert0rrn￿ bylhe C(xnmunity Pay BackTe8m. who also packed
granitè dust bet**n cobb￿, whith redu￿
A tokl Watsrtap and sink were instal￿d in the shopto faulit* filling of drink machine5 and water botues. A rwwkitchen and worktop
forfood storage vrds fitt&. matWIa￿ were provided through ¥ Howdens cornmunltygranl. Obta1￿ by th8ldner. whoalso rep8lred
cnic benches and other items, and en3￿e￿ display of school-produced banners in the Community Room. Publictoilel access
continued lo be provKled when the Centrevras c105ed over￿￿￿ter.. dip frarnes were in5tall&J lo provide inforrn8tion on opening times an
other rdevanl items.
The Tmst Sn¢xea￿I the annual Ix)ntrbubon to Abe[deer￿hlre CoutKxI, for Sen￿￿5 induding rent dectrvty. waste. water 5wwufvJ
thbuh(￿ towards 5taffing.' 11a￿0 5ubstanbllyconknbuled towards upgr8des of the fire alarm system. Fundraisng bylhe'heart
appeal.. selling iterns wth the heart knyo, continued and effethdyfijnded Mailltenan￿ costs ofthe Putrjlc Aecess Defibrfllator IPADI.
Whi￿ also improving publ￿a¥rare[E5S.
Significant donati￿S ￿tre recewed from the Bennachre Ullram8ratMn ￿ent organS88rs, Hlllgoers. NEOS artEsts, Craft Fair stsllholders,
the charity tN)p-up cafè organisers. the FamSty Bakehouse. and h511 rac8 organisars. TheTmst very grateful to all donors forth8ir
oenerousoifts.
Centr&opena(I forthe 2026 season on Saiurday28 Marth.
Flnanclal wlew
As a rèsult of the defic4tof thè yearof £1,52212025- suWu$ of £5.3391 aTKI allTh*ing forthe rnovementin resale Stork, I￿ r4)mmMtee
unrestr￿￿ed fundsof £103.386 Q025- £105,n71 atlhe year-end.
Cornmftte• rem¥neratlon ond ¢0gts
Ther8 werè £nil of Costs rdating to the cent￿12025.£￿1lI ￿rn￿r5ed tots Tru5tee5during the year.
This reportW8S 8pyoved by th8 Trustees on
aTYI sw4￿d on its behawby
Dr Palri¢ia Sturrock
Chairpersot)

INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE COMMITTEE OF
BENNACHIE CENTRE TRUST
I raporton theacwjnts ofthè¢*arityfrJrthe yearethd 31 Mar¢h 2026 thiGh we set rAJl cr p8ges 5 and 6.
Ro8w¢thfe reJJponpJlbllllle8 of cornmlit•e and exarnlner
The charivs committeÈ 1$ resw)nsI￿e for the preparabrK of the accounts in att￿dance wth the temis of Ihe Chadties and Truste8
ITwestrnwt (Scot￿n￿l Act 2005 and the Charits"8s ArLounls Iseollandl Regulations 20W. The charitycommittee ￿nsIderS thatthe audit
requirements of Regulation 10111 Idl of the Accounts Regulations does not apply. my responsibilty lo examire the acmunls as
requlred undèrsecbon 44111 Icl of the AGtand to slatewhelher partiwlarmatters have come to myattentb)n.
Bo91$ ot IntlopendentoxamlneV8 8tstem•nt
My examination 15 rarried out in 3￿r￿all¢e vmth RegulalKin 11 of the Ch8ribes Attwnts ISr))U8ndl Regulati￿s 2006. An 8xaminatbn
indudes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the arxounls presentsd %wth those records. It also
indudes consKler8tion of any unusual items or dlsdosures in the accounts, and seeks ewanations from the ¢*mmittee concemin9 any
5uth matters. The pr￿edureS undertaken do not provhjè all the e¥lden¢e thatKfjukJ ￿ reouired in an audit. and Ixx)sequenty I dD not
eywess an aL*Jrt Opini￿ on Ihe givan by the accounts.
Independerrtexamlnoyg statsment
In the cour5eofmy 8xaMIn8￿Cn, Th) matrhas come to my attention
whth gl¥e5 me reaSOna￿e c8w8to bdie¥e that in 8nymaterial respectthè requiremÈnts'.
trj keep atlxwnting rwA)rds in aruthn￿ *￿th Section 44111 lal of the 2005Act and ReGuLqts"on 4 ofthe Puounts
to wepare a¢r￿nts axord with the accounting records aNJ comptywith RegU￿tiOn g ofthÈ 2006 A(wnts R8guL4tions
have not been met, or
towhich. in my oi%niM, atteniK)n should be drdvm in txder lo o properun¢erstsnding ofthegccountsto be reathed.
Minett
Partner
James Milr
5 High Slrtet
In¥erurie
AB513QA

BENNACHIE CENTRE TRUST
RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT
FOR THEYEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2026
2026
Totsi
Total
locomlng resou￿8¥
Donalh)ns
Heart donallon
Sank Interest r8c4ved
Room lire
Gall￿ sales
Other incom8
Card reb&tes
Ticket sales
Non food sa￿S
Food & drink sa￿￿
3.392
1.700
3.018
425
1.989
7.422
1.348
2.711
827
1.295
127
283
8.416
19,778
7.911
23,202
Totsl Incomlng Tr8OllfC08
42.097
42,212
Resources expended
Goods for resaie
Insuran
Independentexaminer5fee
Repair5 and maintenance
GaI￿ry costs
Te￿phOne costs
servi￿ charges includiw ￿nI
Equipmentfor Bennachie Centre
Bir(Sfood
offi￿ con5umabk5
Heartfvnd
Eveni costs
Bank ch8rg8S
Cre¢itcard machlnecharoes
Book Twst
Volunteer gits
18,976
354
330
3,811
925
232
11.500
5.573
437
536
16.481
347
5.186
275
9.5LX)
767
238
1.291
1,086
375
17
392
90
127
571
Total rt*ourGes expended
143,620)
136,8731
¢DefIc￿¢v%Ur￿1u& forthe y2Jr
11.5221
5,339
All funds are unrpstricted

BENNACHIE CENTRÉ TRUST
STATEMENT OF BALANCES ASAT 31 MARCH 2026
2026
202S
stock
St(Kk ofwd5 for rp5ale
4.469
5,298
Op8nlny bank a*d baL4n¢•s
Bank acrA>unts
DeF¥)*i actxjunts
Cash balan
2,814
91,638
450
97.547
450
100,439
95.100
IDefic5t)Isurplus forlhe year
1,522
5,339
Totsl
98.917
100.439
Clo8lng and ush balancai
Bank accounts
Deposit accwnts
Cash balar
302
98.565
50
2.442
97.547
450
98.917
100.439
CIo8lng r08•mts
103.286
105.737
All fundi are unrestrf¢ted
Th8flnancla stsbm8ntsK*re apwoved by￿Tr￿tee5Qn
26 anrt s*r*d cn its behawby /
Dr Patvicia Stuvro¢k
Ch•lrper8on
John Nlcol
Trustee