## **APPENDIX 1**
**Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** Period start date Period end date Day Month Year Day Month Year From To 01 11 24 31 10 25
Office of the Scottish **Charity Regulator**
## **Reference and administration details**
**Charity name** ROYAL BRITISH LEGION SCOTLAND WICK BRANCH **Other names charity is known by Registered charity number SC** 026589 **Charity’s principal address** MACKENZIE HOUSE 8. COACH ROAD WICK CAITHNESS **Postcode** KW1 4HA
## **Names of the charity trustees on date of approval of Trustees’ Annual Report**
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## **Reference and administration details**
**Names of all other charity trustees during the period, if any, (for example, those who resigned part way through the financial period)**
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|**Structure, governance and management**|||
|**Type of governing document**
**Trustee recruitment and appointment**|||
||The charity is governed by the constitution and rules by the||
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Royal British Legion Scotland and amended from time to time.||
||Trustees nominate themselves for election at the Annual||
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General Meeting which members of the public are invited to
attend. Trustees all serve on the charity's committee which
meets every two months, throughout the year. The offices of
the charity President, Chairperson, Vice Chairperson,
Secretary and Treasurer are elected at the first meeting after
the AGM.||
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|**Objectives and activities**|||
|**Charitable purposes**
**Summary of the main activities**
**in relation to these objects**|||
||The charity exists to facilitate Remembrance Fellowship and||
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support to ex service personnel and their families in the former
Royal Burgh of Wick and surrounding area, and to provide for
the local community to support current and former personnel.||
||Remembrance: Each ear the charit oranises and holds the||
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annual service of Remembrance. The charity also supports
Poppy Scotland(charity)raising funds for veterans and serving
personnel.
Fellowship: Each year the charity organises Annual Dinner for
all members, various other social events throughout the year.
Support: The charity holds varies fundraising activities.||
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## **Achievements and performance**
|**Summary of the main achievements of**
**the charity during the financial period**|The charity continued to provide support to ex serving personnel and|
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their families.
Remembrance; The charity organised the Annual week of
Remembrance including the service of Remembrance at the war
memorial, which attracts around 2000 members of the public and
representatives from Hm Coastguards, Fire Service,, Reservists,
Cadets, Scouts, Guides, High School and the local primary schools.
Free Masons and any other youth organisations. The charity holds a
small service of remembrance at Wick War Graves for ANZAC 25TH
April 2025, we held a flag raising ceremony for Armed Forces Day.
We support the Merchant Navy for their service of remembrance for
Merchant Navy Day on 3rd September 2025.
Fellowship :The charity organised the Annual Remembrance Dinner.
We have also held a number of other social events.
Support: The charity continues to support Poppy
Scotland(charity)with their collection in local supermarkets,
distribution of tins and poppies to local businesses. The charity
continues to support the local charity Talking newspapers by giving
access to them to use our meeting rooms. We continue to visit
members of our Branch and their families who are ill in hospital or at
home. We provide services to them such as letter writing, shopping ,
provide transport for them for appointments.|
## **Financial review**
|**Brief statement of the charity’s policy**
**on reserves**
**Details of any deficit**
**Donated facilities and services (if any)**||
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## **Other optional information**
The charity entered The Royal British Legion Scotland Best Kept War Memorial Competition placing Third in our category. Our members have benefitted from Christmas distribution of Benevolence. Pension and Welfare this financial year seen some members seek help from our pensions and welfare officer. The Charity's chairperson and Treasurer attended in May 2025 Legion Scotland's conference which was held in The Royal British Legion Scotland Banchory, this was enjoyed by them and they came away with a lot of useful information to pass onto members. The charity continues to carry out various fundraising activities, one of our main activities is the first Saturday in August where we support the Local Mey Highland Games of which King Charles 111 is in attendance with some of our members getting invited to the Royal Tent to meet him.
## **Declaration**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
**Signature(s)** _**OSCR will accept**_ B. McPhee _**digital or typed signatures**_ **Full name(s)** BEVERLEY MCPHEE **Position (e.g. Chair)** TREASURER **Date** 26TH JULY 2026
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