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APPENDIX 3
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Office of the Scothsh Charity Regulator
Independent examinerfs report on the accounts
Report to thè
tn￿te8s0m8mb0rs of
Charty ￿￿e
Ythan Fiddlers
ReglsteTed ¢harlty SC031597
number
On the accounts of the
charity for Iho perlod
Penod start date
Ilonlh
March
Period end date
Month
Febwary
Yw
Year
01
2025
28
2026
Sgt out on pagos
(Thn￿10 Indudè the p8gè
Respective The charity's trustees are responsible for Ihe preparation of the accounts in accordance
respon81bilitles of wrth the lemis of the Chanties and Trustee Investment (Scotlandl 2005 Act and the
trustee8 and examingr Charrties Accounts (Scollandl Regulat￿nS 2c￿. The charity trustees consider that the
audit requirement of Regulab"on 10111 (dl of the Accounts Regulabons does not apply. 11
is my responsibility lo examine the accounts as required under seckn'on 44111 {cl of the
Act and to state whether partKular matters have come to my attention.
Basls of Independent My examination is carried out in a¢¢ordan¢e with RegulatKJn 11 of the Charities
èxaminor's statement Accounts {Scotland} Regulab"on$ 20(￿. An examination includes a review of the
accounting records kept by the ¢harity and a coMpari￿n of the accounts presented with
those records. It also includes ¢onsKleration of any unusual rtems or disclosures in the
counts and seeks explanab.ons from the trustees conceming any such matters The
prc¢edures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit
and, Consequently. I do not express an audit opIn￿n on the account5.
Independent examlnerfs In the course of my examinaty"on, no fnatter has come to my attent￿n lother th￿ that
Statemenl disclosed on the attached page'}
which gives reasonable ¢av5e io believe that in any malerial respect the
requirements"
to keep accounting records in accordance with section 4411) (a) of the 2005 Act and
RegulatKJn 4 of the 201% Accounts RegUlat￿nS, and
to prepare accounts wh￿h a¢eord wrth the accounting records and compty with
ReguL4tKJn 9 of the 2006 Accounts ReguLat￿nS
have not ffet, or
2. to Wh￿h. in my opinion. attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper
unde
tandin
oft
e accounts to be reached.
Dat•:
Slgned:
Name:
Relevant professlonal
quallllcatlonls) or body
(If any>:
SM 1<1
Address:
qLLo£
LL
I 972
'Pkase delete Ihe words in the brthts do not WtIE vrt¥dsikb 4)pty. set matters have come io your attent￿n on the
followThJ page.

APPENDIX 3
Disclosure section
Only comFdete rf the examiner needs to highlight material prob￿mS.
Glve here brlef detalls ol
any items that the
examlner wlshes lo
dlsclose

APPENDIX 1
T.ru•toM' Annual.Rfft• .....-..
Perii)d start date
Month
March
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Period end date
Monlh
Vea
Feb
2026
2025
To
28
Office of the Scottish Charity R•gulator
Reference and administration details
Charity name
Other names charity is known
Ythan Fiddlers
Reglstered charlty number
Charity's principal address
SC031597
CIO Hoswtal Cottage
Hospital Ro&J
Elk)n
Poslcode AB419AW
Names of the charfty trustees on dale of approval of TNstees' Annual Report
Offl¢• (rf any)
Dats8 a¢tsd If
not for WI￿1• y•ar
Nam• of wrson
(or l>ody) entltlfrd to
•ppoknt In*t•o Ilf any)
Trustw namo
Elizabeth CanEron
Chair Person
Shona Brown
Treasurer
Balbafa Coutts
Musical Director
30 June 2025
lan Sutherland
Secretsry
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19

APPENDIX 1
Reference and administration details
Names of all olhgr ¢harlty Irustees during th• ￿nI)d, If any, (for example. thos• who rnslgned part way
through tho fin¥n¢ial p•rlod)
Patricia Gill
Till 30 June 2025
Structure, governance and management
Typo of govemlng document
Constsiubon
Tru$tee recrultmenl and appolntment
Objectives and activities
Charflable purposes
The obj'ectwes of the Ythan FKldlers is to advance the arts of traditional
sCott￿h MUSK by..
a. P[orr￿tr"ng the study. and ￿rforrrts3nCe of such music
b. To encourage and ￿mUlate the w1￿ManCe of the music lo the
publ￿ and interested groups
c. To donate excess funding to local recognised causes as and
when the membets may deude at corrffiittee
Prornb'ng Sctittish tradrtional MUS￿ to the young conlinues to be key lo
our group. gNing young musicians the opwrtunity to perfomi in public
whilst maintaining I￿al tr￿rItage. We aim lo raise funds to cover operating
costs by Ferfomiing at Ictal (x)ncerts and ceilidhs.
Summary of the maln actlvitle8
In relatlon to Ihese oblects
were invrted to play at various events during the year 2025-26.
made donat￿n5 io 311)cal charities in Decemtw. Members propose
kxal chanlies and the whole group vote for the ones they V￿uld like to
make donat￿n5 lo.
We held our annual Ralty in May 2025 wh￿￿ was a great su¢¢ess with the
venue al full ￿paryty. Planning for our Fiddlers Ralty in May 2026 is
ur￿le￿aY.
We hdd successful fidd￿ workshops in Novemter and have new
memters folkmng this.

APPENDIX 1
Achievements and performance
Summary of the maln a¢hlevements of We Ferfomw at many events throughout the year. .
the ¢harity during the financlal period
Vle rnade 3 don*"on5 tr) local tharrties wth members proposing and the
whole group voting for who they woukl like donations given to.
We held our annual Fid(Jlers Ralty in May. Preparatsons for our Annual
Ralty in May 2026 is underway.
We held fKldbe workshops in Novemttr. resulting in new rnernbe￿ joining
the group.
We had a great tnp to Dublin in Juty 2025 where we performed al two
concerts took part in a workshop.
Financial review
Briof statsmont of tho ¢harlty'$ poN¢y Vle will ¢onts"nue to raise fund5 for future eduCat￿nal trips. Of the funds
on ro8OfV
raised. we have £3,683 allocated lo our fvIU￿ trips.
Detalls of any doficlt
Donatod fa¢ilitio8 and servi¢w (rf any) Al tutors and commthee members donate their serwices freely, induding
travel io and from events.

APPENDIX I
Other optional information
Declaration
Th• tn*te•s doclare thal they have approvgd the In￿t￿$. Ywbort above.
Slpned on behalf of the charlty's trusteos
Slgnatur¢(sl
Full namdsl kLIZA 66ffvi rt . CA &7+tdi¥*ASfJ
Posltlon le.g. Chalrl RoEs/D
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Lh)iesthcied
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2.122
8.817
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