## **APPENDIX 1**
|OSC**r**|**Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**|
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||Period start date
Period end date|
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Month
Year
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Year|
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From
01
11
2024
To
31
10
2025|
Office of the Scottish **Charity Regulator**
## **Reference and administration details**
|**Charity name**
**Other names charity is known**
**by**
**Registered charity number**
**Charity’s principal address**|Cetacean Research & Rescue Unit||
|---|---|---|
||CRRU||
||SC035473||
||48 Seatown||
||Gardenstown||
||Banff||
||Aberdeenshire|**Postcode**AB45 3YQ|
## **Names of the charity trustees on date of approval of Trustees’ Annual Report**
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Name of person
Dates acted if
Trustee name Office (if any) (or body) entitled to
not for whole year
appoint trustee (if any)
1 Dr K Robinson Chair
2 Ms E Stroud
3 Mrs R Campbell Wilson
4 Ms E Spinou
5 Mr R Atkinson
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7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
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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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Name Dates acted if not for whole year
Structure, governance and management
Type of governing document Trust deed/constitution adopted 29 March 2004.
Trustee recruitment and appointment New trustees are appointed by invitation from people who are willing and
able to stand for appointment, and who, in the opinion of the existing or
continuing trustees, are sympathetic to the objectives of the trust and its
trustees.
Objectives and activities
Charitable purposes To protect and conserve cetaceans (whales, dolphins and porpoises) and
other marine life for the public benefit, through scientific investigation,
environmental education and the provision of professional veterinary
assistance to sick, stranded and injured animals.
Summary of the main activities To undertake relevant research in relation to cetaceans and other marine
in relation to these objects wildlife and to disseminate the useful results of such research; to advance
the education of the public in relation to marine wildlife and marine
conservation, particularly in Scotland.
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## **Achievements and performance**
**Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the financial period**
The charity published a number of prominent scientific publications in 2024/25 (listed at https://crru.org.uk/research/publications). Keynote talks were made at several public venues and at international conferences, and internships were provided during the summer of 2025 for 35 trainees/students who participated in the CRRU summer research programme, In addition, 4 university project dissertations were supported. Grant funding in support of the charity's marine research, education and rescue work was gratefully received from: the John Lewis Partnership Nature Fund, John Swire 1989 Charitable Trust, Scotmid Coop Community Connect, Marjorie Coote Animal Charity Trust, GC Gibson Charitable Trust, Conundrum Charitable Trust, Garfield Weston Foundation, Stafford Trust, Animal Rescue Foundation, Animal Friends Pet Insurance, Whirlwind Charitable Trust, Prism Charitable Trust, King Charles III Charitable Fund, Sea Changers, Animal Defence Trust, Orcome Trust, Robert Clutterbuck Trust, Animal Defence Trust, Thistledown Trust, and the Thistledown Trust.
## **Financial review**
**Brief statement of the charity’s policy** Sufficient financial reserves may be used to fund current and future **on reserves** activities. Reserves are held to cover for cash flow fluctuations, to provide for unforeseen costs, to provide for a buffer against a fall in income, and to enable the charity to take advantage of unforeseen opportunities. CRRU’s objective is to maintain an appropriate level of reserves to keep pace with the development of the organisation, with regular reviews being performed of both the reserves policy itself and the level of reserves held.
**Details of any deficit**
**Donated facilities and services (if any)**
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## **Other optional information**
## **Declaration**
## **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
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Signature(s)
Full name(s) Ms E Stroud Dr K P Robinson
Position (e.g. Chair) Trustee Chair
Date 06/06/2026 31/05/2026
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