APPENDIX 1
..Trusteo5' Annual Report for the perf¢xl .
Pertod stsrt date
Period end date
Month
Month
Year
oscr-
Year
Day
To
2025
31
Mar¢h
2026
Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator
Reference and administration details
Charlty name
Other names charity is known
by
Registered ¢harlty number
Charity's principal address
Friends of the Music of St Giles. Cathedral
SC038128
6912 Grange Loan
Edinburgh
Postcode: EH9 2EG
Names of the ¢harlty trustees on date of approval of Trnstees. Annual Report
Name of person
(or body) entitled to
appoint trustee lif
any)
Trustee name
Office (If any)
Dates acted rf
not for whole ygar
David Todd
President
Carole Hope
Margaret Lowe
Maryory Lobban
Jack Oades
Honorary Secretsry
Membership Secretary
Honorary Treasurer
Master of the Music
Sl Giles, Cathedral
Janet Arthur
Committee Member
Simon Leach
Commitlee Member
Reverend Scott Rennie
minister-_ ex offKio
member
St Giles, Cathedral
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12
13
14
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16
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Reference and administration details
Names of all other charity trustses during the period, If any. (for example, those who reslgned part way
through the Ilnanclal porlod)
Name
Datos acted If not for whole year
Structure, governance and management
Type of governlng document
The Friends of the Music of si Giles. is registered as a charity in Scotland.
It is governed by ils constitulion. The membership elects a committee lo
run the organisation.
Tru8ts9 recrultment and appolntment
Excepting the Minister and the Master of the Music, the members of Ihe
Committee are elected by the Society's Members al the Annual General
Meeting. Members of the Committee may bè cwpted by the Committee.
Objectives and activities
Char5tablo pu￿0$•$
The objects of the Society are the advancements of the arts and of
educalKJn in and public appreciation of the arts, and in particular the art of
MLJSIC. Ihrough the maintenance and promotion of public musical
performances in St Giles. Cathedral. High Street. Edinburgh, and
elsewhe￿. as the Society, through its Committee, shall determine, or any
other similar Pufpose in law.
Summary of the main activitl•s
In relallon to these otsjècts
The Fnends of the Music of St Giles, Cathedral supports the musical life of
the cathedral in a vartety of ways. It helps lo fund the annual Celebrity
Organ Recital Series in the summer month5. the weekly music of Sl Giles,
at Six a Sunday. and the choral element of the monthly Evening Prayer
Serv￿$. It organises concerts and events for members, fvnds the
recording of CDS by the cathedral choir and organists. and commissions
new pieces of music to be perf0m￿d in the cathedral.

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Achievements and performance
The committee met three times during the year ended 31 March 2026. The meetings were held in person.
The AGM was held on 17 June 2025
At the end of March 2026, membership stood at 82.
The regular newsletter to Friends has continued, produced by Jack Oades, Master of the Music at St Giles,
cathedral.
During the year, the Friends provided funding for several events.
On Palm Sunday, 13 April 2025 at 6pm, Our cathedral choir performed Maurice Duruflé's Requiem and
Quatre Motets sur des Thèmes Grégoriens. The Friends contributed lo the costs of the orchestra.
The Friends also helped lo fund the now traditional engagement of a brass quintet on Easter Sunday
mornings- sornething which enhances the hymn singing. The musical arrangements for the brass were
written by members of the St Giles, music team.
Following the AGM on 17 June, there was a recital of music for tenor and guitar by the Morris Mclntyre Duo,
who appeared in collaboration with Live Music Now Scotland.
On Palm Sunday 29 March 2026, the cathedral choir performed the Gabriel Faurè's Requiem for which the
Friends provided funding for instrumentalists. The liming of Easter in 2025 and 2026 méant that the
expenditure on musicians for the Palm Sunday and East8r in both years fell withing the financial period
ending on 31 March 2026
During the year, a new publicity leaflet about The Friends has also been created, with the aim of widening
the membership.
The series of CD recordings on the Cathedral's own Aegidius label are only possible because of the funding
from The Friends,. these recordings generate a significant amount of income for The Friends.
The contribution of the Friends continues lo enhance the music in worship in St Giles, as well as enri¢hing
Scotland's cultural heritage, and this is possible only through the Continued support of the membership.

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Other optional information

Financial Report
Brief statement of the charity's policy
on reserves
The Friends is building up reserves from donations.
Details of any deficit
There was a deficit of £2,594.28 on 31st March 2026, partly due lo a drop
in CD sales, and partly lo a double incidenTr of Musicians, expenses
around the Easter period whi¢h was late in 2025, bul earlier in 2026. We
have also, sadly lost a couple of our members who died towards the end
of the 2024-2025 season
Donat•d facllitles and senilco8 (if any)
Declaration
Thè trustees do¢laro that they hav8 approved tho trusteo8' report above.
Slgned on bohalf of the charlty's tru8tee8.
Slgnaturel8)
Full namol8}
Marjory Lobban
Po8Stlon (e.g. Chalr)
Honorary Treasurer
Dat
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