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2025-03-31-accounts

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UK aDd Rwbli¢ of Irdalld (FRS 102) (cffcdive l Januay 2019). The Tnlst was Incory(￿ as a sao on 29 May 2014. The TnLSt's pu4)oseg are to advoDce educ*i(A4 I￿ltige and C￿1￿[¢ for p￿Ie of all 8ge4 and leve]s of capbility from anywhffe in the WQTld thThgh the ￿lt of arcbaelogical ￿1Villa9. in the With￿ way4 at the Ntss of Bro(knr its ￿vin)n8. Page I

Chrilabk aelfvltks In Ihe year aMl¢d 31 M￿h 2025 th¢ TnL￿ ¢Nled excawion of the N¢&s of Brodpr. on 23 All8￿1 2024 and in the plus s¢v¢rnl tons of athlitional soil to the ateas. A till capul¢ bas been bwi¢d on sit¢ ¢ontaiDins of wodt It the Ncss ov¢r the previous 20 year& Th¢ iDfillrAI areas ar¢ to b¢ sopm wilh wil&flowtts ID the fikn as pth of Neolithic Oty. The site wgs open for 8 weeks in Jun4 July and Au8USt 2024 over 21.(KM) visitors ￿llrea th[l￿gh the gates. Two Days wae very 5uccessW and C(￿]￿bIe fimth w￿¢ rnised via the site shop. do￿10￿9 It was an emotional Season for of the NeBS tery and visitors. and an exciting on¢ Jr¢h¥olO￿Ctilly with nv buildings Ad￿tified (iti¢l evidenc¢ of a lirtibv I￿lli￿n8 prtrdating Slnth S). a better und￿￿8 of the Gr¢at Wall g8irt muth addition￿ de¢or8ted sthne, the extent of the remai￿ of Sinth 27 un¢ovu&l and another ltrge bone dq)osiL this tirne around the northoastern edge of Strwture 27, and lthntially acrosg the interior. M￿h work WLS done to ell1￿lten underlying buildings of struct￿ l. 10. 12 and 8 aThl by the end of eXc4V￿10n a tmmethit¢ly after axcavations tnded, ￿8¢ 4xcaval1￿ ny)m¢ and will continue for at Ica5t 3, l&¢ty 5 ye4r5, to bring aiM)ut fina] publication in vaTiOUS fornuts of the findings of th¢ It the Ness. Grant writing to fimd the P￿t￿QxC8Y4I1Qn effort (wied a lot of tnne in the year en(kd 31 March 2025 and a major ￿adeMiC app]ication to the UK Arts & Huntsrrities Researeb C￿￿11 was submitted on 27 March 2025. It seeks fi￿dti￿ ftt work , buildmgs, datin& aDi]Dals aThJ pwplc. plants and the wider w(ffkl within whith th¢ Nc&s sits. An appii¢ion to the The H¢ritsg¢ Lottay Fund w 8pplicati(m of Marth 2024 waB suc£e8sfill and in Octob¢r 2024 the Tntst aM)ointed a website co-(dinkn ond on education officer. WO￿ on both prOj￿ts will con11￿ until March 2027 8nd good wyess been made on both to 31 Mar¢h 2025. Fund.rAising via &x)atiffl aryl the on.]ine shop LZmtinue4 the on.line The Ncss wo8 th¢ foous for th¢ Orkw Mu8¢um's Sumn￿ exIu￿ltiOD which ran from 4 May 2024 to 28 S¢pt¢mbtr 2024. The Mu8¢um ￿l￿]ned 62010 ViSAtorn knin8 this perio4 and the ¢xbibition wa8 th¢ most extensive cv¢r pth on (wtlh a deal of Ne86 T¢am 6W) by the MuseunL To accOm￿Y the ex]llbiiion a new Ness 8uidebooK Ness of Brod8ar: PasL Pr¢8ent Future was pub]ish¢d in May 2024. VariO￿S regearth degrees at MRes and PID level iThto of the Ncss of Bnxlgar 8tat1rt ¢(mtinued aDd came to a satisfactory CQDclusion in the yew erded 31 March 2025 and the Tn￿ Iw bern Closely involved ID th¢ 5up¢rvisi< t¢aD)s of th￿¢ various projed& Post40¢t(￿ wojKts too ￿ did the Iwrk of sFcialists, lookin8 at Ne&8 anill￿ iM)ne. woA(ed sM)n¢ IX)t and developing the Ness GIS, which involvcs rn¢ti¢uloug ]wtion of data. All Ness fWOTds have needed Close scaDnitig and pulling kngeth￿ year by y￿r and that wojk has been a major elawt of the year to 3 Imgrch 2025. and Thill be into the fijtum Work o)ntinw phasing the site and fllrtI￿ C14 The of the Ness volunl¢er team invaluabk yet again and a highlight ofthc of excavalion w&8 th¢ nUD)bcr of vohmt¢¢rs wanting to th¢iT Ncss involv¢n￿l into th¢ post -¢x¢avation phasc. A pot proje¢t is p1arn￿d for th¢ of 2025 over 20 voluDte¢T8 hftd si8n¢d up for IL from both Othi¢y firth¢r •fi¢kl by 31 Marth 2025. Interest in the Ness Iw been weJl.suslain￿l in the year ¢0 31 March 2025. and we bave w￿¢d IHTd to ￿￿1￿￿10 a rewlar and int￿eSti￿g web aDd 50rial media prese￿, plus the issue of r¢gular newsl¢lt¢rs to follow¢r8, following on from th¢ ¢NI of excavalions. A f¢alur¢ of th¢ 2024 dig s¢asots was th¢ wcscnce of TinK T￿ th¢ ar¢ha¢o108y pro￿1￿￿¢ now SI￿￿n via YouTube. It is hoTd the release of their film of the fllMJ s¢a80n's wo& wi]] be of As part of the HLF fimdtng ￿kage,￿ an Orkney film4naker also fikned exlensivdy at the Nes8 over the excavation and backfilling period and Ills filnL plus aJM)ther made of 2024 ex¢mtioLq by L￿Y car-Mccla￿ will be a )rd of Ness of Brnd￿ 2024, a reMth￿ y¢Ar forth¢ site And the Th Pag¢ 2

Cov•rnJng document The Ne&8 of B[od8arTn￿ 18 a SCIO wFrf)ge ￿¢￿b￿p 18 its awity Tiuste4 atso conOitut¢ th¢ Board of Tn Tn￿￿5 ar¢ Individ￿ wbo all to th¢ Tn￿S pwposes and want to see them New members are cwptrd at thc AGM of th¢ SCIO IRrt most or¢ the miwn21 munbas appithd at the setting vp ofthe TrusL Reglstsred Cbarlty nuwther (144890 Prkndpal 4ddr•Ji Stromn¢8$ KW16 3JZ Indeptndent Exgmtser Foubister & Bain 4 Broad Street KW15 INX Approved by ordts of boaTd of truslee5 (m 14 N0Vemt￿ 2025 and signoj ou its bdolf by: Pa8e 3

I reprt on the a¢¢ounts forthe year end￿ 31 Much 2025 8¢t (xrt on poge8 five to elevth Rewtive responfftThllitia •ltruJteu and examiner Ml Tn￿ Investm￿ (Scot]and) AL% 21KI5 aTrJ the Cbarilies ACCOU￿ (Scot14nd) Regulations 2006 (as amended). The cknitys trltstees coL8ider thal the audit requiranent of Regulation ICKIXa) to (¢) of the Accounts Regulations does not apply. It is llly r¢sp)nsibthty to th¢ ￿o￿llts as Scclion 44(1)(G) of the Act aul to state wh¢th Bgsls of the IndepeDdffit enmlntrls report 2006. An exaMI￿tion inclwjes a review of the xcoimting I￿￿[dS kept by the charity and a ¢￿￿p￿ of the ac￿ ptuend with those r¢corf8. It also I￿]ud¢s consideration of any items or di8dosuTeS in th¢ the evidence th•t would be requred in An audi( and ¢4)Dsequently I do not expre￿ an audit opinion on the view givuA by the a￿OUThts. (l) wbi¢h 8iv¢s me r¢a80Mbk ¢ay8e lo b¢li¢v¢ thaL in aYAy mattr1￿ rcspccL & rt4pimcnts to k¢q) a¢￿ti￿ T￿ld8 in acCor&D￿ with Sertion 44(1)(a) of the 21X)5 ALI aDd Regulation 4 of the 21)06 Accounts Regulatio￿. and to prepare accounts vknicb accord with the a¢couDting ￿rdS and to Con￿lY with RegulioD 8 of the 2(K)6 (2) to in nry opinion, attention 8b(x￿d be drAwD in order to enable a proper Ulldersts￿ of th¢ K¢ounts to be FoUbL￿ & Bai 4 Broad Street KW15 INX 14 November 2025 Pa8¢ 4

2025 2024 Tolal Re3tri¢l¢d DOnatiL￿ and l¢gxi¢s 138aoo 119,120 257020 I￿.626 14Q150 3.185 14QlS0 3.185 74,038 1,170 287h35 119.120 41fj755 175.834 Charttable aeth 271111 37J65 3•9J76 172316 NET INCOME 81555 97J79 3518 RECONCILIATIOY4 OF FUNDS Tota] funds brought forward 354117 30.970 38S087 381569 369341 112J25 385.087 Th¢ fomi p&rt of Ih¢8e finNTKial stat¢m¢nts P4e5

2024 Total fmids Ta￿￿1¢ ass¢ts 14000 150,( 6947 17,118 2,872 215.097 22S012 112J25 337J37 231959 IIU25 235.087 CREDTfoRS (12N18) (IU18) ET CURRENf ASSETS 219941 112J25 332A06 235.087 369941 IiU25 385.087 NET ASSETS 369,941 112J25 385,087 io 369941 IiU25 354,117 30,970 TOTAL FU14DS 385,087 The finallcial s￿¢m￿ts wer¢ approvd by th¢ Board of and •uthoTis¢d for on 14 Nov¢mb¢r 2025 aTrJ were si ed on its bchalf by: Pa8e 6

ACcOl]￿c POLICIES The finall￿ st&teM￿ of the CI￿lty, which is a public ben¢fft Atity unthr FRS 102. ien prwed iti with the Clwiti¢s SORP (FRS 102) 'Accounling and Rwrting by awiti￿. Statemtht of Ryrtitig Statlard app]i¢abJ¢ in the UK and Rewbli¢ of Irela￿1 (FRS 102) (¢￿￿tiVe J January 2019y, Financial R9￿ling st￿ 102 Tr Financial Repthting Standard a￿li￿le in the UK and Republic of trelattd, and the ClsaTities and TDJStee InvestD￿nt (Scodand) Act 2￿5. The slatements have beeD Income The value of 8ervic￿[￿￿J by volunteen bas nrt bwi induded Expenditure 18 included in re8ouTCU exp(kd on an b￿]&, Inc]￿SIve of any VAT which LXDnOt All ¢osts ￿ allocAd the exFnthtin ¢ategor1￿ of the SOFA oll a basis desIg￿t￿ kn relle¢t the of Tanglbk fixed aH¢ts Depreciation is provithd at the following Aonual rat¢s in or&r to write off eh assel ovff its estin)ated useful Sto&s at¢ vahKd at the lower of cA)st and net realisable valu4 aft¢r making due allowf4WA for obsolete and slow Taudon The clwity 18 exempt from lax OD its clwltsble *ivities. Un￿11[/¢t￿ fi￿dI Can b¢ usA4 in a¢kn with th¢ tharitabk obirftsves at the discretion ofth¢ trust¢¢s. aTige VA￿ll ypecified by the donor or whth we raised for restricted purposes. 2024 On ¢nd 04linebook 6ale8 137,739 58,886 15,152 14AJ50 74,038 Pa8e 7

otes to 2025 2024 3,185 1.170 31 Ma￿h 2024. Thue wae no tr￿tees, expen8e8 pwd for ts year enw 31 Mw¢h 2025 nor for the year ended 31 March 2024. Freehold cosr At l AprAI 2(Y24 find 31 March 2025 i￿,0￿0 At 31 March 2025 150,IMMI At 31 Marth 2024 150,OCKI The pmpty of Lochview was trAnsf¢rr&l to the charity iti Febrnary 2016, by CW H¢rithge Society. sT{￿Ks 2025 2024 17,118 2,872

2025 2024 Batsk loans and ov¢rdrth (sec note 9) IU18 An analysis of the D￿tillity of is Sirn below: 2025 2024 11018 io. movenMIt Ai 31.325 Al 1.4 Unrestrlrted funds 354117 369941 9.747 13248 7975 (&716) (3.780) (w) 3,￿1 C14 DatiD8 Woronw6ki FWMI HLF PrOJ￿t. NOBT Past PrfscDt aul Futur¢ 7812 91614 91614 W70 8lJ55 112J25 385.087 97J79 N¢¢ movan¢nl in fund4 included in th¢ follows: Unrestricted futhdi G¢ncrdl fimd 287ffi35 (271I11) 15024 Restrleted (4716) (3,780) (563) (Q716) (3,780) (563) C14 Datin8 HIS Proje¢t- NOBT Past Present and Future 119,12• (2Q506) 92ffj14 119,120 (37A65) 8IJ55 406,755 (309J76) 97J79 Page 9

io. CoDwarativ￿ for ID fmllth Nd n)ov¢m¢nt At 1.423 31.324 353J40 777 354.117 Student Award8 C14 Dating Woronw8ki Fund 14,981 13248 (5234) 9,747 13248 7.975 7.975 28229 1741 30,970 381,569 3,518 385,087 iti fimds 165,834 (165,057) 777 Sthdent Awards (3234) (2.025) (5234) 7.975 iO,(K)O io,(¥x) (7259) 174) 175,834 (172.316) 3518 A ¢urrent year 12 nwnllL8 and Inioryear12 ¢On]bin￿l position is as folk)w8: Ai 1.423 in fimds 313.25 UnreslrfL*d 353,340 16.fKIl 369.941 Re8trlet¢d fvndi Studcnt Awords C14 Dating w0￿￿WS￿ Fund HLF Projea. NOBT Past PtH¢nt and 14,981 13248 (11.950) (3,780) 7.412 3,031 7.412 92.614 91614 28,229 112,525 TOTAL FUF4DS 381,569 I￿7.897 481466 Page io

io. MOVEM￿ IN FUNDS. eoJtl•ued a8 follo Unrostrlcted fundi 453,469 (43&868) 16,601 StudeDt Awants C14 Dating (11,950) (3.780) (2.588) (11,950) (3,780) 7,412 io,(Kx) HLF ProiK*. NOBT P48t Pr¢￿rt aThl Futwe 119,120 (26)(￿) 91614 129,120 (44.824) 582.589 (481,6￿) IIKI,897 11. RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES Ther¢ wereno ￿lated ￿tylAn8￿ti0nS f(rthe year eTrJed 31 March 2025. Pagell

202A 116J58 7J42 133.720 90,722 9,334 570 Gift aid 257820 iiYJ.626 Othtt tr#dlD8 ¢tMtk¥ On site and online bo(& sales 137,739 58.886 15,152 14&150 74,038 IDvethnt Income 4185 1,170 Total IDLwthig re￿￿re 755 17S,834 7245 4,583 30,098 1,764 8J17 Printins, Stationery. Adverts Website Lochvitw eosts Site CLKqts sp￿18￿.$￿ Co$ Student Awth8 Goo&% flx re￿1¢ Travel & subsi81 OIC Re¢bNr8e 11,778 77,•99 8A91 42343 3,915 74156 50,742 7,867 1.622 59,502 Post.Ex Costs HLF. Equipm¢nt Costs 3,780 9A19 31K055 171,121 383 Governan¢e ¢oJts A¢¢ountancy aLd legal fees 812 3119J76 172J16 Net Income 97J79 3.518 This page does not fomj partof th¢ slatutory fina￿1￿1 stateni Page 12