for

Ryrt ofthe TrnBlees
I to 3
St•¢enxn¢ of FID1nd￿ A¢th
7 to 11
D•talled Statem¢xt of FABaDclal Acd
12

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.
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Ch*rilabk 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
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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￿
ptuen*d 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 Regul*ioD 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:
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ACcOl]￿c POLICIES
The finall￿ st&teM￿ of the CI￿lty, which is a public ben¢fft Atity unthr FRS 102. i*en prwed iti
with the Clwiti¢s SORP (FRS 102) 'Accounling and Rwrting by awiti￿. Statemtht of
Ryrtitig Stat*lard 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 ￿ allocA*d 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 e*h 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
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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
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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
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