Arkaig Community Forest Scottish Charity Number SC045209 Annual Report and Financial Statements For the year ended 31st March 2025
Triiste•s' Annual %èport Forlhe ye4iendtd 3tst Marth 2025 The Iru51ee5 have k4easure we5elltin8 thelr rEp4Yitogether wrth thefinancial 5talement5 forUEye¥ended 31st March 2025. Reference AdMInr•tr+t Infornw Ch•rlty Nim• Arkaigcomrnunty Forest Address •nkèrs Bank of kotknd, 62 lSh Street. Fort William. In&ErnessShife. PH33 IndepenQent Examiner dunrary Alt Lochabef. An ChrKhaid. Clay8an Road. Fort William, PH33 6PH ArkaiE Community Forest is a Scottish Charitab Inccwrated oan[satIOn ISOOI set up on 4th November 2014 ard is bound by (5(0n5tOn. Appoknimènt oltru5t*s The people seThin8 on ihe Lard are referred to asCIKHtiry Tru51eek maxwnurn number diharity trustees i$ 12, the mlnlmum 15 4 rnade up of members who Tet the ellbilIty Criteria. A will rw)t k ¢hgibk for etecrion or apwntmentio the board tjnless he/she is a member of the oi£anisatKJn and meelsihe ciiteria for trAMrd members. ie al resident of Achnacarry, bl regdenl of Bunarknt& cl resmlent of CIurne5, dl re51dent ol anywhe else within the PH444EL PH44 4EJ, p34 4EQ Ptr13a 7P0 definal rMNcode area& At each Annual Generol Meeting IAGMI, the rnembers may elect any member to be a chanty trustee. The Board may at anytime aprin1 any to bè 3 Charty trustee. pThkled that he/5he fltsthe crSterla for eliglbillry. Ai each AGM. onethird of the (harty truMee5 rnusr lIe from offKe may be re-eletieil. (ri¢¥blE 11 tts support and promote sunalnable comrnunitydè¥elDpment. whÈrè'svsrdinablÈ devÈkimnt' mearns deveknpment whlch meets the needs of thè present wlthoui Comprom1£ Ihe abllrty of fvttjre generatlonsto meet ihelr own needs. 21 to own and rnana8e community tènd and associated assets forthè benefit of the c(#))munlty ar#J the wblic In general. 31 to restore and protert the natural ermronment of the area. and in partI13T to restore and enhance the nathe woodLind hatitats and other serT¥- naturnl habilats and ass18ted flora and fauna of ihe area. 41 to Sup enht the untSer5t6ndin8 6nd terPretatl of the enmironment, history. (uhure aTrJ heritsge of the area. 51 to iFnprove the aicess. arDentty reueational ¥alue dthe afea_ 61 to encouiage the a¢Jvancernent ol lal-trased eaucation. trainin& and personal dewelopmènt. 71 to prOMe and wellbein& Page2of8
11 do anything which Is calcukiied io lurtner its purposes or or intirlental io 50. 213ccept subscriptions, grant5. donalion51 4ifts. le8acie5 and endwment of all kind5 anLI to disiiibute ihese In xcordance with the purposes. 31 invest 4ny funds vthith ale n(rt immediately required for the attIwt ol the orgalsation in any5uth investments as may be consrfjered appropriate Including the 3CqUiSition, creaknon 3nd develo}ent of ary bUessal to disp(6e ol, and vary such InTrrtmer5ts 41 ¢ate. acquire or developappropriate t5+n$t$ in keenE wllh the purwse5 of the organLsation. 51 Èmploy, contr3rt wlth. tr3in and pay such stafl Iwheiher ernpltyed ty self-empknyedl as are considered apprwiate for the w)pw condutt ol the rposes of ttte orEanlsatlon. No part of the Income or property of org3nis•lKn may be paid or translerred Idirectly or indirect lo the members- either In course of the organisaiion's existenceoron IJ5010n- exiepl wherelhs in dirett furtheran of the or8anisation's charitable purpose See Chalrman's Report and Tre?511Tef'5 Repvl FiDon Total Incorne in the year was £122.151. Expenditure forthe me riod was £144,745 resultlng In a cl £2L593. Regwves aiyear end were E66,074 made up of E29.622 of unretriaed funds and E36,452 of ttred fun¢s R*stmi Polky There Is requirement in the w5tilytvnto ld any rtserNts hOtr the tru#ees renISe tt it is adble ta retaln 3 worth ol nomial rurynin8 costs In order to meet cc¥nrnrtrnentsand io cover any perted expefiditure. Pl•w forfuitsre lDd Sèè Chairman's Report aod Tfeasijrer's Report There are no exemptions from dtscfosur¥. Funds held M ¢todAn trustee on behall ol othEW5 There are no lur¥Js held a5 IU5toOian tr¥stee M behaff of Ixhers. This wa5 apNoved by the trustees 011 29th. Ortober,2025. aist October. av Pa8e3ofB
Ark4i8 Communtty Forest Seottiih Charity Number SC1145X Independeni ex•minee• the inMes on the un•udi¢ed of Community Foff•L I report on the accoun1$ of the SCIO tht ytsr tndtd 31$t Mi atch a)25 whKh Are set out on py 5 to & Re¥ptefiwt rt•ponl>ilitits of tru•tet ftd indtptttdent ex#mintr ch41ity'$ Ttustees are re$ponwble fot the pieFr4rntion of the accounts in gccoth with temts of the Chiitie$ Ttustee Investment (ScotlnLI Act 2(X)5 and the Ch't1¢$ Accoun18 (ScotlanLI RwJltion$ 2(A. The charity trtec$ consider tht the audit reguiremeni of ReyJation Iql) Id) of tht Accounts Reylafions does not apFJy. li i% rny EL4ponshJ]iry to examine the 4ccounts 43 rtquwed undet sec¢ion 4411) (c) of the Act 4rd to $Tie wheth m•ttus 14ve come to my attention. Bii8 of ind¢Ad¢t ¢xrnin¢e¥ stst¢m¢nt My examination is CrIed out in acCord(C wilh keyation I l of the Charities Accounts Iscodand) Re•t)r4 2QY). An examinaiion includes a review of the accryjnung records kept by the chanty and a cornpanson of the aCcjnI$ prL$enied with those recotd$. li al$0 indudes con$Hkrdtion of any unusual iienL or thdosures kn the accoun1$. and seeks explanations from the trusttts conccmxng any such rnatteis. The procedurts undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would bt tequited in an auth"t. and conseguent]y I do nvt e¥pS an auth't opJnx>n on the ¢W givcn by the accol1% Independent tx•mintes Statement In £ouTsc of my txaminath)T4 no matter hgs come to my IttIon. which v¢S ryasonable rgwt to that in aDy rspeu the xcquircrnents.. ' to keep Accounting records •ccordwc wilh Section 44(1) (•) of the 25 Act and Reydation 4 of the 21 Accounts Rtgu]aiion$. and . to pzepare accounts w.Ch accord wilh the attounting reco5 mI con¥ty with RtyJatitin 9 of the 2CO6 Accounts Regulations h4v¢ not been mtt. oz 2 to Whic IA my opitiion.atteniioft$hould Et dzwn in otder to enable a proper urM4etststiding of the iccount$ to bt rttched D2t¢' 31 10 2025 loluntsry A£tKm L4)chber Atj Drochai(L Clagwi Rold Fort iXTdliam PH33 6PH VOLUNTAfeY ACTION LOCtrIABES1 Page4018
Arkaig Communiry FoT¢$t Receipts aDd PayTnen15 A¢counts For ihe y¢ar ended 3151 March 2025 Scottish Charity NuJDbeT SC045209 Year to Year io Ye4t to Year to 2015 2025 2025 2024 Uttrestiicted Resiricted Totsi Toial Incoming Eesources Note Grdnis and Donations Cyranrs l)()i)AtiuTi) 89.683 3LN) 91,683 ?95 109.133 819 495 Bgjxk ititerest received Incoming Resources frow GetseAied Fullds Incoffte fur Sen"Ices Ilctii'itres for ReAeratin% fi]nds Incom% resnurces from thlble acti%utyes i¥ceJ]aneou$ Income 4,950 1,701 1.916 1,412 39 io 6.049 6.049 Otber Income 'I'rec N'ursery l)eei Lardet General Incoffle 11,258 5,207 2209 5.207 2.2( Total Receipts 27.668 94,483 115,020 Resources expended ABC. Expen&'DJre Staff Cusrs I'olunteer Co-Or(bnAtor In5ur3ncc Iniernet & Web$ite Sundries %ubsCriPtions 'I'raJniAR Cobt K.'cltare Unrt Fltcthaty profession Fees In5pirin% Scot]and DeL'r Latder EKpense5 C.ommurttN. F_I'tS / .Ictttitie$ Fore$i.Sch] Narurescot NRF Protect Gusach Restoratiun (Moss¥ P.arth} I'l. / Electnca] Cquwment Ei-enr /_4crriiry COSES Wotkshops (-()mmwJitt. Lxch2n Natii'c I'ree Nursers" / Plant Pw)agatson "rtet Nlursen. l.'"xpenses fa]8r Panel Costs 3.9(19 7.949 762 13.(KKI 5,151 Ll,762 1063 1.171 2.063 1,171 1,838 2.169 1.402 55 55 1.506 1.922 L054 3,409 5JlO 1.9L? 1.054 387 878 4.0 1.109 5JlO 1.451 1.451 47.571 $0,640 277 39,913 47,571 50.640 981 628 250 250 1,437 .437 756 31711 3J13 3J13 4.125 Governance Cosi$ Independenr Examinatt¢)n Total Payments -lJ.599 1 ?4.146 144,745 99,109 PageSof8
AJk¥ig Community Forest Re¢cip atsd P)menr8 Aeeounr8 For the year ended 3tsr Ma¥ch 2025 Scottisb Charity Number SC045209 Year io Year Yev to Year io 2025 2025 2025 Totl .SuTpluslO)efiail lor the >eEr btfore trAn5f¢rs Tran5fcts bmvttn fwds 7.070 6,701 129,663> 16,701> P2.593) 15.912 SuTplu$l(Ikficii) foT itstyear IA-_,fl Siaiemeni of Ba]nces- 6 at 31s1 Mch 2025 Openin8 cash at b•nk •ud in tsa 15.852 72,816 72,756 .4dd Incom¢ 94.483 121151 210.818 144.74S I1i.O 187,176 99.109 20.599 6.701 124.146 (6,7011 I'ransfer$ Closing exgb bank And io ts1 36,45? 66,074 8B,667 B•uk and Casb BAlorcs Tr¢sUr,5.1rrIr (ACF) "Irexsurer$.4cCott (INI C)uT>taAdthg IA*n¢nts Uts[andts l.'heques Perrb. Cash 29,622 55,792 10.282 79,766 8,1 10.282 11&12 Siped on behalf ofall Trustte$'. Date: 31sL October, 2025 PaRe6of8
A¥k•r£ Communlty Forest 5cottlsh Charlty NumberX045209 Note$ io the accounts Forthe yearended 31st March 2025 l Basi5 of Accounting These accounts have been prepared on the Receipts and Payments basis in aU0rdan with the Ch3rities & Trustee Investment (Scotlandl Act 25 and the Charities Accounts Iscotkndl Regulations 26 las èmendedl. 2 Nature and purFmt of funds Unrestricted funds are those that may be usetl at the discretion of the trustee5 in lurtherdrKe of the objetts of the charty. The trustees mantain a single unrestricted fund the dari¢Trday runniThgof the SCIO. Restricted funds may oTrly be used for specrfic purposes. Resiiictions afi when spe(ilied by the dOnOI orwhen lunds a raised lor speufic purp05e5. 3 Related party transactions No remunefaiion was paid to the trLtstee5 or any connetted persons Ilurin8 the year12024.. £NILI. 4 Grants Unre51ritttd Fund5 Rertii¢ted Fynds Tffjal 2025 Totsl 2024 720 26,128 750 ABC Communtty Benefit Fund Nature Restoration Fund Community Learning Exchange Scottish Natural Heritage Highlands & Islands Clirnate Hub Rotary Club of Lochaber Community Woodlands Ass(&iation Mossy Earth Ltd The Swire Charitable Trust InspirinRScotland Logan Air Foundation Scotland King Charles Charitable Fund 48.370 48.370 725 .50.1 13,IKK) 4Q4tM) 4Q4Cf 4.124 913 913 89,683 91,683 109.133 5 DOtiOnS unrestred Aestrbcted Fund5 Total 2025 3[ 3CI) d95 795 Tot•1 2024 Arnold Clark Misc Donations 495 495 819 819 6 Transfers been funds £6.701 was transferred from restricted fund5 to unre5trKted funds dije to changes tn the delivery of the Projetts ès #ged ljy fviidri>.12024. E9,8861. 7 r)D¥ernahte Costs Unrestrx-ted Funds Restiitted Funds Totsl 2025 150 150 Total 1024 Independent Examlnation Iso 150 8 Intome for 5er4ices Unrestrkted Funds Restricted Funds Total 2025 T4x¥I 2014 1.701 IncoTne for Servi5 Volunteer Co-ordinator 450 4.5 4.9SO 450 4,5(K) 1,701 PaKe?of8
9 Activitie5forgeneratlry fvnds Fynds Restritted Funds Totsl 2025 70ts12024 1.916 1,916 Venison Incorne 10 Gross recelpts fnjm thr¢harhable aCt$tIeS Woodland Trust- Rental Income Welfare Uiilt Hire FurK15 Restricted Fund5 Total 2025 Total 2024 1.2(A) lJ75 4.2(K) 649 6,049 4.2 649 6.049 Event Incorne 37 1,412 11 Unrestricted Funds At tst Apr 2024 15.852 15,852 At 31st March 2025 29,622 29.622 InwmlnB 27.668 27.668 ou01 Trnnrfe Unrestricted Funds 120,$991 120.$991 6,701 6,701 12 RerIcted Funds At 1st 2024 At 3tst Mah 2025 Incomin8 Ou¢%01 Transft 12,8921 ABC Community 8enefit Furyj Nature Restoration Fun Communrty Learning Exchange HighlaTrds & Islands Uimate Hub Rotary Club of Lochaber Community Woodlands AssockTr Gusach Restoration The Swire Charitsble Trust MOWI Scotland SSE Renewables Inspiring Scotland Logan Air Volunteer Co-OrdinatOf Other Event Income Arnold Clark Foundation Scotland 2.892 17A791 33 78 31X) 18 so.co) 13.ClXI 19 48.370 147.5711 I7,0) 1331 78 1181 150.6401 113.IXKJI 39.760 1191 13,3031 6.49) 4.124 13.4C¢JI 14.1251 15,1511 3.082 4.5(K) 16SiI 437 14371 3C#J 913 36.452 913 94,483 72.816 1124,1461 16,7011 A8C Communtty Benefit Fund- Cost Plan for Community Facility& Tree Nursery Nature Restoratn Fund- Restoration of Landscapes Community Learning Exchange- Tree Nurseries Projett Scottish Natural Heritage- Loch Arkai8 Pinewoods. Landscape Scale Native Woodland RestoratioTh Highlands & Islands Climate Hub l Rotary Club ol lochèber / Community Woodland Association /Arnold Clark- commun Events & Actlvltles Mossy Earth Ltd- Gusach Restoration The Swire Charitable Trust-staff Costs MOW1 s(land- IT l ElectrKal Equipment SSE Renewables- Natwe Tree Nursery and Plant Propawion Unlt Inspiring Scotland- Resiliertt Community Forest Project LoÉan Air- Solar Panels Woodland Trust- Loch Arkai8 Pinewoods, LastOpe SCO Native Woodland Restoration Woodland Trust- Volunteer Ctrordrn•or Page8of8
ARKAIG Arkaig Community Forest Chair's Report 2024125 This year has sn a lot of changes at ACF. Firstly we said goodbye t to whom we are very grateful for all the hard work, dedication and in s given to ACF from the start and particularly as thair for two yeats. Also to who has been supportive of ACF from the start and made our relationship with [ L)Oth enjoyable and productive. He has been instrumental in facilitating the collaboration with Achnacarry Estate and FLS leading to the foimation of the Beo Airceig landscape restoration project and allowing all of us to explore opportunities we may not have thought possible. We wish them both well in their new ventures and hope they will not be strangers to Arkaig. Conversely we are pleased to welcome as new wr estate manager for Loch Arkaig and look forward to working with erasc ose y, all going well so far. At the start ofthis year, before left, we realised that ACF had become too much for a small voluntary board to manage, with three employees and all the various projects. We decided to use our free reserves to employ a part time operations manager to oversee everything. Fortunately we also received a grant from SSE to begin the redevelopment of the Forest School which allowed us to create a full time position with two da s allocated to this and 3 to runnin9 everything else. So, on the 20th March we welcomed 2nd he has been a very busy man since then. There have been other changes within ACF too with taking on the deer laider as well as development until April, since when she has been solely committed as Deer larder manager. nt from tree nursery assistant to volunteer coordinatoi and we welcomed as seasonal tree nursery assistsnl in March. Meanwhil rernains as our green-fingered tree nursery managei, producing good numbers of high quality trees. There were changes in board roles too with stepping int•llole as chair. For some time it had been apparent that the core aiea ofACF membership, Clunes, Achnacarry and Bunarkaig - the two postcode area required for the community buy out of Loch Arkaig Pine Forest, was too small a communty to support such a big project and other adjacent postcodes were just as much part of the wider landscape area, such as Gairlochy and Glen Loy. In March we had an EGM to include these Iwo extra postcodes. which was unanimously aCpted. oming back as treasurer and myself Visits Our sucSsful collaborative working with wr, and more recently Beo Alr1g has brought a lot attention to ACF and we receive many requests for visits and studies, including: Pinewood Conference and Pinewood managers meeb'ng Scottish Forestry Directors of SF & ENFOR Minister for Agriculture - Jim Fairley BBC Landward Oxford UnNersty Cambridge University
ARKAIG Deer Larder The deer larder operation has grown and been strengthened over the past year as a small venison producing business, producing high quality sustainable meat for the local community as part of the managernent of deer numbers in Glen Mallie and the Gusach on both ACF and Woodland Trust land. We have had a dedicated deer larder manager employed 2 days a week since April 2025, working on marketing, deliveries, communications, finan and the health and safety of the deer larder. A contracted butcher works in the larder up to 4 days per month. We have also trained up a volunteer butcher to increase our capacty as well as develop communty skills. The larder also hosted visits from 10 different groups or individuals interested in learning about its operation. Sales have increased and diversified as we have forged good relationships with new customers within the local community, restaurants and shops, generating exlIent feedback. We have also tested and developed new products such as burgers, sausages and different cuts. There is great potential to continue expanding the operation, sales and community reach of the larder. Tree Nurse This continues to do well, in diffieuh to drought thanks to the hard work o has been commented on by many visitors, including Trees sold winter 24r25 - 17,000 Volunteer events - 12, including, botanical surveys, brdIng bird surveys, tree ID. tree care, seed collecting Volunteer hours - 763, including UHI Staff training - Knoydart tree nursery orchard Shed completed April Professional advi and support from provided by wr LAM project proposal - montane spp Scot Gov Health inspection passed. UKISG inspection passed extremes of weather from flooding The excellent quality of the trees of Scottish Forestry. d 2wk work placement. Corrour Estate willow Thanks to wr for providing funding for professional support from Andy and Pete. Volunteer Coordination Volunteer coordinator - has now been working as volunteer coordinator for over a year now and has managed to negotiate all the difficulties of combining and ACF volunteering here in Loch Arkaig Pine forest in one pla. Having spent the winter getting all the policies in place we now have an exciting programme of volunteer activities and events and an expanding group of dedicated volunteers. Highlights include a bioblitz in the oakwood, a women's rainforest well-being day with the Scottish Rainforest Education centre, Greenwood working workshop and a wood ant survey in the Gusach. erations Mana er It was decided that ACF was becoming too rnuch for a small voluntary board to manage properly and before resigned he suggested we pool resources to employ an operations manager. o In February we advertised and were surprised by the hi of applicants, making it a difficult choice but we are more than happy with Iiality
ARKAIG fact hard to imagine how we coped before. Since he started he has over hauled our health and safety policies and procedures, got to grips with HR, made contact with the whole communty, partners and stakeholders, and become a part the community himself. He was wamed before starting have to deal wrth the media and wtthin the first month he'd spent a day with translocating ants, chatted with nd been asked for a message for a minister. He also had a Beo Airceig mee Ing In ne Irs week and voIui?teered to take the minutes. A successful funding bid, submitted at very short notice by o a community climate change resilience find (CLLD) has meant that we are able to start looking into the flooding around the tree nursery and Clunes forestry houses and also addressing the possible issue of wild fires. Landsca Restoratlon Ard Noi8 (Blue Green Conservation) completed the felling of the lodgepole pine in Ard Nois by the end of Spring. This completes the first (paKI for) phase of the Mossy Earth project but this will continue to be monitored by drone imagery. Isla still to complete the first post work filming. In the summer peatland restoration work was undertaken on the boggier areas, - blocking drains, turning 01 flattening stumps and smoothing. This was done as part of Peatland Action project. Ant translocation - as part of the NRF project aim to translocate wood ants from the areas cleared of non native conifers to better habitat with pines. We undertook a trial this summer translocating part of a large nest in Ard Nois. This seems to have been successful but we'll only know after the winter if they've suNived. A survey of all nests at Ard Nois was also done after the non native removal. Glen Mallie - the ATV track at Glen Mallie was due to be done by end March but Naturescot have allowed us to put it into this winter with sorne extra funding. This will join up with the Achnacarry track to create a circular route which will be useful for stalkers and walkers. Forest School Having sucSsfUllY secured funding from SSE for the development phase of the new forest school and workshop we have sent out biiefs to three architectural praCtIS to tender for this phase and bring it to the point of construction. We have now reiVed two of those and will be considering them. In the mean time the existing Forest school has been renovated to make it habitable until such times as the new one is started. Re-cladding, painting and general refurbishment all carried out mainly by or which everyone is extremew grateful. Thanks A big thanks to our secretary. not just for being an extremely efficient secretary and keeping the board on track but also for his invaluable practical work. He designed and helped build the tree nursery shed, renovated the forest school and instslled hot waterl He also saved another load of venison with his generator, during the recent power cut.
ARKAIG Thanks to our treasurer for keeping a tight rein on finanS, making sense of it all, putting up with me and not giving up. Thank you their support this year, your input has been invaluable and every minute spaied is appreciated. Thanks also to IrArkalg site manager, for all his help this year. Despite havin a huge work load this year, having to manage the site alone between April and July after left. he has always tried to make time forACF and to include us in decisions. Heh aged all the partnership working with tact and patien and his measured eloquence wrth important visitors is impressive. In fact we are grateful to Woodland Trust Scotland for their continuing support, for recognising the Importan of our partnership to both parties. Thank you to all our staff too for all their hard wom( and dedication over the year especially given uncertainties with funding. We aim to provide a good working environment so thanks for putting up with the cieaky old forest school and the frustrations which arise from working with a communty group. October 2025
ACF Treasurer's Report 2024125 In the year to the end of March 2025 Arkaig Community Forest received over £122k in income but spent over £144k, leaving a paper Loss of some £22k. In reality, this is because various grant funds were received on bloc in the previous financial year (particularly sums from Mossy Earth, The Swire Trust, Logan Air) but spent in the 24125 year. meaning that our restricted fund reserve was drawn upon. Staff costs aside, which were almost entirely grant funded. the Deer Larder made a small loss of £142 on a turnover of £5207. whilst the Tree Nursery made a surplus of £7944 on a turnover of £11258. These, together with further revenue of £9203 from donations, event funding and services more than off set the £11260 spent on general running costs. The combined bank balance of ACF and Tree Nursery accounts at 31103125 was £66048. Of this. £36452 was held in restricted funds (i.e. earmarked specifically for st8ff wages andlor project spend), whilst unrestricted reserves stood at £29622. The TN account has subsequently been closed to allowfor ease of accounting. A bank balance of £55111 was available as of 5110125. We would like to thank various grant awarding bodies for income received in 24125, without whom our work could not continue. These include: Naturescot (over £48k towards staff costs from the Beo Airceig Nature Restoration Fund INRF) project, administered bywoodland Trust Scotland. WTSI, Mossy Earth (£40.4kfor the Gusach restoration project). King Charles Charitable Fund (£2k for general running costs). wrs1£4500 forthe joint Volunteer Co-ordinator position). Foundation Scotland1£912 for events) and Arnold Clark (£300 for events). The decision was tsken early in 2025 to employ an Operations Manager {OM} to streamline the management ofACF. This has been partly funded from reserves and part from a 2-year grant from SSE (received in April 25}. The latter also provides funds to take the development of a new Forest School and Workshop to the construction phase and allows development of further funding streams to allow this. The OM position relies on further funding being found for the next financi81 year, as does that of other staff members. We currently have three major funding applications in the pipeline, to the Scottish Power Community Fund, a second phase of NRF funding and a major long-term application to the Heritsge Lottery Fund, the latter two applications in partnership with Beo Airceig. Other partnership applications for a Wee Trees project with Loch Abar Mor and a dragonfly pool creation project with British Dragonfly Society are also In the pipeline. In the unlikely event that we are unsuccessful In attraciing any of ihe main funding strearns, however, we would have to ieconsider current operations and staff levels. At current levels of spend we should be abLe to maintain full staffing levels for only a further three months from April 2026. In the first six months of the current financial year. we have been able to complete some major projects. notably the Gusach restoration, buil(Jing of a Tree Nursery shed 8nd the relurbishment of the existing Forest School, the latter two works largelythanks to ur current reserve remains healthy. end the future looks bright 8s long as we work hard to atrra-tturther funding. The work of ACF and the Arkaig Pinewood Project alongwith partners WTS is being
increasingly recognised nationally and held as an exemplar for other nature restoration projects, so we are optimistic that ACF will continue to be supported. Thanks are also due to Voluntary Action Lochabeifor auditing and approvingthe 2024125 accounts. ACF Treasurer 5110125