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APPENDIX 3
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Independent examiner’s report onthe accounts v
Report to the Charity name . .
trustees/members of Friends of the Argyll Estate Archives
Registeredhunahe.charity SC» SC053815
On the accounts of the Period start date Period end date
charity for the period Day Month Year Day Month Year
1 9 | 24 / 31 8 25
smoetom names | 4. 5 numbersof addtional sheets)
Respective The charity's trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance
responsibilities Of with the terms of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) 2005 Act and the
trustees and examiner Charities Accounts (Scotland) Regulations 2006 (as amended). The charity trustees
consider that the audit requirement of Regulation 10(1) (d) of the Accounts Regulations
does not apply. It is my responsibility to examine the accounts as required under section
44(1) (c) of the Act and to state whether particular matters have come to my attention.
Basis of independent My examination is carried out in accordance with Regulation 11 of the 2006 Accounts
examiner's statement Regulations. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the
charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes
consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts and seeks
explanations from the trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken
do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit and, consequently, | do
not express an audit opinion on the view given by the accounts.
Independent examiner's _|n the course of my examination, no matter has come to my attention [other than that
statement disclosed on the attached page]
1. which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the
to keep accounting records in accordance with section 44(1) (a) of the 2005 Act and
requirements:
toRegulationprepare 4accounts of the 2006which Accountsaccord with Regulations,the accountingand records and comply with
Regulation 9 of the 2006 Accounts Regulations
have not been met, or
2. towhich, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper
understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Signed™: Date: 6.1.26
Name:
Relevant professional
qualification(s) or body M.I.B. (Scot.)
(if any):
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“Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply. If the words do apply, set out those matters which have come to your attention on the
following page
“OSCR will accept digital or typed signatures.
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APPENDIX 3
Disclosure section
Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material problems. Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose
bricudsol Ves ll bstates Archives
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Friends of Argyll Estates Archives Accounts 2024-2025
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|Accounts|to|31st August|2025|
|Virgin|Bank|0.00|
|Opening|Balances|1st|September|2024|6,118.64|
|Opening|Balances|Ist|September|2024|19,794.14|25,912.78|
|Including:|
|Dr|Betsy|Parker|9,130.96|
|Chris|Pinho|1,000.00|
|Gifts|brought|forward|3,377.45|
|Mental|well|Being|Tiree|155.07|
|Somewhere|in|Scotland|4,300.00|
|Tiree|Rentals|2,735.00 20,698.48|
|RECEIPTS|
|Membership|5,499.15|
|Donations|11,838.11|
|Gift|Aid|251.52|
|Glass|Negatives|800.00|
|Transfers|67,660.47|
|Transfer|to|wrong account|last|year|reimbursed|5,000.00|
|Conservation|804.00|
|Tiree|Rentals|3,575.00|
|Somewhere|in|Scotland|.|0.00|
|Day|trip|2024|355.88|
|Interest|128.26|95,912.39|
||EXPENDITURE|
|Shop|1,260.00|
|Comm|561.71|
|Insurance|145.60|.|
|Tiree Rentals|6310.00|Auairen|From|The|Arots|
|MHWT|155.07|4|
|SiS|4,300.00|sd Voucwens|Movioey|A No|
|Study days expenses|160.00|FOUNA|To|Re|SMéce|
|Mise|2,142.46|
|Transfer|67,660.47|
|ConservationWeb|Site|Work on glass negatives|5,032.552,500.00|ion|Ma NAGetM24——|
|Day|Trip|355.88|
|September|day|trip|deposit|42.00 90,625.74|
|As|at|31st|August|2025|31,199.43|
|CLOSING|BALANCES|AS AT|31st|August|2025|
|RBoS|No|2|0.00|
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|RBoS No|1|0.00|Chain|
|Virgin|SCIO|31,199.43|
|31,199.43|/|Novewtet LORS|
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Including
Gifts to be used at our discretion Brought Forward 13,508.41
| 13,508.41 | ||||
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| ——__——— | ||||
| _— Mental Well Being Tiree |
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| B/F | 155.07 | |||
| Less: balance to general funds by agreement | 155.07 | |||
| 0.00 | ||||
| Somewhere in Scotland | ||||
| Brought Forward | 4,300.00 | |||
| Less paid out | 4,300.00 | |||
| 0.00 | ||||
| SSSSS | ||||
| Tiree Rentals | ||||
| Brought Forward | 2,735.00 | |||
| Plus received this year | 3,575.00 | |||
| Less paid out | 6,310.00 | |||
| 0.00 | ||||
| Study days conservation money | ||||
| Received | 804.00 | |||
| Expenses | -160.00 | |||
| Transferred against glass plates conservation | -644.00 | |||
| 0.00 | ||||
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| fotal Ring fenced money | 13,508.41 oe |
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Report on the Activity of the Friends of Argyll Estates Archives in 2025 presented to the Annual Meeting on 7 Nov 2025 by Murdo MacDonald, Chair
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Our ninth annual meeting was a hybrid event on 8 Nov 2024. Following the business meeting we enjoyed a talk by Ed Sweeney on The genetic signature ofDougall ofArgyll & Lorne and his present-day male-line descendants, a fascinating and personal tale of discovery.
The seminar series 2024/25 included talks from Ronnie Black on John Dewar’s Diary, Caroline Anderson on the The Bute Witchcraft Confessions, Paul Warde on Land, family and economic life in two nineteenth-century Tiree townships, Katharina Pruente on the earls of Argyll and their notaries in the sixteenth century, Kirsty MacFarlane on her search for Campbell Connections on Coll, John Moore on his project to list and record the pre-Ordnance Survey paper landscape and Domhnall-Uilleam Stiubhart on the family connections of John Francis Campbell.
Recordings of last years seminars are available to Friends by logging into the Friends’ secure area of our new website.
The 2025/26 seminar series is underway, having started with Lady Charlotte Campbell in October. Further seminars will reflect the work of researchers to the archives over the past year: David Hopkins will be talking about Scottish Battlefield Memorials of the First World War; Sophia Chapples & Cianna Devitt will speak about Marine Resource Use during times of Climate Adversity, Anna McGregor will explore the ecosystem of native oysters along the west coast of Scotland, Jamie MacGregor will be talking about the Brooch of Lorn, Murdo MacDonald will speak about the early stages of cataloguing the Callander Papers, Flora Swietlicki will talk about her recreation of costumes as part of the Leading Ladies project and Richard Aitken will talk about how he conserves documents from the archives. The full programme is available on the website, with dates and start times.
The Scipio Mactaggart glass-plate negatives conserved in the Adopt-an-Archive campaign 2024 have come home in Inveraray but will shortly be going away for specialist digitisation. Once they return, ‘adoption’ certificates and images will be shared with our generous sponsors. Thank you very much for supporting this project.
Our application to the National Manuscripts Conservation Trust for the earliest Tiree rentals was successful and, with additional support from Friends, the volumes have been conserved
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at Inverness and have returned home. We will be setting up a ‘virtual search-room’ experience to view the Tiree rentals to which sponsors will be invited and ‘adoption certificates’ will be issued as usual.
BR <clivered two excellent newsletters during the year — full of interesting articles on the research that people are doing in the archives. We'd like to formally record our thanks to Duncan for all his work. Articles for future editions are welcome. Send to friends@areyllestatesarchives.org and we’ll forward them to Duncan.
We have had two ‘annual’ outings this year: to the Atlantic Islands Centre on the island of Luing in the spring; and to Bonawe Iron Furnace and Historic Kilbride in September. Both were very enjoyable, educational and we had the best company.
Our International Friends sub-group has continued to meet regularly during the year and Catriona will update us on the training events that the group has delivered later in this meeting.
ae: led the development and launch of our new website and has continued to maintain our social media presence. [will update us on this work later in the meeting but we want to take this opportunity to thank him for all his hard work on our behalf.
The Friends continue to maintain links with the Clan Campbell Society North America and Clan Campbell Society Australia. We were delighted to meet many of our long-distance friends and supporters during the CCSNA visit to Scotland in July, both in the archives and at the Inveraray Highland Games.
This year,MEs stepping down from his role as a trustee for the Friends, having been on our management board since the Friends group was established in 2015. Allan delivered our first public talk in 2016. We want to formally record our thanks to Allan for his support and assistance through the years and look forward to continuing to support his research and writing.
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Friends of the Argyll Estate Archives SC053815
Annual Accounts to 31* August 2025
This charity has been established on 28" November 2025 to replace Friends of The Argyll Papers .SCO4 . Friends of The Argyll Papers SC04 5 has been wound up and passed its assets and liabilities to Friends of Argyll Estates Archives-
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The assets of £32375.87, all in the bank accounts, were gradually transferred to the new charity as the old charity was wound up. The transfers are identified as donations in the new charity as instructed.
These accounts are a merger of the two charities
Treasurer
10th December 2925