Trustees Annual Report and Annu4 Accounts for the 12 months to February 2025 iriLJtt + sir311iearii MLl*i¥eLIIII Trustees, Annual Report th Period to 28 February 2025 c) A Scottish Reglstered Charity . Number SC 048238 LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS Crleff and Strathearn Museum Chatlty Trustees Trustses Annual Report and Annual Accounts for the 12 m¢>nths to 28 Felxujry 2025 Chaiity Number ISGoUand) SC048238 Register￿1 Office The Old Town Hall 33 High Street Crieff Perthshire PH7 3HU Website uieffandstratheammuseurn.org.uk Social media Twitter l FaGetxx* I Socaal V£dia pwofde nanE Crieff and Strathearn Museum Independent Examiner Ronald Hunter OPKI (CERTL TMPF) {MC81)Chanered Banker Bankers Virgin Money Solicitors J & H Mitchell WS, 51 Atholl Road. Pilloc*ry ObJectlve8 and activlti08 Our mission is.. - ro share the unlque herftage of Crloff & Strath￿M by telling diverse storles Imm eanllest tIrn￿ in ways that inspire The organisation's purposes are: . The advancement of the arts, heri￿ge. cullure Scien￿ a￿1 Ihe advancement of education. Primarily by creating and operating a museum in Crietr. . to preserve and display artefacts. in a dynamic interyetive fashion, educating and informing atM￿t the area's rich heritage and culture. and. • for the educational advancement of k)cal schools. care honEs, the ￿der Twustees Annual Report and Annua A¢¢04Hts for the 12 month5 to 28th Fekniary 2025 comrnunlty. and visito￿. Structure, governance and management Type of governing document SCVO Model SC10 Constitution (two tsr) Trustee recruitn*nt and appointment The ConstibJtM)n allow8 a ma)amum of eleven trustees. trusteé8 are e￿cted 8t the Annual General Meeting. afth¢)ugh the Board has the power to cmpt up to four trustees lo serve Un￿.1 the AGM follo￿.n9 cw)ts'on. The Board of Dlrectors elects a Chairperson, Secretary and Tteasurer fr4Jn amngst rts nunlxrs. tood dcwn as chair and￿00k over the role of chair at the AGM on 24th May 2024. Secretsry and Treasurer respectively. ￿toOd down fr{￿ the bogrd on 31st October and the other Trustees thanked her sincerety for all her afforts to get u$ to wher• wo are today. stepped down on 31st October and was thanked for his Contribution￿￿S cwlted to the board Achlevements and perfomiance 1. The Museum opened lo ihe public Friday 3rd of May 2024. got over 100 visitor8 on the day and receivad very vAnn feedback on the displays. The display8 included.. The Story of The Drovers: Railways in Stratsam; A MKI 20th Century L*'s Room (P￿tUred) and Genys Roorn as well as a chId￿n'S comer where there were period toys and dressing up oulffts. We also re￿IVed a gift of the Ileclion of books of kul interest which were made available for mernbers of the public to r&*l. Trustees Annual Report and AnThMI Accouftts for the 12 month5 10 Z8 Felwuary 2025 Ip 2. Our Offiaal Opening was held on 281h May 2024 whwe tha Museum was officially oper￿d by broadcaster and fO￿re[ 3. W8 had oui own bespd(e Tartan desuned by Tart￿ Ambassador n a pro bono basis and have used thls to get several iterns made up SUGh a3 lanyards and ned(tie3. The bolt of cloth is kindly storeil at The Scotland Shop just up the street frcffi tl* Museum. Tnjstees Annual Report and knnual Ac¢ounts for the 12 months to 28 February 2025 4. The Muaeum offe￿d members of the public a Membership scheme vthere they can support the Museum by 8ub8Ctibing. 93 people have taken this up to date. 5 INork on The John MacGregor collecbon to dean up and scan photogRphic plates continued throU￿oUt the year. Council cm Ar¢hives conference at The Engine Shed n Stirfing on 10th December. The thefre of this was how arthives and records support ScA)tland's historic environrrtnt. 7. opened a small shop in the Museum selling books on local history and various souvenirs. J* 8. The Museum hekl a talk and book signiig of 'Scotland's Lost Branch Lines. by hrh was V￿41 attended by arouThJ 40 people. 9. An A4 ￿afiet publictsng the mu3eum was deswJned 5ml copks prlnted and distributed around the area. Trustees Annual Report and Annual A¢counts for the 12 months to 28 February 2025 10. Vle were successful in apptying for £10.000 per year for 3 year5 from Gannochy Twst and also fijnding from Communty Led Local Development to fund major improvements to the large upstairs room in the Museum. 11. The Museum added an exhibition on The Earthquake House in Comrie which dates back to 1874. This included a model of the original "Malle seismograph as well as Some more up to date printouts of the Fukushima earthquake in 2011. 12. The Museum also put on an exhibition lo coincth with the reopening of the Murray Fountain in James Square after its refurt)ishment. This induded the original key which was used in the ￿lginal opening ceremony of the Fountain. 13. Our total number of visitor8 in our first year open was 2276 adults. 220 children and 45 teens. According to our visitor book we re(tived visitors from all over the world: Strathearn 245 Scotland 229 Ireland 5 England 129 Wales 5 Europe 39 USA 24 Canada 12 South America 2 Australia & NZ 20 Asia 5 South AfrTca 1 14. At the end of October when our season ended ￿ had a thankyou party for all our volunteers which was much enjoyed by all. Trustees Amual Rewt and Annual Attounts forthe 12 mmths to 28 February 2025 1 S. Vve advertised for and employed a Museum Manager who started on 5th January 2025. 16. As well as our continued M￿nbershIp of Tayside Museums Forum and Heritage Trust Network we also joined the Association of Independent Muwms. Flnanclal revlew The organisation cafefvlly managed resources to ensure capital dev*prnents could be del￿ered as planned whHe ensuring funds were available for op8rational purposes. DuriTrJ the year the charity rai8ed £51,916 and spent £37.816 a¢hleviNJ a surplus for the year of £13.841. Statement of the chanty's policy on reseNes The charity will to hold Lmrestrided fund$ lo cover 3 months of operational CO8ls1£2,(XNJJ The unrestricted balancas on the 28 February was £1,409. Donated facilities and services Our trustees and volunleern collectivety devoted many hundred8 of hours of unpakl time. Our architedufal adviser. ￿rOWIded expert advte at no thaTge as wel a5 SUPPOrt our website. and Tartan Ambassador, deswned our tartan free of charge. In addition, ￿EMberS 01 the publiG made generous donakn'ons of cash and aitifacts. Future plans Following our succ&ssful first year we applied for and succeeded in winning funding to renovate the larger upstairs room which Indudes a timeline of the Strathearn area from neolithic times until the prewL wll continue to w(xk hard to present interesting and informalive displays on local history and Gjfture. We hope to reach out lo local organisati￿S such as SGhns. An examinaion indudes a review of the accounting records kept by th• charity ar¥J a comparison of the accounts presented with those r￿rds. 11 also includ8s considoralion crf any unusual Ilem$ ￿ disdosures in the acccunts and seeks eXpl￿ationS from tho Irusl•os conceming any such matters. The procedure5 uThJertaken do not provide all the ovidencg that would be reqU￿ed in an wjdit arKJ. ¢))nsequenty. I do r￿1 express an audil opIn￿n on ', the vwi grven ty the actOLmts. Ind•p•nd•nt ', In the couts• of rny 8xaminAtK)n. no matter has eome to my attention. •xamln•r's statam•nt | whkh gives me reasonable Cause lo bel*ve that In any rnaterial iespect Ihe rÈquir8ffents: to kéap accounting records in acccKtsnce vAth section 44(1) (al of thg 2005 Act and Regulation 4 of the 2LX)6 Accrxjnts Regulations. and to prepare accowls vknich accord wilh the accDunting records and comply with R￿latI￿ 9 of the 2006 Accounts Regulations have not rn•l. ( 2. to which, in my ￿1ft10n. attentk)n S￿l￿d be drawn in order to en*le a proper underslanding of the accounts lo be ￿ached. Signed.. Name,. Rel¢vant professional qualificationl$l or body (if any).. Address. sc OSCR Receipts and payments accounts ctwfty Re%uknt 2024 28 Section A Statement of receipts and payments Unr8$tri¢t•d pond3bl& Permanénl TO1￿ fumds ¢wr•rt p•dpd Toial tund6 rlod furbd• fvnds A1 R4c& •.437 10.000 8.115 frum arthl 1.124 ross tradin Incamo knv9strr￿¢xh0rE and ano 103 On￿ trcth L?￿ & t¥JikJ ross ftrAApts ITOM oth•r