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2025-12-31-accounts

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Trustees’ Annual Report for the period Period start date Period end date Day Month Year Day Month Year From To 01 01 25 31 12 25

Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator

Reference and administration details

Charity name WEST LINTON VILLAGE CENTRE TRUST Other names charity is known by Registered charity number SC 048916 Charity’s principal address VILLAGE CENTRE RAEMARTIN SQUARE WEST LINTON PEEBLESSHIRE Postcode EH46 7ED

Names of the charity trustees on date of approval of Trustees’ Annual Report

Name of person
(or body) entitled to
appoint trustee (if any)
Dates acted if
not for whole year
Trustee name Office (if any)
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IAN REID CHAIRPERSON WLVCT AGM
LAURA ROBERTSON SECRETARY WLVCT AGM
MARK BARTON TREASURER WLVCT AGM
LINDSAY MANN TRUSTEE WLVCT AGM
BOYD WILD TRUSTEE WLVCT AGM
BEN GIBBS TRUSTEE WLVCT AGM

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Reference and administration details

Names of all other charity trustees during the period, if any, (for example, those who resigned part way through the financial period)

Name Name Dates acted if not for whole year
Structure, governance and management
Type of governing document
Trustee recruitment and appointment
CONSTITUTION OF WEST LINTON VILLAGE CENTRE

TRUST (111 CLAUSES, AS PER OSCR CONSTITUTION
TEMPLATE)
WLVCT HAS A MEMBERSHIP MAILING LIST OF APPROX

100 LOCAL PEOPLE, ALL OF WHOM ARE INVITED TO
ATTEND THE AGM IN PERSON / ONLINE, WHEREUPON
TRUSTEES ARE ELECTED
(WLVCT CONSTITUTION CLAUSE 60 - AT EACH AGM, ALL
OF THE CHARITY TRUSTEES ELECTED/APPOINTED
UNDER CLAUSES 58 AND 59 SHALL RETIRE FROM OFFIC
Objectives and activities
Charitable purposes
Summary of the main activities
in relation to these objects
THE ORGANISATION (WLVCT) WAS FORMED TO BENEFIT

THE COMMUNITY OF WEST LINTON AS DEFINED BY THE
WEST LINTON COMMUNITY COUNCIL BOUNDARY (“THE
COMMUNITY”) WITH THE PURPOSE LISTED IN THE SUB
CLAUSES HERETO (“THE PURPOSE”) NAMELY:- THE
PROVISION OF THE WEST LINTON VILLAGE CENTRE AS A
CENTRE FOR RECREATIONAL FACILITIES OR
ACTIVITIES,
1) WLVCT was open 7 days per week, with our main room f

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Achievements andperformance
Summary of the main achievements of
the charity during the financial period
Financial review
Brief statement of the charity’s policy
on reserves
Details of any deficit
Donated facilities and services (if any)
1) WLVCT GREW ITS NUMBER, DIVERSITY & REGULARITY O
(ACTIVITIES INCLUDE A HUGE RANGE OF COMMUNITY GR
2) AS A RESULT OF SO MANY DIFFERENT COMMUNITY GR
3) AGAIN AS A RESULT OF RECORD ROOM HIRES IN 2024/
ALL OF WHICH MEANT THAT WLVCT ENDED A VERY SUCC
WLVCT’S only assets are our two RBS bank accounts. So we
have built an ongoing balance of +£10,000 (to mitigate for any
future disruptions like Covid, especially as WLVCT signed a 10
year CAT lease from Scottish Borders Council in 2024)
Although only fully operational for 5 years, through the hard
work of our volunteer trustees and the continued support of WL
community, we have improved the fabric & facilities of the VC.
NOT APPLICABLE AS WLVCT ENDED 2025 WITH A TOTAL FR
NOT APPLICABLE AS ALL WLVCT TRUSTEES ARE UNPAID
VOLUNTEERS WHO GIVE THEIR TIME & EFFORTS FOR
FREE
Achievements andperformance
Summary of the main achievements of
the charity during the financial period
Financial review
Brief statement of the charity’s policy
on reserves
Details of any deficit
Donated facilities and services (if any)
1) WLVCT GREW ITS NUMBER, DIVERSITY & REGULARITY O
(ACTIVITIES INCLUDE A HUGE RANGE OF COMMUNITY GR
2) AS A RESULT OF SO MANY DIFFERENT COMMUNITY GR
3) AGAIN AS A RESULT OF RECORD ROOM HIRES IN 2024/
ALL OF WHICH MEANT THAT WLVCT ENDED A VERY SUCC
WLVCT’S only assets are our two RBS bank accounts. So we
have built an ongoing balance of +£10,000 (to mitigate for any
future disruptions like Covid, especially as WLVCT signed a 10
year CAT lease from Scottish Borders Council in 2024)
Although only fully operational for 5 years, through the hard
work of our volunteer trustees and the continued support of WL
community, we have improved the fabric & facilities of the VC.
NOT APPLICABLE AS WLVCT ENDED 2025 WITH A TOTAL FR
NOT APPLICABLE AS ALL WLVCT TRUSTEES ARE UNPAID
VOLUNTEERS WHO GIVE THEIR TIME & EFFORTS FOR
FREE
Summary of the main achievements of
the charity during the financial period
Financial review
Brief statement of the charity’s policy
on reserves
Details of any deficit
Donated facilities and services (if any)
WLVCT’S onl assets are our two RBS bank accounts So we
y .
have built an ongoing balance of +£10,000 (to mitigate for any
future disruptions like Covid, especially as WLVCT signed a 10
year CAT lease from Scottish Borders Council in 2024)
Although only fully operational for 5 years, through the hard
work of our volunteer trustees and the continued support of WL
community, we have improved the fabric & facilities of the VC.
NOT APPLICABLE AS WLVCT ENDED 2025 WITH A TOTAL F
NOT APPLICABLE AS ALL WLVCT TRUSTEES ARE UNPAID

VOLUNTEERS WHO GIVE THEIR TIME & EFFORTS FOR
FREE

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Other optional information

Declaration

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above. Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees Signature(s) OSCR will accept digital or typed signatures Full name(s) IAN REID JOHN MARK BARTON Position (e.g. Chair) CHAIRPERSON TREASURER Date

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