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2026-03-31-accounts

APPENDIX 1


Trustees’ Annual Report for the period
Trustees’ Annual Report for the period
Trustees’ Annual Report for the period
Trustees’ Annual Report for the period
Trustees’ Annual Report for the period
Trustees’ Annual Report for the period
Trustees’ Annual Report for the period
Trustees’ Annual Report for the period
Period start date Period end date
Day Month Year Day Month Year
From 01 04 2025 To 31 03 2026

Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator

Reference and administration details

Charity name Lyme Resource Centre Other names charity is known by Registered charity number SC049151 Charity’s principal address 97 Pettycur Road Kinghorn Fife Postcode KY3 9RP

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

Trustee name Office (if any) Dates acted if
not for whole year		 Name of person
(or body) entitled to
appoint trustee (if any)
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20		 Prof John S. Lambert Chair
Mrs. Arlene Brailey
Prof. Norman A. Lannigan OBE
Elizabeth Murray

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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
Trustees have been chosen to provide a broad range of skills:
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Dr John S. Lambert as international medical expert.
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Arlene Brailey as senior pharmacist and carer representative.
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Prof. Norman A. Lannigan OBE as retired NHS leader and
pharmacist
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Elizabeth Murray as healthcare professional (retired), patient
representative and business consultant
Objectives and activities
Charitable purposes
Summary of the main activities
in relation to these objects
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The advancement of education
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The advancement of health
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Educate the public on prevention of tick-bites through awareness
raising activities including outdoor signage, leaflets, posters and social
media campaigns
•
Educate healthcare professionals on management of tick-borne
diseases through educational webinars, web-based educational
resources and continued development of online research database
•
Inform government policy through regular meetings with Scottish
Government Chief Medical Officer’s representatives
•
Raise funds to support other activities

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Achievements and performance

Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the financial period

Public Awareness and Prevention

The Lyme Resource Centre Public Awareness and Prevention effort aims to minimise the risk of Lyme disease and tick-borne infections while encouraging the safe enjoyment of the outdoors.

This objective is delivered through ;

Social media

Provision of Educational Materials

Continued…

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Achievements and performance (Continued)

Summary of the main achievements of
the charity during the financial period		 Signage
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Signs are now installed in areas enjoyed by the public for outdoor
activities such as walking or cycling. This year we have initiated a
marketing campaign offering the signs, free of charge, to landowners
who allow access to their land by the public. In an arrangement with
the Conservation Volunteers Trust, (TCV) we can arrange installation
on behalf of landowners who are unable to find resources to enable
installation. The signs include QR codes which enable the public to
access further information and to report tick sitings to the UK Health
Security Agency (UKHSA) Tick surveillance Scheme. Signs are now
installed in a number of locations in the UK or Republic of Ireland and
during 2025-2026 we supplied 100 signs to different locations in the
UK and 250 signs for Republic of Ireland where many county councils
supported the initiative.
“Tick Talk” meeting the public
•
“Tick Talk” is an innovative partnership with STEM Ambassadors
Scotland who have provided 25 volunteers to assist with attending
events manning the LRC stall and talking to the public about ticks, tick
bite prevention, safe removal of ticks and how to spot the early signs
of Lyme disease. STEM Ambassadors are volunteers who represent
their disciplines of Science, Technology, Engineering and
Mathematics mainly by visiting schools and supporting students to
take up the STEM disciplines as a possible career. STEM
Ambassadors are trained in communication and have appropriate
clearance for working with young and vulnerable people.
STEM Ambassador ‘Tick Talk” volunteers, many of whom either suffer
from Lyme disease or have family or friends who are sufferers, have
been trained by LRC to understand the key messages of tick bite
prevention, safe removal and the early signs of Lyme Disease.
In the first year of “Tick Talk” seven STEM Ambassadors supported
LRC volunteers at seven events delivering 29 hours of volunteer time
and reaching around 350 people. STEM Ambassadors broadened out
the type of event to include workplace lunchtime events and a session
at the “Pint of Science” event in Glasgow.
Continued…

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Achievements and performance (Continued)

Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the financial period

Constructively worked with policy makers to improve awareness of ticks and Lyme disease by:

Holding a successful Lyme Disease Awareness Event at the Scottish Parliament, Holyrood in February 2026 for Ministers, MSPs and invited guests. Influenced Scottish Government (SG) policy through contributing resources and ideas through the two SG subgroups on Outdoor Awareness & Health Professional Education and a workstream on long term conditions.

Provided education for healthcare professionals on tickborne disease to promote earlier recognition, diagnosis and appropriate treatment for Lyme disease :

Continuing development of LRC website including addition of new resources for schools, outdoor organisations and professionals.

Continued evolution of charity structure and process reflecting its growth.

Established, maintained partnerships with a number of key organisations

Raised funds of £73,414 through individual donations grants, trading and other charitable activities.

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Financial review
Brief statement of the charity’s policy
on reserves
Details of any deficit
Donated facilities and services (if any)
The charity aims to build a reserve of funds to use in accordance with its
charitable purposes.
The charity currently has £93,541 of reserves, of which £20,083 is for
specific purposes.
N/A
N/A

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Other optional information

Trustees would like to acknowledge and thank a number of people for fundraising, donations and collaborative resources which have enabled the charity to continue to evolve and raise its profile this year. In particular, LRC wishes to acknowledge and thank:

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) Mrs. Arlene Brailey Prof. Norman A. Lannigan OBE Position (e.g. Chair) Trustee Trustee Date 16 July 2026 16 July 2026

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L￿ne Resource Centre Receipts and payments accounts SC049151 OSCR Forthe perfiod kottth Clwnty Regulator oi 2025 31 03 25 Section A Statement of receipts and payments UnTgstiTrcted nds Expendable Restd¢i¢dfwid$ endo￿nI Permanent et)do4thent thjnds Total funds Totsl funds last perfod toAoar•it£ ¥WJMr•rt£ trnMr•it£ ID nèai•it£ A1 Rec Donations aoes Gra￿5 Recei frIMnfu￿ral Gross badi Inco￿￿ tro[ni￿s￿￿nts ottErthan knl arKJ bu1￿1 402 Rents tr¢Jm Lq￿ & buihji Gross ieceiptsfrcm ot￿[ 164 Aq Sub lotal 73 14 A2 Ro¢eiptsfrrffl as8•t& inv•slm•nt sAle¥ Proceed5frQmsa￿ offixed a55d5 PToceedstr(Thsa of1rwesth￿tS A2 Sub total 73A14 17,686 A3 Paymenls EweD5e51oi hntraisiw athbes GrOsStradi￿ paymerts Paytths rekbtudirecwto clBtrt actiwbÈS Grants Lknabons 21 Goverr￿￿e coas A￿rtI l￿epe[￿rtexaffllnats PiepaiaiionofannLI ac¢oLYts Legal co4s A3 Sub total 21,847 26,841 36,519 A4 Payments relating to assetand Inv•¥trnent mov8m¢nts Purchase5 offixed asse Pui¢FAse of Irrlestrfftrts A4 Sub total Totalpayrnents 21.947 A5 Transfers to I lfroml funds SuTrlusl{deTrcltJ foryear

MÈ RÈsource CentrÈ SÈetion B Statement of balances SC049151 Trtycu￿• tunds eartjtl are￿£ B1 e8h knnd 4ffi19 64801 J1.109 15A64 46.573 cah￿d afyt 93,541 40.908 Lmtyolli B3 ¢)th@ross•ts Lmtyolli tÉ OeWI$ rtl B5 Contlngent Ilabl1￿•S T* Dat•of apprw Mrs. Arfene 8raiky 16-July-26 Prof. Norman A. Lannigan OBE 16-July-26

Lyme Resource Centre SC049151 Section C Notes to the Accounts C1 Nature and purpose of funds (may be st8ted on 8r181ysis orrunds wortsheets) ResmLWfwxtsf AYraretE55IWeb5rte. swe, ￿af￿ts. ￿5t￿5. Reseaich IFwJeresearchhDam*sl C2 Grants Inslrtubon CorfererKes In$fjDJtlot) Inslihthns Total C3a TYu5tg8 rgmungration A￿lty umd8rwhi¢h paid C3b Trustee remuneratlon- details C4a Trustee expenses c(xrY￿5PthOn4b} Numberof C4b Trustee expense5. detai15 47 Ttan5action 8al&nie oyl¥l•Dding nod end Natyre of rolationshi Nabjre of Iransaction C5 Transactions with trustees and connected Persons C6 Other Infomiatlon 10

Lyme ResouTce Centre SC049151 Additional analysis11} Anatysls of re¢?Ipts and paymvrts 1 Donawons Totsiwrr•ht 1i51pwivd fvr fvnds Genpial Research AWare[￿- &gn8gpOIrfl TickCard5 31.n5 31.795 11,998 1.60S 1,365 46,7S3 410 Totsi 31,796 14958 11A18 2 Grants TolalvJrr•nt Tot4 lastp•thd Ge￿al 20.750 20.750 AwaretEss.&gnagp Go￿erenceS Total 2D.750 2fj250 3 Gross re¢•lpts from othor chawltablo a¢dvllfjoS Tot lastp•rknd fvnts fund5 )r￿#•It£ ltsnoaMt¢ cM)erR￿lpts 164 Totsl 154 4 Paymants r•lating dirqcty to charrtabl• aclivrb•s TOlaI￿rr•iIt lastp•rnd ds funds 1J.19) 1504 47 3.fj70 S0ft¥¥areSth￿￿pD0r Ststionatya￿￿IA￿fdbth7 ID5uiance GP Toolkit WÉ￿1@ Signage Bank Chqrges Tiavel IreL4r 47 412 016 31 593 792 n1 731 Tot41 21.147 Mosl 11

SC049151 Additional analysis121 S Breakdown of unrestrl¢ted funds fur￿ 1.•iit•r fund4.•ni•r fvnds knitp•rfod Donations athes Giants RÈCÈI 2Q760 Ciosstradi lrf(AYfrom Rents & buikji rec 402 2,104 164 Sub total Rec Prowed5from5ale offixwy a55ets Pt(wed51rQtnso￿Qfl[P￿SthEF Sub tot81 G1055tradiry payrTE 68 re￿￿￿￿1[ethtO &L1Mtyes cla￿5￿￿ dDnab(rfÉ G[￿m￿￿e co5 068 A￿l￿1￿1ep￿￿1eXaTh￿￿ao PiepaiaDth)(larrtdatc<xrts Sub ioial movemnts Purchases olfixedassets Sub lOtsI ￿et￿Ceipts/(PaYn￿ntsJ Tran5f•rs to I (from) lunts SuWus/(tY8ff¢rt) foryoar 13 Naiute and se of funds 12

Lyme Resource Centre SC049151 Additional analysis131 6 Broakdown of r•strSct8d frjnds runds funds p•riod Reuipts DonaDo 958 410 Grarts Recei L%fr(Thfi￿I81s1 (¥osstradi rec Inco￿￿￿0mlfh￿Sts￿e￿tSO0)ertrHn Rentsfrom & buikli Sub total 410 R•ui ts from¥Hrf& inv•slrneDt¥¥ ProceedsfroMsa￿Offixedds5ets ProCEetsfr(Yn5a￿01 Itro5trtwts Svb total 410 Payments Expense5foifLwwJraiyrya(thwbe5 G￿ tradiry payrtRrts I￿￿￿nt ma￿a￿￿￿￿C0S PaynEnts reLqbrodiTeCtytoct￿thaCN0eS Grams don3￿￿ 731 L￿Co Sub iOtsI 7J1 PByments rekndngtoAs*et4nd Inveswfmrt mov•rn•nts Purchasesoffixedassets Pwchase Oli￿eStrI￿r1S Sub to Tota1payn￿nts 731 Netreceipts/(paynxntsJ 8T4 15 Transfers to I (from) funds Su￿1￿8/{{￿91￿ foryoar 874 15 Nature and Re￿rILled iJrKYsfoi Awaiefiesg￿eh][K1lS1g[￿4Qe, ￿afiets.F￿, AWa[w￿55$1g￿gP UK151￿￿) se offunds RE5eaithlFthwe rea5eaithk￿￿￿￿I 13

APPENDIX 3 OSCR SCOtt￿h Charty Rezuktor Independent examiner's report on the accounts V2 Report to the Charity na￿ trusteeslmembers of Lyme Resource Centre Registered charity SC049151 number On the accounts of the charity for the period Period start dale Month Period end date Month Day Day Year 01 2025 to 03 20 Set out on pages 1.12 re￿￿￿eT10 knif￿￿ FoJe rmw[￿ of&drtwal st￿ets) Respective The tharity's Iruslees are res[M)n￿ble for the preparation of the acwunls in acwrdance responsibilities of wlh the temis of the Charrties and Trustee Investment Iscollandl 2005 Act and the trustees and examiner Charib'es A(£ounls (Scollandl Regulations 2006 las amended). The charty trustees consider that the audit requirement of Regulab"on 10111 Id} of the Accounts Regulations does not apply. It is my reswnsibility lo examine the accounts as required under s8Ction 44{11 Icl of the Act and to state whether pa.rb"cular 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 examinaticffl In￿￿eS a review of the ac(J)unting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented ￿th those records.11 also indudes nsideralion of any unusual items or disdosures in the acwunls and seeks explanab.ons from the trustees ￿jn{￿MIng any such matters. The prO￿dureS undertaken do not provide all the evidence that W￿ld ￿ required in an audit and. o)nsequenUy, I do not express an audit opinion on the Mew given by the acoJunts. Independent examinerfs Jn.tho..o).urso..oI my examination. no matter has com8 to my attention lolher than that ststement disdosed on the attathed p￿e1 which gives me reasonable rause to bdieve that in any material respect the requirements.. lo keep accounts.ng reo)rds in aco)rdance wth se¢b"on 44111 lal of the 2005 Act and Regulation 4 of the 2006 Accy)unls Regulations, and lo prepare accounts whith accord wrth the accounb.ng records and comply with Regulation 9 of the 2006 AcLX)unts Regulation5 have not been rr￿t, or to which, in my opinion. attention should be drawn jno￿lO1..tO enable a proper understandi of the aco)unts lo be reached. Date: Signed: Name: Derek Maxwell Lindsay Relevant professional qualificationlsl or body lif any): 30 June 2026 Address: 2 Barns Park. Ayr. ItA7 2AH "P￿aSe delete words in Ihe br￿kets rftry dD ￿t 1ftr￿ Ik) aA)ly, set IIK>sÈ coft to att&)tiDn on thÈ following page ' OSCRwill W dvJrto1 LKtykEJ wnalures 14

APPENDIX 3 Disclosure section Only complete rf the examiner needs to highlight material problems. Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose none