TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT For Laich of Moray Active Travel Routes Year Ending 30 November 2023 The Laich of Moray Active Travel Routes is a Scottish Incorporated Charitable Organisation (SCIO) Scottish Charity No: SC050571 40 APPENDIX I oscr, PericMI start date Period end date l Month l Y(¥r 1 2023 l Day 12 2072 I To Off￿9 of ihe Scottish Charlty Regulator Reference and administration details Charlty name Other names charlty Is known by Registered charity number Charity's princlpal address Laith of Acti￿ Trdvd R￿LeS L(MqTR SC050571 Names of the charity trustees on date of approval of Trustees, Annual Roport Trustee name Office (rf any) Dates acted rf . not for whol8 year Name of P8TSOn" (or body) entitled to appointtrusteo (rf any) è: Initial Trustee 6 Oct 2020 Chair. Treasurer, Initial Tntstee 6 Oct 2020 Inf(ial Trustee 6 Oct 20201 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 APPENDIX I Reference and administration details Names of all other charlty trustees durlng the perfod, If any, (for example, those who resigned part way through the financial period) Name Dates acted rf not for whole year Structure, governance and management Type of goveming document The Laich of Mordy ActNe Travel Routes (LOMATRI is a s￿ttIsh Charitable In￿r￿M)rated Organisation {SCIOI incorporated on 16 November 2020 and govemed by a Constitution Trustee recTuitsnent and appointment All Ttustees standdown at the AnnL￿1 Members Meeting (AMMI but can starKI for reselection. Appoinknent to trusteeship is open to members of the LOMATR who Wish to kwome a Tntstee. (Subject to scrutiny} Trustees are appointed at the AMM by those members present al the meeting or subsequendy by the Board of Trustees in accordance with ' the Constiiullon. Objectives and activities Charitable purposes The organisation's wrp05es are to provide outdoor recreation facilities and activits￿ for the local community and tts visilors by". Establishing a re(x)gnised walking ar)d cycling route betr￿en Lossiemouth and Hopeman inf(ially to be known as the"Lossiemouth to Hopeman ATR.; b. PrOr￿ting those sections of the Lossiemouth to Hopeman ATR suitable for equestrians or accessible by obilty s(xK)ter. Establishing and pr(KTK)ting other ATR routes in and around LossIen￿uth aThJ North Mo￿v. Further devetop initial Business Case and engage with local communttEs Confirm route of Los5iemouth to Hopeman ATR and negotiate necessary actess and peThissions with landowners Raise fijnds required Deliver ATR by Mar￿ging design. constrvction and Maintenan￿ I of ATR ID other potential ATRS in North Moray and repeat as above for Summary of the main acttvities In relation to these purposes APPENDIX 1 Achievements and performance Summary of the main achlevements | The Charity remained in a"dormanf state during this financial period. of the charity during lh8 financlal No formal AMM or other meetings were hetd. The only financial period tranwtions were bank charges of £71moftth which were covered by a donation from the Chair. Pell Frteshmann had ￿Mpleted (Jesign worf( as far as funds permitted in 2022 and were effecttvely stood down. Contac* was maintained with the Sustrans project manager who could offer adv$￿ but made it dear that the project team would need to be strengthened and Sustrans would r￿t release further funding until landowner issues were resolved. The Trustees and LCDT agree¢J that Compulsory Purchase or a Path Delineation Order would be required to resofve the landowner issues. tKJth optiors required ￿raY Counul to inrtiate the legal prO￿S$. Councillor J Cowe presented the case for Moray Coun￿1 Support at a Meeting ofthe Ea)nomic Development and Infrastructure Committee on 2 May 23. The Commrttee rejecied the proposal on the grounds that it (x)uld be viewed as ￿nanCIallY reckless" for the Council to proceed with a CPO until 7 conditions were met. Post this meeting. Sustrans advised that the projed would need to reapply for funding and while some pre- applitxtion support might be provideil, the project would need to demonstrate that tt had a stronger leam in pla￿, ffim) directlon and more .' engagement wth the Council. Various infonnal meetings were held towards the end of the period. Plans were made to-reactivate" the LoMATr Charity and relaunch the proied in earty 2024 with public meetings and a social media and press I ' campaign. An AMM has tEen planned ft)r March 24 Financial review Brlef statement of the charity's policy The Charity paid bank charges of£71￿nth during the financial peri(xl. on reserves The charges were covered by a donation of £50 made by the Chainnan. on￿ there is finar￿la1 &bvity related to expendilure and in(x)rne, the charity wll hokl reseNes to cover known annual liabilities 8nd will set aside rnney to ￿Ver unforeseen events Details of any deficit l Nolhing to rerMNt Donated facllltles and service5 (rf any) Nothing to rep(Kt APPENDIX 1 Other optional information The option81 infomiation provided in the 2021- 2022 reFxyl rernains relevanL name1￿. 'The Charity was established in 2020 when il l(KJked as if p￿￿$S Wlmjld tnaje and that actwit￿S would be ramped up from 2020 onN¥ards. However. COVID and larKI(p￿ner i%sues frustrated that plan and Ihe Charity has in effect been domant since being established. The Trustees recognised Ihat AMM had been called during the calendar year. there was liide to be gained by holding one. The Trust*s acknovAedge the substantial $uptx)rt of the LLByern(th Devek)pmant Trust which has provided meetiro facilili2s, ad￿￿ and time donal&l by one of ils employees.. Howevw. on a more PKlSitive note. at time of dtathng ths repcrt in earty March 24. pu￿rG meelings have been held. s￿la1 media (zrnpa￿n has been launched and ts AMM is planned f￿ 20 March. Sevewal indivKluals have irKlicated they wish to join Ihe team driving the carrpaign sothe Trustees are c(￿fident that there will be progress to rewrt in the next financial period. Declaration The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees, report above. Signed on b•half of the charity's trustees Signature(s) Full namelsl Position (•.g. Chairl CHAIR Dats 10 March 2024 APPEIqU2 OSCR Lath ofmoray Adive Travel Routes Receipts and payments accounts SCO50571 (￿n￿RegL& 2022 2•23 Section A Staten7ent of receipts and payments unr￿little4 Ex￿nda￿le Trts Tbtsi fund$ la* runa¥ period A1 Retsi rarts Gros5 tr¥ Como fr￿n￿VES￿y￿ts ts fA%n Land& A2R•ulpts frorn as¥qt&inwthn*rt tt*ai Tokir•cests Expsn5Es forfimthiS4w Gross Payn*ts ro*d*Bcty k)ctr*tt 14 Lryalcasts A3$￿t￿al A4 pa￿Nn15 rnkthnotDISSEt ano Invqsimontmovern•nts rchègos as$* 14 A4SWJtr4ai Totalwyn￿ts N*1￿￿￿8/{￿aYrn¢rt51 AS ￿￿￿r•I3 tollfr