Pltchcraft Annual Accounts
Forth¢ yewerthd 31 Auwtt2025
The truMoe5 hive pleasure In preseniiry xcountlr¢ reporttt¥ether wlth the ftn4nd•l
st4tement51ty thE ye•r endtd 31 Auiutt 2025.
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Suiie 2. Ground Moor, [￿h4￿0 Of•e House.
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H•nrt•* Brown
Honn•h Rothe
Fitchcraft
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These •ccouftts h•* betn prep•red on the Recws P•yments b•sls IA •¢¢tythrKewllh
the Ch•iltles & Tfustee In*￿Stmen1 Ikotlandl Aci 2C¥)5 •Ad tr* Owrlt*5A¢eou41ts
Ikotlandl Rewatlorts I(￿ la5 amended)
2 N•lwe •Dd pwp05e olfvnd5
Unfestri¢tedlundsare tho*th*t maybeused •tthe£#xYetion of the tru5tee5 In
furtherarKe oltht objects of the charlty. ThttnJ5tees mathtaln • ￿￿estrkled fur
lor da*fr>day runThln¢ ofthethdr
ReAr￿t￿ lunds may ￿Ybe used Iw 5peof* ftestrtknsirlle *then sFedf*d tsv
the dgnworwhen fwds are ralsed S[￿C pwp05ts. The th￿1 retskn5an e5t•te
dorwtff>n th•1 Is restrlrted l January 202&
No remuneratK)n was paid 10t￿ trustees ot •ty¢onnorted pefWSS durI￿theYe1r. On
¢xcasbon. Kift5 ￿11 be wovlled to team mtmbers loper•tlonal tearnl. or
trustees. Theseait nom)￿1 In wlue.

Our rnaln source of fLrndlw15 svb5cr4piion5 pald by members of cknir. IrKomefrom
stsb5CriPtlons in the per6rAI amounts to£17.740. Althwh It Is not the of the clKJlrto
F*rforni •t a profft. WE ha¥e also rnlsed £5w2•throuththolr.￿d F*ltym•rKek
At the end ol finanil•l year.wo reported a 5moll surplus 01 £937. Thlswas a stable ye•r
finanrl•lly. where cmsolidaled the Investment in rnustcal repertolfe made In 23124 a￿1
covered our ¢0st5 %Wth merntership 5ubscnpt￿nS.
Asfeported In the 23124accounts. 11 w•$ reco￿lsed t￿t wew•rt to balarKewrre5erye5
and that thls requlfes i wn5K4ered approach wlth apwow￿tQ due dll¥erKe. The Board of
Tnjstees h•5 t*en looklw at waysto reifivom In the of the cholrand io ass6st In
achle¥iniour charit•ble obJe¢ti¥es. Ptsnnini hasteeTh On￿￿1 24125 Ind Ouf
•bm É5 th•t many of these P￿Th$ wlll come lofntl￿0n In finincl•l ye•r 25126. wyth
spend èntklpated on a numtw of iAVeSbiient proler
Our perfomaffes pro¥MJed SI￿1[1c*￿t p•rtkularly0ur￿0 Frknte e4*nts. w
profitsallowed us to fflake chrit•ble donatKThtotallingE181X) tot1￿ ch•rit*5dwett by
our cholr member% propDrtloTrs allocated throuth ¥otin¢ ouraudience•t the
Fringe. Our charity partnershlp5 project in fin•nd•l ye•1 25126 ¥&ill •im to dtepenourllftks
wlth tharfties the widtr c{Nnm￿rtlty.
The choSr was lifted •n irhtyJnt 01£5.0￿ th 2021 that 15 CulTent￿ d¢omed restriaed funds.
Theterms of this restrKtion •re that the money shoukl be retumed 1fts￿ choird£*s not
continue for S ye•rs post the donation. As 5uth. this•mouni Is beln¢tre4teda5 fulty
rellrKted until the potential re￿rn dèle of l January 202& i e thE¢omlni flnanc￿lI%II.
oifKeof S¢c*ttish Cfvrities Register IOSCRI rectynmethlsthai every Charitystr￿￿Id
defIr￿ how tE will me45urethat thereare &rffident fmaThd•l Tesw¢es avall•Neto erwe
the Continued cYratic￿ of the tharrty. Should •m￿h1￿ happen that may h•%t a swiificant
Impact on the thar1￿$ IxOieted finante cAsh flow. The Board of TruMe¢stherefore Iireed
•nd approved a new reserves pdlcy lry¥lLlwrth •n undertaking tore¥iew thès annually.
Owaim islo work towards mèint•ininia feserye of£I0.Q￿. Thls afflount rewesents
artyJnd 6 month5 of currentoperatyonal CO$￿ Thls wll in additiort to the £5.COJ
restritted reserve Th)ted abo¥t. This Is to cobw anyemeritn¢les as in excepti¢)fi•l
rteed for fundsei projects. tour% equipment.. to ¢over unforeseen day.ttrdayoporaiionil
Costs" make up ¥ny potenlial shortlall in concert ￿(oMe. co¥er1¢15ses frtyn umxpecied
4nÈelat￿ns lei In the case of a wndemic) or uThexpocted leyl or professicfflal fee
Unrtsvthd reser￿ at the end of 24125 rernaln In excess ofthls amount ai £16.43S.
ThrLwh 24125 the eoard ofTrustvs worked Ynth the Mu5iuI Direrti¥•nd dhj'r

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onp4e$2-3.
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COUAts IScott•ndl Wulatjons 2L￿. The£h•AtVstrusteostonshlÈrtha¢ tl* •wJrt
requlfement of Relulation IOIIMI) to (¢1 the*4r(Kmts doe5 wty. n15
my re5rrt)nytslitytO￿arnlr*lht acccwnts•s reW￿d w•Jer settion4qlllcl LrftheArtand
to Aaie v4hether partkular mattttshhtcometo *ttenikn.
My ey4mln•ti¢)n 15 ravried t)ut in Reldaikn 11 ofthethantstsP*ay
Iscotlandl Rew$at￿S 2C(& An eumth•tim kKlude5 4 rebie*ofthE rec￿
ept bythe th•fity and 4 ¢ompaiison of theac(oum5presented *4thtlM)5e rer(Yd> n•150
Includes£on￿dernt￿ffi of ite￿￿(￿￿1$(10swt$1ft thoac£c**ttsafAI set&s
expre55 •ll audit wwon onihe x(CKK*>
In the course ol rny exa￿￿￿￿tK)n. Matterb￿cO￿l0 my•ll¥btic•i.'
requwemerts..
o io keep accowrtKy tec¢rds inaccorthrKewith sertjm 44lIX*lalthè 2LKJ5
£t and ReKul*ion4 ofthe 2(X16Arts*mtsllepIèti(￿S arml
have not been or
2. to whKh. in my0pn￿. artentM* bedr￿ kn tydert•thatAe a
ndersr¥ndI￿ ol1￿•¢¢4￿tsto be reathtd.
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