Accounts
Kilbrandon Fund Edinburgh
Annual Report and Accounts for year ending 15 May 2023
Scottish Charity Number SCO33356
Current Committee
David Brownlee (Chair)
Cath MacNeal
David Beatson
George Fyvie
Elizabeth Graham
Howard Clough
Lynne Munro
Recruitment and appointment of Committee
All the Fund committee members were reappointed by the committee at the Annual General Meeting which was held in November 2023.
Governing Document
The Kilbrandon Fund is a charitable unincorporated association and the purposes and administration are set out in the Fund’s governance document, which was updated and approved by OSCR in 2022
Activities and Achievements
In the year 14 applications were approved which led to 14 grants, totalling £3,737, being awarded to provide for children and young people in need referred to the panel fund. The Fund supported 18 children and young people during 2022/2023. Grants were used to purchase the following : musical instruments and lessons, sports clothing/shoes, gym equipment, winter clothing/shoes, computing equipment and lessons, riding lessons, school camp and family holidays. These children and young people were all subject to or have recently been subject to a Compulsory Supervision Order.
Income received amounted to £6,688. Notably the fund received a generous donation of £4,000, from two individual panel members, a gift of £1,200 from a distant relative of Lord Kilbrandon and a donation of £1,000 from the American Woman's Club in Central Scotland.
Committee remuneration and expenses
The committee did not receive any remuneration or expenses during the year.
Reserves
The Fund held an unrestricted total of £11,851 at the end of the year.
Approved by the trustees and signed on their behalf
David Brownlee, Chairperson
December 2023