EILIDH MACLEOD MEMORIAL TRUST

Registered charity 1180467 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity aims to build confidence and team spirit in individuals and communities through access to creative arts activities particularly music. Eilidh MacLeod Memorial Trust is a charity dedicated to the advancement of music education of children and young people, primarily but not exclusively in rural Scotland.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE: (A) TO ADVANCE THE MUSICAL EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE, PRIMARILY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN RURAL SCOTLAND BY FACILITATING ACCESS TO VARIOUS MUSIC BASED ACTIVITIES INCLUDING ADVANCED LEARNING AND PERFORMANCE OPPORTUNITIES.(B) TO ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN A PERMANENT PUBLIC MEMORIAL SITED ON THE ISLE OF BARRA, SCOTLAND IN REMEMBRANCE OF EILIDH MACLEOD AND THE OTHER 21 VICTIMS WHO LOST THEIR LIVES FOLLOWING THE MANCHESTER ARENA TERRORIST ATTACK WHICH TOOK PLACE ON 22ND MAY 2017.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £233,790, which significantly exceeds its stated reserves policy target of £10,000. The trustees confirm that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future on a going concern basis.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Conflicting interests
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Social media policy and procedures

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Eilidh’s Trust (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Roderick MacLeodchair
• Dr Matthew Walters
• James Michael MacNeil
• Shona MacLeod
• Victoria Ferguson

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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