Miss Agnes Angus Bequest - Distribution of Funds
Argyll and Bute Council · 12 March 2025
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ARGYLL AND BUTE COUNCIL OBAN, LORN AND THE ISLES AREA COMMITTEE ROADS AND INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES 12 MARCH 2025 DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS – MISS AGNES ANGUS BEQUEST 1.0 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1.1 The Oban, Lorn and the Isles Area Committee are Trustees for a number of Charitable Bequests. One such Charitable Bequest is the Miss Agnes Angus Bequest. The purpose of the Bequest is for the funds to be used for “purposes of public utility and for the benefit and advantage of the community of Oban”. 1.2 The purpose of this report is to seek a firm commitment on the basis of the informal arrangement that the accumulated funds for distribution in respect of the Miss Agnes Angus Bequest be utilised for the purpose of making improvements at Mossfield Stadium. The accumulated funds available for distribution are £40,915. 2.0 RECOMMENDATIONS 2.1 The Oban, Lorn and the Isles Area Committee are asked: 1. to allocate the funding available from the Miss Agnes Angus Bequest for use at Mossfield Stadium; and 2. to request that officers bring forward proposals for improvements at Mossfield Stadium, to a future meeting of the Oban, Lorn and the Isles Area Committee, before the end of 2025.
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ARGYLL AND BUTE COUNCIL OBAN, LORN AND THE ISLES AREA COMMITTEE ROADS AND INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES 12 MARCH 2025 DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS – MISS AGNES ANGUS BEQUEST 3.0 INTRODUCTION 3.1 The Oban, Lorn and the Isles Area Committee are Trustees for a number of Charitable Bequests. One such Charitable Bequest is the Miss Agnes Angus Bequest. This report provides information on an informal commitment in relation to the ongoing management of this Charitable Bequest and seeks agreement on proposed distribution methods of the fund. The accumulated funds available for distribution are £40,915. 4.0 RECOMMENDATIONS 4.1 The Oban, Lorn and the Isles Area Committee are asked: 1. to allocate the funding available from the Miss Agnes Angus Bequest for use at Mossfield Stadium; and 2. to request that officers bring forward proposals for improvements at Mossfield Stadium to a future meeting of the Oban, Lorn and the Isles Area Committee, before the end of 2025. 5.0 DETAIL 5.1 At the Oban, Lorn and the Isles Area Committee which took place in December 2024, Members gave consideration to a report which related to the distribution of Charitable Trusts, Bequests and Trust Funds. 5.2 One such Charitable Bequest was the Miss Agnes Angus Bequest whose charitable purpose was “for purposes of public utility and for the benefit and advantage of the community of Oban”. 5.3 This Bequest has accumulated a total of £40,915 for distribution.
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5.4 The Area Committee have noted that at a Business Day meeting in 2018, the distribution of this Bequest was considered by its predecessors, and an informal arrangement had been put in place that suggested that the funds be used for improvements to Mossfield Stadium. It was further noted that the Mossfield Working Group (Mossfield Oban Sports & Events Stadium C.I.C) would work with Council officers to bring forward proposals on how this money should be spent and present them to a future meeting of the Area Committee. 5.5 To date a report to this effect has never been brought forward and it has been reported that Mossfield Oban Sports and Events Stadium C.I.C have now disbanded. 5.6 Given the recent disbanding of the Mossfield Oban Sports & Events Stadium C.I.C, this report seeks to confirm arrangements in relation to the Miss Agnes Angus Bequest and to task officers with bringing forward proposals for improvements to Mossfield Stadium, to a future meeting of the Area Committee before the end of 2025. 6.0 CONCLUSION 6.1 This report has outlined the current position in terms of the Miss Agnes Angus Bequest and has proposed that the funding available for distribution be allocated for use at Mossfield Stadium, as per the informal arrangement at an Oban, Lorn and the Isles Area Committee Business Day in 2018. 6.2 The report also seeks to task officers to bring forward proposals for improvements at Mossfield Stadium to a future meeting of the Oban, Lorn and the Isles Area Committee, before the end of 2025. 7.0 IMPLICATIONS 7.1 Policy – None 7.2 Financial – None 7.3 Legal – None 7.4 HR – To proceed with the proposed arrangement would require the allocation of officer time 7.5 Fairer Scotland Duty: 7.5.1 Equalities - protected characteristics - None 7.5.2 Socio-economic Duty - None 7.5.3 Islands - None 7.6 Climate Change – None
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7.7 Risk – None 7.8 Customer Service – None 7.9 The Rights of the Child (UNCRC) – None Kirsty Flanagan, Executive Director with responsibility for Roads and Infrastructure Services Stephen Hall, Interim Head of Roads and Infrastructure Services Councillor John Armour, Policy Lead for Roads, Transport and Amenity Services February 2025 For further information contact: Tom Murphy, Operations Manager, Tel: 01436 658908