Cookies

We use necessary cookies to make our site work. We'd also like to set optional analytics cookies to help us improve it. We won't set optional cookies unless you enable them or accept our recommended settings. Using this tool will set a cookie on your device to remember your preferences.

Options
Necessary cookies enable core functionality on our website. You may disable these by changing your browser settings, but this may affect how the website functions.
We use marketing cookies to personalise your visit to our website and show you tailored advertising based on your likes and interests.
We use analytics cookies to monitor visitor behaviour patterns and improve our website performance.

Your preferences have been set. If you wish to change your preferences, you may do so on our cookies page.

Search My Trust
Join now
Join
Close

Looking for places? Use our place search to find them by name, town or postcode.

Membership

Annual General Meeting

We’re delighted to share more information about our AGM that’s taking place at 11.15am on Friday 19 September 2025.

Registration and Online Voting Return

You can register to attend in person or virtually as well as vote online in the Trustee election.

You can vote quickly and easily online by 5pm on Tuesday 16 September.

Access the secure independent voting site and register

You will need your two-part Unique Security Code (USC) that is printed on the AGM Notice and Voting Form that came with your summer magazine.

If you have misplaced the AGM Notice containing your USC, please contact the independent scrutineers UK Engage via email at nts@uk-engage.org or call 0345 209 3770.

If you are returning the paper voting form, it must be completed and returned to the address provided no later than Friday 12 September.

If you have pre-registered to attend the AGM virtually, you will receive an email from UK Engage around 48 hours prior to the meeting with the joining instructions. Please contact UK Engage on the contact details above if you have not received your email by 9am on Thursday 18 September.

Download further information on the candidates standing for election

We encourage members to submit questions in advance to the Secretary (by emailing trustsecretary@nts.org.uk) by 5pm on Wednesday 17 September. Submitting questions in advance will ensure that there is sufficient time for your question to be answered.

Please see our Publications page later in the summer for the draft minute of last year’s AGM and a copy of the Trustees’ Annual Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 28 February 2024. Copies will also be available at the AGM.

The view from Compass Hill at sunset, looking out across fields towards the cliffs and sea. The sun is setting on the horizon.

2025 AGM programme and agenda

Friday 19 September 2025

Location: Eden Court Theatre, Bishop’s Road, Inverness  IV3 5SA

Transport

The venue is in the centre of Inverness and can be easily reached using a range of transport options. Further information on transport can be found on the Eden Court Theatre website.

Programme

10.30am: Morning coffee

11.15am: Annual General Meeting

1.30pm: Lunch

Agenda

  1. Welcome and Introductions
  2. Election of the President
    Ms Jackie Bird MBE will be proposed for re-election as President.
  3. Minutes
    To approve the minutes of the Annual General Meeting held on Friday 20 September 2024.
  4. 94th Annual Review and Accounts
    To consider the adoption of the 94th Annual Accounts.
  5. Election of Auditors
    The Board of Trustees will propose that AAB Audit Limited of 81 George Street, Edinburgh be re-appointed as the Trust’s auditors.
  6. Election of the Vice-Presidents
    David Mitchell will be proposed for election as Vice-President, and the following candidates will be proposed for re-election as Vice-Presidents:
    Mrs Caroline Borwick
    Professor Hugh Cheape MBE
    Professor Michael Scott-Morton
    Caroline Carnegie, Duchess of Fife
  7. Ordinary Membership Subscription
    The Board of Trustees will propose a resolution setting out any changes to the minimum amount of the annual subscription required for qualification as an Ordinary Member of the National Trust for Scotland. Details of any proposed increase will be published in advance of the meeting.
  8. Trustee Election
    The announcement of the results of the ballot for the election for a member to the Board of Trustees.
  9. Presentation
    Clea Warner, Regional Director for the Highlands & Islands, will deliver a presentation on the reopening of Canna House.
  10. Annual General Meeting 2026
    Announcement of the date of the 2026 AGM.

Various supporting papers may be tabled at the meeting. Hard copies of the Annual Accounts and draft Minute of the last meeting will also be made available on the day of the meeting.

Related Content

Jackie Bird sits on a bench in a garden, with trees behind her. She is smiling.

Our new President: Jackie Bird

Journalist and broadcaster Jackie Bird has been confirmed as the new President of the National Trust for Scotland.

A view of the Isle of Canna, with clouds hugging the tops of the steep cliffs on the far side of the bay. A church can be seen on the headland in the foreground.

A message from our chairman

Sir Mark Jones celebrates the launch of the National Trust for Scotland’s ten-year strategy: Nature, Beauty & Heritage for Everyone.

A view looking down Glencoe in summer on a sunny day. The mountains are green, and white clouds streak across the sky.

Our strategy

Our strategy – Nature, Beauty & Heritage for Everyone – provides a framework for the future of the National Trust for Scotland as we look towards our centenary in 2031.

Blue poppies grow before a shrub with delicate white flowers.

Trustee elections

Any member of the National Trust for Scotland can apply to be a candidate for election to the Board of Trustees.

Back to top