Annual Report for year ended 2025-26

The Commission was allocated a budget of £550,000 by the Scottish Government for 2025-26. The Commission’s budget is held by the Scottish Government and the Commission is now not required to produce externally audited accounts.  Our total expenditure in 2025-26 was £497K.  This underspend was primarily due to a post within the Secretariat being vacant for a proportion of 2025-26.  Accordingly, the Commission reported a budget underspend in 2025-26.  The underspend was returned to the Scottish Government.  The table below provides a summary of the money that was spent on behalf of the Commission between 1 April 2025 and 31 March 2026.