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VisitScotland - Report and Accounts 2001-2002
 a year on   budget
  

 Foreword to the Accounts
 Statement of Responsibilities
 Statement of Internal Control
 Income and Expenditure Account
 Balance Sheet
 Cash Flow Statement
 Notes to the Cash Flow Statement
 Notes to the Accounts
 Independent Auditor's Report
 Accounts Direction
 Schedules
 Five Year Summary
 ATB Income

Notes to the Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2002

1

Accounting Policies

2 HM Government Grants Received
3 Board Members and Staff Costs

  item Current Year
£000
Previous Year
£000
 
a) All Employees:  
  Salaries 5,172 4,724
Social security costs 424 388
Pension contributions (see note 17) 61 62
Pension scheme costs 9 2
Redundancy 919 -
  6,585 5,176

Salaries and social security costs include £737,000 and £70,000 respectively (2001 £515,000 and £49,000) for skilled staff on short term contracts for visitscotland.com

 

 

b) Board Members’ Remuneration included above:    
  item Current Year
£000
Previous Year
£000
 
Chairman 8 18
Other Board Members 46 38
  54 56

The Chairman and Board Members are not members of the Board’s Pension Scheme. Their remuneration fell within the following ranges:
 
    Gross Salary
£000
Peter Lederer (appointed Chairman 2 April 2001)   5 - 10
Donald Anderson 5 - 10
Pat Buchanan 5 - 10
Michael Cantlay 5 - 10
Donal Dowds 5 - 10
Brian Houston (appointed 12 June 2001) 5 - 10
Sheena Kitchin 5 - 10

 

 

c) Chief Executive’s Remuneration:
 

Peter McKinlay was appointed Interim Chief Executive on 5 December 2000 on a short-term contract which expired on 15 August 2001. He is not a member of the Board’s Pension Scheme. His total remuneration was £41,290 (2001 £30,967). There were no taxable benefits.

Philip Riddle was appointed as Chief Executive on 16 July 2001. He is a member of the Board’s Pension Scheme. His total actual remuneration was £89,871 including £525 taxable benefits and £636 pension contributions.

 

 

d) Senior Management Salary and Pension Entitlement (see also note 17)
   
  item Age Remuneration



£000
Real Increase
in Pension
at 60

£
Total Accrued
Pension
at 60 at
31 March 2002
£
  P Riddle ­ Chief Executive
(started 16 July 2001)
  49 89 1,080 1,080
H Hall ­ Director of Corporate Services
(started 10 July 2001)
43 60 853 853
M Roughead ­ Director of Marketing
(started 29 May 2001)
42 69 1,067 1,067
W Macleod ­ Director of Industry Services
(started 3 September 2001)
54 47 640 640
 
  T Oliphant (left 30 June 2001) Permission to disclose these details withheld by the individuals.
A Bell (left 30 June 2001)
G Birse (left 30 August 2001)
K Rutherford (left 25 July 2001)
L Hollis (left 31 July 2001)
L Easton (left 30 June 2001)
 
  Remuneration includes basic salary and benefits in kind.

 

 

e) The average weekly number of full-time equivalent employees during the year was:
 
  item Current Year
No.
Previous Year
No.
 
  UK Marketing 11 10
International Marketing 28 27
Scottish Convention Bureau 8 8
Visitor Services 104 92
Administration 38 37
Tourism Futures 13 12
External Communications 13 13
    215 199


Visitor Services this year includes 24 skilled staff (2001 17 staff) on short term contracts for the visitscotland.com project.

 

4 Revenue-Earning Activities
5 Other Income
6 Other Operating Costs
7 Assistance to Area Tourist Boards
8 Operating Surplus
9 Assets
10 Secured Loans
11 Stocks
12 Debtors
13 Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year
14 Grant Repayments
15 Creditors: Amounts falling due after more than one year
16 Deferred Income on Capital Grants
17 Pension Scheme
18 Operating Lease Commitments
19 Corporation Tax
20 Reconcilliation of Movement in Government Funds
21 Performance Against Key Corporate Financial Targets
22 Capital Commitments
23 Related Party Transactions
24 Revaluation Reserve
25 Losses and Special Payments

 

 
 
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