The Friends of the Pentlands is a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation (SC035514) governed by a Board of Charity Trustees. Its work is supervised by the Office of the Scottish Charities Regulator.
Board of Trustees
Bob Cook (Chair) *
Bill Aitken (Membership Secretary)
Dennis Smith *
Douglas Tullis (Planning Officer)
Iain MacLeod (Treasurer)
Ian Walford (Secretary)
Neil Mackay
Nicola Fryer
Sam Lockhart
Ian Wells *
Gerry Saddler
(* also Workday Team Leader)
Team leaders include:
Andrew Marsden (Workday Co-ordinator)
Mike Andrew (Arboreta)
Nicola Fryer & Ian Kennedy (Litter-picking)
Ian Combe (Conservation, quartermaster and training)
Donald Sandeman (Workday Team Leader)
Gordon Cameron
Brian Gallagher
Hamish Clark
Other key roles:
Bob Douglas (Meadows, Facebook and Website)
Andrew Gallacher (E-Commerce)
John Surtees (Publications editor)
John Hutton (Walks and Talks Co-ordinator)
Information on our activities can be found in our Annual Reviews in the Newsletters section.
Other Governance Material
Constitution
Privacy policy (GDPR)
The Trustees’ Report and Annual Accounts (pdf, Calendar Year 2025)

Cairns Castle overlooking Harperrig Reservoir