History Of Logie Coldstone Hall

Logie Coldstone Village - a Brief Hall History

1897

Logie Coldstone Hall was built on land donated by Mr William Bachelor Coltman, Esquire, of Deskry.
The cost of the building was paid for by public subscription, including a donation of Ł50 made by the Cromar Wrights Society, who had therefore certain rights and priviledges when the hall began to operate

1950s

The hall was extended with a wooden annexe

1967

The hall was taken over by the Logie Coldstone Welfare Trust, which was registered as a Charity and managed by Logie Coldstone Public Hall Association

1987

The hall was refurbished, paid for by local subscription and grant funding

by 2003

The hall, which was not being used to its full capacity at that time, was again in need of major repair; mainly demolition and rebuild of the annexe and some structural repairs to the main hall.

January 2004

A Public Meeting was held with the support of the local Council of Voluntary Services and the Marr Area Partnership to make the community of Logie Coldstone aware of the need for investigating the feasibility of re-developing the hall. The association enlisted a larger committee of 12 and work began to raise the awareness of the community for the need to work together to decide what to do with the Hall to the best advantage for the community

Change in our Legal Structure

Logie Coldstone Hall was managed by Logie Coldstone Public Hall Association on behalf of the Logie Coldstone Welfare Trust until the assets were transferred to Logie Coldstone Trust (a company limited by guarantee with charitable status) on 31 July 2007.
The charitable status of the Welfare Trust was transferred to the new company with the same Scottish Charity Number SCO 11363.
The history to this change is as follows:-

November 2005

The constitution of the Public Hall Association was revised

February 2006

The changes to the constitution were approved at the AGM.
At the same time the decision was taken to modernise our legal structure by forming a company limited by guarantee with charitable status to replace the present Trust and Association

16 March 2007

The new company named Logie Coldstone Trust was incorporated

1 June 2007

At the Public Hall Association AGM it was agreed that the Public Hall Association be wound up.
At a meeting of the Trustees immediately following this AGM it was agreed that the Logie Coldstone Welfare Trust be transferred to the new charitable company called Logie Coldstone Trust

28 June 2007

It was agreed at a meeting of the Trustees that the assets of the Welfare Trust be transferred to the new company on 31 July 2007 for a consideration of one pound

December 2011 to December 2013

In December 2011 a piece of the Hall ceiling collapsed. The surrounding plaster was made safe but after a full inspection it was decided that the Hall should be closed because the risk of another collapse was too great. Logie Coldstone Village Hall remained closed for 2 years.
It re-opened in December 2013 following a massive refurbishment programme, thanks to a great deal of hard work, patience and fund-raising, and to our generous benefactors and sponsors