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Historic Environment Scotland

SC045925Registered charity from 20 August 2015

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Charity Information:

Address Longmore House
Salisbury Place
Edinburgh

Postcode EH9 1SH

Website www.historicenvironment.scot

Regulatory Type Standard

Object:

(1) Historic Environment Scotland has the general function of investigating, caring for and promoting Scotland?s historic environment. (2) In exercising its general function, Historic Environment Scotland has the following particular functions? (a) identifying and recording the historic environment, (b) understanding and interpreting the historic environment, (c) learning about, and educating others about, the historic environment, (d) protecting and managing the historic environment, (e) conserving and enhancing the historic environment. (3) Historic Environment Scotland also has the function of managing its collections as a national resource for reference, study and research. (4) In exercising that function, Historic Environment Scotland has the following particular functions? (a) preserving, conserving and developing its collections, (b) making the collections accessible to the public and to persons wishing to carry out study and research, (c) exhibiting and interpreting objects in the collections.

Operations:

What the charity is set up to do and how it does this:

Historic Environment Scotland (HES) is the lead body for Scotland's historic environment, a charity dedicated to the advancement of heritage, culture, education and environmental protection. HES is at the forefront of researching and understanding the historic environment and addressing the impact of climate change on its future. The organisation investigates and records architectural and archaeological sites and landscapes across Scotland and cares for more than 300 properties of national importance.

Charity Status: Active

Constitutional Form: Other

Constitutional Form Date: 20 Aug 2015

Main Operating Location: City of Edinburgh

Number of Staff: 1785

Number of Volunteers: over 250

Purposes: "the advancement of education", "the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science", "the advancement of environmental protection or improvement"

Beneficiaries: "No specific group, or for the benefit of the community"

Types Of Activity Undertaken: "It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals", "It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations", "It carries out activities or services itself"

Annual Submissions:

Year End	Income	Expenditure	Annual Return Received	Accounts Received	Latest Annual Reports and Accounts
31 Mar 2021	£93,663,000	£85,175,000	23 Nov 2021	Yes
31 Mar 2022	£97,400,000	£102,173,000	24 Nov 2022	Yes
31 Mar 2023	£115,230,000	£119,706,000	29 Nov 2023	Yes
31 Mar 2024	£136,984,000	£129,108,000	25 Nov 2024	Yes
31 Mar 2025	£144,621,000	£142,252,000	16 Dec 2025	Yes	Visit Charity's Website
If an annual return has been received on time (within nine months of the Year End Date), the 'Annual Return Received' box is green . If an annual return is late, the box is red .

Income and Expenditure:

Charity Trustees:

First Name	Last Name
Mark	Jones
Gary	Jebb
David	Richardson
Joe	Doogan
Andrew	Davis
Simon	Hodge
Ann	Leslie
Gemma	Butterfield
Susan	Deighan
Nkosana	Mafico
Emma	Herd
Ian	Baxter
Ray	Macfarlane
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