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Temple Old Kirk Friends [SCIO]

SC049931Registered charity from 06 February 2020
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Charity Information Operations Annual Submissions Income and Expenditure Charity Trustees
Charity Information:
The Name the Charity is Known By TOKF
Address The Old Manse
2 Temple Village
Gorebridge
Midlothian
Postcode EH23 4SH
Website www.templeoldkirk.org
Regulatory Type Standard
Object:
The organisation's purposes are: 4.1 To preserve and enhance Temple Old Kirk in order to make its heritage value more accessible to a wider and more diverse audience. 4.2 To build capacity within the community to engage productively with local government and heritage organisations in order to initiate preservation works to the stone fabric of the Old Kirk and develop a programme for the repair and protection of culturally significant headstones in the churchyard. 4.3 To regenerate and increase the positive value of the contribution of Temple Old Kirk to the conservation area to which it belongs and provide a focal point for the local community and population within Midlothian as well as other parts of Scotland and the UK. 4.4 To maximise the positive social impact from the restoration of historic monuments by creating new experiences to attract new audiences, and to offer historical insight into the relation between community, individuals and place across different periods and time intervals. 4.5 To increase the social potential of Temple Old Kirk along with its vitality and relevance for the wider community by generating a range of opportunities for volunteering and skills development in fundraising and heritage management, including conservation, documentation and archive practice. 4.6 To build resilience in response to the challenges of heritage conservation in a rural area with limited resources and to promote innovative solutions that will make the conservation project more sustainable in the long term.
Operations:
What the charity is set up to do and how it does this:
to preserve and enhance Temple Old Kirk to make this historical asset accessible to a wider audience
Charity Status: Active
Constitutional Form: SCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)
Constitutional Form Date: 06 Feb 2020
Main Operating Location: Midlothian
Number of Staff: 0
Number of Volunteers: 1-50
Purposes: "the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science"
Beneficiaries: "No specific group, or for the benefit of the community"
Types Of Activity Undertaken: "It carries out activities or services itself"
Annual Submissions:
Year End Income Expenditure Annual Return Received Accounts Received Latest Annual Reports and Accounts
28 Feb 2022 £21,173 £1,813 18 Oct 2022 Yes
28 Feb 2023 £10,966 £12,240 09 Oct 2023 Yes
28 Feb 2024 £16,889 £2,590 08 Nov 2024 Yes
28 Feb 2025 £42,517 £56,530 03 Jun 2025 Yes Download
28 Feb 2026 No Annual Information due by 30 Nov 2026
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
Shirley Otto
Sally Bale
Malabika Purkayastha
John Baxter
John Kerry
Sandra Delap
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