Charity Details

Laidhay Preservation Trust

SC000441Registered charity from 29 April 1971

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Charity Information:

The Name the Charity is Known By Laidhay Croft Museum

Address The Argyle Suite The Pulteney Centre Wick KW1 5BA
Wick

Postcode KW1 5BA

Website No Link Provided

Regulatory Type Standard

Object:

For the establishment, development and maintenance of a Museum illustrative of Country Life of past ages in the North of Scotland and in particular the County of Caithness.

Operations:

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

The Laidhay Croft Museum stands beside the main A9 road a mile north-east of Dunbeath. The croft museum comprises three main buildings. These include a small thatched barn, a more modern shed and an old farmhouse, this being a long linear structure built of whitewashed walls topped off with a thatched roof. This sort of farmhouse or longhouse was once common in this part of Caithness but today the one at Laidhay is a very rare survivor, probably built in the early 1800s. The purpose of the charity is to provide a physical historical record of rural crofting life in Caithness. This is done by maintaining the above mentioned buildings and allowing the general public access to them. This has various educational, community & recreational benefits.

Charity Status: Active

Constitutional Form: Unincorporated association

Constitutional Form Date: 29 Apr 1971

Main Operating Location: Highland

Number of Staff: 0

Number of Volunteers: 0

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 does none of these"

Annual Submissions:

Year End	Income	Expenditure	Annual Return Received	Accounts Received	Latest Annual Reports and Accounts
25 Oct 2021	£10,309	£4,188	08 Aug 2022	Yes
25 Oct 2022	£5,975	£15,465	24 Jul 2023	Yes
25 Oct 2023	£44,169	£39,393	25 Nov 2023	Yes
25 Oct 2024	£10,161	£29,607	22 Jul 2025	Yes	Not published by OSCR
25 Oct 2025			No	Annual Information due by 25 Jul 2026
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Income and Expenditure:

Charity Trustees:

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