Charity Details

Clan Carmichael Charitable Trust

SC015291Registered charity from 18 March 1982

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Charity Information:

Address C/O Carmichael Estate
Westmains Office
Carmichael
Biggar
South Lanarkshire

Postcode ML12 6PG

Website www.carmichael.co.uk

Regulatory Type Standard

Object:

To provide for the permanent preservation for the benefit of the public generally and especially the inhabitants of the Parish of Carmichael and adjoining parishes in the County of Lnarkshire of lands and buildings of beauty and historic interest and, as regards lands, of ecological, agricultural or scientific importance, within the said Parishes, and generally to protect, preserve and improve the character and amenities of the said Parishes.

Operations:

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

The trust is a registered Scottish Charity with educational and heritage preservation objectives. The Trust operates the Discover Carmichael Visitor Centre, where Scotland’s story is told through realistic wax model scenes and informative storyboard interpretation. The scenes also depict crafts and culture from the countryside in this district. The visitor centre has a ‘Carmichael Clan Room’ dedicated to the Carmichael Clan family history and the thousand-year period that the family has lived on the land. The Trust is set up to undertake activities and events and provide facilities that benefit the Parish of Carmichael and preserve its heritage.

Charity Status: Active

Constitutional Form: Trust (founding document is a deed of trust) (other than educational endowment)

Constitutional Form Date: 18 Mar 1982

Main Operating Location: South Lanarkshire

Number of Staff: 1

Number of Volunteers: 1-50

Purposes: "the advancement of education", "the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science", "the advancement of public participation in sport", "the advancement of environmental protection or improvement", "the advancement of animal welfare", "any other purpose that may reasonably be regarded as analogous to any of the preceding purposes"

Beneficiaries: "Children or young people", "Other defined groups", "No specific group, or for the benefit of the community"

Types Of Activity Undertaken: "It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations"

Annual Submissions:

Year End	Income	Expenditure	Annual Return Received	Accounts Received
30 Apr 2021	£92,806	£73,619	19 Jan 2022	Yes
30 Apr 2022	£67,000	£76,145	28 Dec 2022	Yes
30 Apr 2023	£77,073	£86,212	11 Jan 2024	Yes
30 Apr 2024	£85,458	£94,022	28 Jan 2025	Yes
30 Apr 2025	£69,831	£82,847	12 Jan 2026	Yes
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
Andrew	Carmichael of Carmichael
Patricia	Carmichael of Carmichael
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