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Scottish Oral History Group

SC015909Registered charity from 11 October 1982
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Charity Information Operations Annual Submissions Income and Expenditure Charity Trustees
Charity Information:
Address Celtic & Scottish Studies
University of Edinburgh
50 George Square
Edinburgh
Postcode EH8 9JU
Website https://thesohg.org/
Regulatory Type Standard
Object:
The aims and purposes of the Group are to further the methods and practice of oral history amongst the public at large in all appropriate fields, including educational ones, and to encourage the discussion of methodology, technical problems, and all relevant matters by the organisation of conferences and meetings and by any other appropriate means. The Group will work in close association with the Oral History Society and societies with similar aims.
Operations:
What the charity is set up to do and how it does this:
We support and further the methods and practice of oral history amongst the public at large, including in academic settings as well as in wider community and heritage settings. We do this by representing oral history, broadly defined, in a range of different settings (as reflected by the backgrounds and expertise of our current trustees), representing the Group at conferences and events, and working in collaboration with other groups and organisations who support and develop oral history, including the UK Oral History Society. We were originally established as a Group in 1978 to “promote, develop and refine” oral history methods and to make these “better known and more widely used in the investigation of Scottish life” (see our website), and we continue these general aims through the work of our Group. Our Annual Report outlines some of the work we have been doing during 2024 and some of our plans for the future.
Charity Status: Active
Constitutional Form: Unincorporated association
Constitutional Form Date: 11 Oct 1982
Main Operating Location: City of Edinburgh
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
31 Dec 2021 £0 £0 07 Jul 2023 Yes
31 Dec 2022 £0 £0 07 Jul 2023 Yes
31 Dec 2023 £0 £0 29 Oct 2024 Yes
31 Dec 2024 £0 £0 23 Sept 2025 Yes Not published by OSCR
31 Dec 2025 No Annual Information due by 30 Sept 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
Angela Bartie
Cathlin Macaulay
Hugh Hagan
Willow Mullins
Lori Watson
Hannah Mary Wood
Erin Farley
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