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Kinneff Old Church Preservation Trust Ltd

SC017378Registered charity from 24 September 1974
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Charity Information:
Address 3 Greenbraes Crescent
Gourdon
Montrose
Angus
Postcode DD10 0NG
Is the supplied address a principal office or a trustee address? Trustee - Charity Trustee
Website www.kinneffoldchurch.com
Regulatory Type Standard
Link to Companies House https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/
Object:
The objects for which the Trust is established are: (a) To restore, preserve and maintain for the benefit of the public and for their use, but only in so far as funds are available, Kinneff Old Church along with any surrounding ground, burial ground and amenity ground and any historic relics associated with Kinneff Old Church along also with its present furniture, fittings etc. (b) To research into and encourage by any means the study and learning of the knowledge of the history of Christianity in the north east of Scotland and in particular the knowledge of the history of Kinneff Old Church. (c) In addition to the two foregoing objects which are the primary objects of the Trust to carry out such other objects as are charitable objects within the meaning of the income tax acts and on the understanding that nothing shall be done by the Trust under any', of its objects which is not done wholly for charitable purposes.
Operations:
What the charity is set up to do and how it does this:
The Trust was set up to maintain the history and the fabric of Kinneff Old Church which is famous as being the hiding place of the Scottish Crown Jewels (The Honours of Scotland) during the occupation of Scotland by the marauding troops of Oliver Cromwell. The minister and his wife James and Christian Grainger devised a plan where the Honours were removed from Dunnottar Castle and buried in the church for 9 years up to the restoration of Charles ll in 1660. The church is a recognised visitor attraction in the Mearns area of Kincardineshire and the building is maintained as a memorial to these acts. There are also displays of local history and other attractions.
Charity Status: Active
Constitutional Form: Company (the charity is registered with Companies House)
Constitutional Form Date: 24 Sept 1974
Main Operating Location: Aberdeenshire
Number of Staff: 0
Number of Volunteers: 1-50
Purposes: "the advancement of religion", "the advancement of citizenship or community development", "the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science"
Beneficiaries: "No specific group, or for the benefit of the community"
Annual Submissions:
Year End Income Expenditure Annual Return Received Latest Annual Reports and Accounts
31 Dec 2021 £6,642 £4,313 22 Aug 2022
31 Dec 2022 £4,432 £8,946 14 Sept 2023
31 Dec 2023 £2,184 £5,644 01 Sept 2024
31 Dec 2024 £1,908 £2,348 31 Jul 2025
31 Dec 2025 £12,038 £4,612 30 Aug 2026 Download
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Income and Expenditure:
Charity Trustees:
First Name Last Name
Neil Crighton
Michael Beattie
Ian Mackay
Jacqui Hepburn
Kenneth Petrie
Diana Peters
Maia Hinchey
Lindsay Ewan
Victoria Dolin
Antony Peters
Ian Wood
Anthony Jacobsen
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