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Robert Burns Commemoration 1996

SC023894Registered charity from 01 August 1995
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Information about this charity:
Charity Information Operations Annual Submissions Income and Expenditure Charity Trustees
Notes:
This SCIO was incorporated on 16 April 2020 as a result of the conversion of a charitable company (Company number: SC159497, company name: Southern Scottish Counties Burns Association (Commeration) Ltd).
Charity Information:
Address 7 Valleyfield Park
Terregles
Dumfries
Postcode DG2 9RA
Website No Link Provided
Regulatory Type Standard
Object:
The organisation's purposes are: 4.1 To promote, secure and support or to assist in the promotion, securing and support of such purposes which will benefit the individuals or groups involved in the study of the Works of Robert Burns within the Dumfries and Galloway area of Scotland as are charitable in law, in the furtherance of the following objects and purposes, but without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing. 4.2 To foster and support the education of the community by stimulating the interest of younger and senior members of the public, in the life and works of Robert Burns. 4.3 To collect, preserve, restore and publish books, manuscripts and recordings for the benefit education and enjoyment of the community and for these purposes to establish, maintain and develop libraries or other premises for the storage, display and lending to the public such books, manuscripts and recordings.
Operations:
What the charity is set up to do and how it does this:
promote the knowledge and understanding ot the Scots language and specifically the works of Robert Burns via the schools competitions
Charity Status: Active
Constitutional Form: SCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)
Constitutional Form Date: 16 Apr 2020
Previous Constitutional Form: Company (the charity is registered with Companies House)
Previous Constitutional Form Date: 01 Aug 1995
Main Operating Location: Dumfries And Galloway
Number of Staff: 0
Number of Volunteers: 0
Purposes: "the advancement of citizenship or community development", "the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science"
Beneficiaries: "Children or young people", "Older People"
Types Of Activity Undertaken: "It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations"
Annual Submissions:
Year End Income Expenditure Annual Return Received Accounts Received Latest Annual Reports and Accounts
31 Aug 2021 £535 £100 29 Mar 2022 Yes
31 Aug 2022 £230 £300 28 May 2023 Yes
31 Aug 2023 £621 £350 08 May 2024 Yes
31 Aug 2024 £1,188 £450 30 Jan 2025 Yes
31 Aug 2025 £1,311 £531 15 Feb 2026 Yes Download
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
Neil Johnston
Stephen Hastie
Russell Williamson
Thomas Johnstone
David Miller
Fiona Evans
Jane Brown
Olive Melville
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