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Historic Churches Scotland

SC024407Registered charity from 25 January 1996
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Charity Information Operations Annual Submissions Income and Expenditure Charity Trustees
Notes:
Previous Charity name Scottish Redundant Churches Trust from 25-01-1966 to 14-02-2019
Charity Information:
Address 15 North Bank Street
Edinburgh
Postcode EH1 2LP
Website www.historicchurches.scot
Regulatory Type Standard
Link to Companies House https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/
Object:
3. The charity's objects are to conserve historic church buildings in Scotland for and with communities, and for the benefit of all. (the "Objects").
Operations:
What the charity is set up to do and how it does this:
We work in partnership with communities to save historic places of worship where they are at risk through sale, disuse, or decay, and to create strong, sustainable community assets at are valued, cared for and bring local benefit. We do this by taking into our own care and ownership a small number of irreplaceable nationally important places of worship that are no longer in use, and by repairing and conserving them and providing free public access for all. We also support communities taking ownership of their own local place of worship. We value partnerships at a local, regional and national level, and work to make Scotland’s places of worship better valued, used, and maintained – and, when regular worship ceases, to give them their best ‘next life’.
Charity Status: Active
Constitutional Form: Company (the charity is registered with Companies House)
Constitutional Form Date: 25 Jan 1996
Main Operating Location: City of Edinburgh
Number of Staff: 1
Number of Volunteers: 51-100
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 carries out activities or services itself"
Annual Submissions:
Year End Income Expenditure Annual Return Received Accounts Received Latest Annual Reports and Accounts
31 Jan 2022 £105,493 £135,253 27 Sept 2022 Yes
31 Jan 2023 £131,238 £176,741 17 Aug 2023 Yes
31 Jan 2024 £131,975 £152,558 28 Jan 2025 Yes
31 Jan 2025 £153,415 £156,963 18 Nov 2025 Yes Published accounts can be found on the Companies House website
31 Jan 2026 No Annual Information due by 31 Oct 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
Ian Davidson
Christopher Kenny
Tristram Clarke
Robin Evetts
Jocelyn Cunliffe
Simon Green
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