Charity Details

Crichton Foundation

SC024589Registered charity from 26 March 1996

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Charity Information:

Address Grierson House
Crichton University Campus
Dumfries

Postcode DG1 4ZE

Website www.crichtonfoundation.org

Regulatory Type Standard

Link to Companies House https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/

Object:

The charitable purposes of the Foundation ("the Charitable Purposes") are: (a) to protect, preserve, manage, develop and to assist in the protection, management and development of: (i) buildings, land and sites of architectural, scenic or historic interest; and (ii) landscape, gardens and countryside; and (iii) historical and architectural heritage; relating to the site of the former Crichton Hospital in particular, and to other locations within Dumfries and Galloway which are or may become related to activities on the former Crichton Hospital site, to encourage and enable the public to use and enjoy the same; (b) to maintain, develop and assist and encourage in the funding, maintenance and development of the Crichton University Campus, Dumfries, and all or any of the academic institutions operating on the Campus from time to time and, generally, to provide, or assist in the provision of, facilities for the education, training, recreation and advancement of students attending courses of education at the Campus; (c) to carry out such other purposes for the advancement of education as the Trustees shall from time to time think fit including, without prejudice to the foregoing generality, the provision, and assisting with the provision of education of whatever type by providing, assisting, forming and encouraging reputable educational or training establishments or places whether at the Crichton University Campus, elsewhere in the United Kingdom or outwith the United Kingdom.

Operations:

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

The Crichton Foundation supports the development of the academic programmes of the educational institutions on the Crichton University Campus, widens access to higher education, improves the academic facilities on the site, conserves and improves the Crichton site and gives financial support to the students of the Crichton Campus. Fundraising events include the annual Women of Dumfries and Galloway Lunch, evenings of opera and jazz and gala dinners. The Crichton Conversations lectures are followed by a Q&A debate with the audience. We also receive annual donations through our Friends Scheme. In 2024-2025 £26,352 was distributed to students. Specific awards to students include the Landale, Terry and Evelyn Hastings Prizes. A lump sum is granted annually to Dumfries and Galloway College as a discretionary fund.

Charity Status: Active

Constitutional Form: Company (the charity is registered with Companies House)

Constitutional Form Date: 26 Mar 1996

Main Operating Location: Dumfries And Galloway

Number of Staff: 1

Number of Volunteers: 1-50

Purposes: "the advancement of education", "the advancement of citizenship or community development", "the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science", "the advancement of environmental protection or improvement"

Beneficiaries: "Children or young people", "Older People", "No specific group, or for the benefit of the community"

Types Of Activity Undertaken: "It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals", "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 Mar 2022	£115,140	£85,137	01 Dec 2022	Yes
31 Mar 2023	£119,736	£105,521	14 Nov 2023	Yes
31 Mar 2024	£121,541	£180,929	02 Dec 2024	Yes
31 Mar 2025	£92,851	£148,614	16 Dec 2025	Yes	Published accounts can be found on the Companies House website
31 Mar 2026			No	Annual Information due by 31 Dec 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
Kate	Thomson
David	Roberts
Gordon	McKerrow
Gavin	Stevenson
Andrew	Walls
Mark	Jardine
Elizabeth	Griggs
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