Charity Details

Highland Music Trust

SC028065Registered charity from 17 June 1998

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Charity Information:

Address c/o TMSA, 5 Appin Lane
Edinburgh

Postcode EH14 1JL

Website https://www.highlandmusictrust.org

Regulatory Type Standard

Object:

The Trustees shall apply the Trust Fund for the advancement of education in and knowledge of Scottish national and traditional music and that of related cultures and art forms, including without prejudice to the generality promoting and supporting research, study, compositions, pUblications, recordings and educational projects and making payments by way of grants or loans to any individuals or bodies for such purposes, all as the Trustees in their absolute discretion shall determine, declaring that the Trustees shall have the widest discretion both in the interpretation and in the execution of these purposes, within the powers competent to charitable trustees in Scotland

Operations:

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

Highland Music Trust (HMT) is a Scottish charity (originally based in Inverness) that focuses on the preservation, encouragement and celebration of Scottish national and traditional music and working to make Scottish music widely available. HMT believes that the revival of classic collections (often held in libraries and other archives) is a vital aspect of Scottish culture. Therefore on the HMT website you can find a vast collection of traditional Scottish music all of which has been clearly reprinted / scanned to make it as accessible as possible to music lovers and musicians – either by purchase or free downloads. We also have a couple of instruments on long term loan to Ceolas for their young students, and have in the past, when funds allowed, gave funding and/or publications to support young musicians in their skills development.

Charity Status: Active

Constitutional Form: Trust (founding document is a deed of trust) (other than educational endowment)

Constitutional Form Date: 17 Jun 1998

Main Operating Location: Highland

Number of Staff: 0

Number of Volunteers: 1-50

Purposes: "the advancement of education", "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 makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals"

Annual Submissions:

Year End	Income	Expenditure	Annual Return Received	Accounts Received	Latest Annual Reports and Accounts
31 Dec 2021	£1,683	£652	30 Sept 2022	Yes
31 Mar 2023	£1,877	£1,486	29 Dec 2023	Yes
31 Mar 2024	£2,119	£1,917	27 Dec 2024	Yes
31 Mar 2025	£1,301	£6,568	24 Dec 2025	Yes	Not published by OSCR
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
Iona	Fyfe
Leslie	Thomson
Barbara	Dymock
Fiona	Campbell
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