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Ceased date: 14 July 2020

Elvanfoot Trust

SC037081Registered charity from 10 October 2005
Information about this charity:
Charity Information Operations Annual Submissions Income and Expenditure Charity Trustees
Notes:
This charity is in the process of being wound up and will transfer all its assets and liabilities to Gurdjieff Scotland SC047872. Gurdjieff Scotland SC047872 is a SCIO and has been established to replace Elvanfoot Trust SC037081
Charity Information:
Address 1-3 Lodge Cottages
Elvanfoot
Postcode ML12 6TQ
Website www.gurdjieffscotland.org
Regulatory Type Standard
Reason For Removal
Object:
(1) The provision of a centre in the Borders area of Scotland for the charitable purpose of the advancement of education and religion by research and investigation, study and practice of traditional psychological, religious and cultural studies including painting, music and movement, with the aim of the development of a finer attention of the mind, increased sensitivity of feeling and improved body coordination. Study weekends will be held on a regular basis and will be open to all members of the community, upon application, regardless of age, race, ethnicity, religious belief, disability, gender or sexual orientation; (2) The charitable purpose of the advancement of education, research and investigation into the latent possibilities of human beings and into the methods of practical work on individual development; (3) The charitable purpose of the advancement of education and religion and study of original psychological teachings, symbolism and traditional art as manifested in scripture, architecture, painting, ritual and sacred dances, with particular reference to the system of ideas brought by George Ivanovitch Gurdjieff (as expounded by Petr Dem'ianovich Uspenskii (also known as P. D. OUSPENSKY) in his book "In Search of the Miraculous"); (4) The charitable purpose of advancement of education and study of the historical sequence of civilisations, their achievements and the causes of their failure; (5) The charitable purpose of the advancement of education by the relation of the results of these studies to present-day scientific and technological progress and to establish the possibilities contained in them for the present and future generations.
Operations:
Charity Status: Removed
Constitutional Form: Trust (founding document is a deed of trust) (other than educational endowment)
Constitutional Form Date: 10 Oct 2005
Main Operating Location: South Lanarkshire
Purposes: "the advancement of education", "the advancement of religion", "the advancement of citizenship or community development", "any other purpose that may reasonably be regarded as analogous to any of the preceding purposes"
Beneficiaries: "No specific group, or for the benefit of the community"
Types Of Activity Undertaken: "It carries out activities or services itself"
Charity Trustees:
First Name Last Name
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