Charity Details

Aboyne Highland Games

SC040590Registered charity from 18 June 2009

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Charity Information:

Address c/o Raeburn Christie Clark & Wallace
12-16 Albyn Place
Aberdeen

Postcode AB10 1PS

Website www.aboynegames.com

Regulatory Type Standard

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

Object:

The Company's objects shall be: To advance the heritage and culture of Scotland by staging, managing, operating and promoting the annual Aboyne Highland Games, in association with the local statutory authorities, voluntary organisations and inhabitants of Aboyne and its environs; and To advance public participation in sport through the organisation of professional events and non professional events open to all comers; and To provide recreational facilities or assist in the organisation of recreational facilities for the benefit of the general public, without distinction of sex, sexuality, political, religious or other opinions; and To carry out any other Charitable Purpose or objective which can be advantageously or conveniently carried on by the Company by way of an extension of or an association with the objects stated in Clause 3(i) hereof or which may be calculated directly or indirectly to advance the objectives stated in this clause 3 (i).

Operations:

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

Since Aboyne Highland Games were formed in 1867, its key objective is keeping alive the culture of traditional Highland Games and making them relevant to the audiences of today. The Games is an annual event held on Aboyne Village Green and attract an average of over eight thousand spectators from all over the globe.

Charity Status: Active

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

Constitutional Form Date: 18 Jun 2009

Main Operating Location: Aberdeenshire

Number of Staff: 0

Number of Volunteers: 51-100

Purposes: "the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science", "the advancement of public participation in sport", "the provision of recreational facilities, or the organisation of recreational activities, with the object of improving the conditions of life for the persons for whom the facilities or activities are primarily intended"

Beneficiaries: "Children or young people", "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	£44,754	£36,104	21 Apr 2022	Yes
31 Jan 2023	£182,657	£170,001	03 Apr 2023	Yes
31 Jan 2024	£174,699	£174,451	03 Apr 2024	Yes
31 Jan 2025	£297,615	£195,740	22 Apr 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
Daniel	Scott
Murray	Brown
Martyn	Paterson
Gerald	Robb
Neil	Meldrum
Daniel	Robb
Stuart	McConnach
Kirsty	Saluja
Lydia	Rattray
Robert	Dinnie
Lewis	Lilburn
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