Charity Details

Duncan Mackinnon Music and Arts Trust

SC043299Registered charity from 18 July 2012

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Charity Information:

The Name the Charity is Known By MAC Arts

Address Mac Arts
Bridge Street
Galashiels

Postcode TD1 1SP

Website www.macarts.scot

Regulatory Type Standard

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

Object:

4. The Company has been formed to benefit the musical and arts community of the Scottish Borders both amateur and professional ("the Community") with the following Purposes ("the Purposes"): I. To advance music and the arts within the Scottish Borders for the Community and the general public by providing and operating a performance, rehearsal and administrative facility. II. To advance community development by the management of community land and associated assets for the benefit of the Community and the public in general following principles of sustainable development, where sustainable development means development which meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. III. To provide recreational facilities, and/or organise recreational activities, which will be available to members of the public at large with the object of improving the conditions of life of the Community and following principles of sustainable development, by operating community owned facilities. IV. To advance the cultural knowledge of the Community through the education of its members. V. To advance heritage for the public by refurbishing and returning to economic use a listed historical building. VI. To advance community development and rural regeneration for the benefit of the community and its members by the promotion of trade and industry. VII. To advance citizenship for the community and its membership by promoting, establishing and operating other schemes of a charitable nature.

Operations:

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

The company’s principal objectives are to advance music and the arts within the Scottish Borders by providing and operating a performance, rehearsal and administrative facility; provide recreational facilities, and/or organise recreational activities, which will be available to members of the public; advancing the cultural knowledge of the Community - advance heritage for the public through the maintenance of a historic building.

Charity Status: Active

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

Constitutional Form Date: 18 Jul 2012

Main Operating Location: Scottish Borders

Number of Staff: 4

Number of Volunteers: 1-50

Purposes: "the advancement of citizenship or community development", "the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science", "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: "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 Mar 2022	£145,107	£135,824	28 Dec 2022	Yes
31 Mar 2023	£230,095	£238,001	31 Jan 2024	Yes
31 Mar 2024	£301,090	£280,734	31 Jan 2025	Yes
31 Mar 2025	£342,004	£346,946	28 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
Laurence	Reid
Stuart	Gordon
Iain	Coltman
Ewan	Pinder
David	Little
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