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The Society of Highland and Island Historical Research Trust

SC051933Registered charity from 15 August 2022
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Charity Information:
Address 38/6 Littlejohn Road
Edinburgh
Postcode EH10 5GJ
Is the supplied address a principal office or a trustee address? Trustee - Charity Trustee
Website https://www.highlandhistoricalresearch.com/
Regulatory Type Standard
Object:
The object of the Trust is the encouragement and advancement of research on the history of the Western Highlands and Islands of Scotland, to make this research available to the public, and to undertake all activities conducive thereto, and in furtherance thereof but not otherwise the Trust shall undertake: 5.1 To establish as a going concern the publication known as "West Highland Notes and Queries", together with all the assets, debts and liabilities of such publication. 5.2 To undertake the preparation, production and publication of books, periodicals, pamphlets and other publications and of films, including without prejudice to the said generality, the preparation and publication of the said "West Highland Notes and Queries" (which however may be re-named by the Trustees at any time), which are in furtherance of the objects of the Trust. 5.3 To provide for the delivery and holding of lectures, meetings, conferences, study facilities and similar activities calculated directly or indirectly to advance the objects of the Trust. 5.4 To enter into agreements and arrangements necessary or desirable in furtherance of the objects of the Trust.
Operations:
What the charity is set up to do and how it does this:
The Society is set up to promote public interest in, and engagement with, current research on the history of the West Highlands and Islands, extending to other parts of the Scottish Gàidhealtachd. It does this principally by means of publication of the thrice-yearly West Highlands Notes and Queries (60 pages per issue) and the holding of monthly online lectures; occasionally other events are held, such as conferences, and these may lead to stand-alone publications. Thus it is currently hoped to publish the proceedings of a conference on the Highlands and Islands in the Sixteenth Century, held in Inverness in July 2024.
Charity Status: Active
Constitutional Form: Trust (founding document is a deed of trust) (other than educational endowment)
Constitutional Form Date: 15 Aug 2022
Main Operating Location: City of Edinburgh
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 carries out activities or services itself"
Annual Submissions:
Year End Income Expenditure Annual Return Received Accounts Received Latest Annual Reports and Accounts
31 Dec 2023 £5,419 £1,825 03 Nov 2025 Yes
31 Dec 2024 £7,560 £3,532 19 Feb 2026 Yes
31 Dec 2025 £3,865 £2,438 06 Apr 2026 Yes Download
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
Vivienne Sutherland-Kemp
Hector MacQueen
Janet Lodge
Ronald Black
David Caldwell
Mary Braithwaite
Alastair Gordon
Aonghas MacCoinnich
James Petre
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