OSCR Scottish charity profile

An Comunn Gaidhealach

ActiveCharity number SC001282
Registered5 April 1911
Main locationWestern Isles
Legal formCompany (the charity is registered with Companies House)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC001282
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
UK and overseas
Volunteers
101-250 volunteers
Staff
8
Postcode
HS1 2QN

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

An Comunn Gàidhealach promotes, develops, and celebrates the Scottish Gaelic language and its culture locally, nationally and internationally through The Royal National Mòd and Local Mòds.

Charitable purposes

  • the advancement of education
  • the advancement of citizenship or community development
  • the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science

Beneficiaries

  • Children or young people
  • Older People
  • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
  • Other charities or voluntary bodies

Activities

  • It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
  • It carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

The purpose of the charity is to support and develop all aspects of the Gaelic language, culture, history and heritage at local, national and international levels

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
30 June 2025£611,723£613,673831 March 2026
30 June 2024£554,634£579,300820 March 2025
30 June 2023£499,803£539,579820 February 2024
30 June 2022£476,591£538,99481 May 2023
30 June 2021£318,352£313,519810 January 2022

Figures are those reported by the charity and supplied in the OSCR bulk download. Blank facts remain distinct from zero.

04 Contact record

Principal office or trustees address

Address supplied to OSCR
Unit 7A, 7 James Street, Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Western Isles
Website supplied to OSCR
www.ancomunn.co.uk
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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