OSCR Scottish charity profile

Blair Charitable Trust

ActiveCharity number SC001433
Registered16 May 1986
Main locationPerth And Kinross
Legal formTrust (founding document is a deed of trust) (other than educational endowment)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC001433
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
A specific local point, community or neighbourhood
Volunteers
0 volunteers
Staff
102
Postcode
PH18 5TH

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

The Trust's objectives include the maintenance, preservation and presentation to the public of historic and architecturally interesting buildings within its ownership, notably Blair Castle and its contents. The Trust actively seeks to promote the land based interests of the estate whilst providing a planned and structured approach to recreation management and environmentally sensitive development. Within this objective the Trust protects and manages the land within its ownership, encouraging public enjoyment of the land alongside rural land uses such as farming, forestry and field sports, at all times promoting a balance between stakeholders. Through its subsidiary operating company, Blair Castle Estate Limited, the Trust aims to provide information and education to visitors as well as managing visitor facilities to a high standard to increase visitor understanding and enhance their enjoyment of the estate.

Charitable purposes

  • the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
  • the advancement of environmental protection or improvement

Beneficiaries

  • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community

Activities

  • It carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

the maintenance, repair or preservation for the public benefit of buildings of historic or architectural interest, land of scenic, historic or scientific interest, or objects of national, scientific, historic or artistic interest.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 March 2025£10,119,037£8,616,66810228 November 2025
31 March 2024£8,233,289£8,459,30010222 October 2024
31 March 2023£6,422,919£7,334,17010219 December 2023
31 March 2022£5,685,110£5,111,56110213 December 2022
31 March 2021£4,106,158£3,759,46010221 December 2021

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
Atholl Estates Office, Blair Atholl, Pitlochry, Perthshire
Website supplied to OSCR
www.blair-castle.co.uk
Parent charity
Not supplied

No direct external links on this profile. The official OSCR record and source documentation are available through BritDB’s dedicated source page.

05 Provenance

Source for this profile

© Crown Copyright and database right 2026. Contains information from the Scottish Charity Register supplied by the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator and licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. BritDB is an independent service and does not claim to be the Scottish Charity Register.