01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC002040
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Operations cover all or most of Scotland
- Volunteers
- over 250 volunteers
- Staff
- 11
- Postcode
- IV51 9BZ
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
Fèisean nan Gàidheal was established in 1991 as the independent umbrella association of the Fèis movement. It is a membership organisation that offers a range of services to its members including officer support, grant-aid, training, insurance, Gaelic language support, central Disclosure checking and instrument loans. Fèisean nan Gàidheal is currently one of Creative Scotland’s regularly funded organisations and supports 47 tuition-based Fèisean (volunteer led) that have been tutoring young people in traditional music, Gaelic song and Gaelic drama with around 6,000 young people annually taking part. Fèisean nan Gàidheal is responsible for delivering the annual Blas Festival, in partnership with The Highland Council. Our Fèisgoil service delivers Gaelic language arts activities to a further 13,000 school children. Drama is also a key feature, we stage a Gaelic pantomime and run a Drama Summer School. We ran two grants schemes, Tasgadh & MEG in 2024-25.
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
Activities
- It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
(a) To advance education by the promotion of noncompetitive community - based Arts Festivals which promote the Gaelic language and culture through participation and performance. (b) To advance education by the promotion of access to and participation in the Gaelic language, arts and culture. (c) to promote and organise co-operation among commercial, statutory and voluntary organisations with a view to attaining the objects of the Company. (d) to organise public exhibitions, meetings, lectures and classes to promote the objects of the Company (e) to assist through finance or otherwise, groups, organisations or individuals engaged in activities which, in the view of the Company further the objects of the Company. (f) to assist, through finance or otherwise, ' any individual or individuals , whose circumstances' the assistance of which would be within the objects ' of the ' Company
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £1,450,744 | £1,366,060 | 11 | 10 December 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £1,439,100 | £1,446,291 | 11 | 5 December 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £1,865,830 | £1,771,583 | 11 | 5 December 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | £1,458,892 | £1,548,426 | 11 | 20 December 2022 |
| 31 March 2021 | £1,394,176 | £1,344,875 | 11 | 1 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
- Meall House, Portree, Isle Of Skye
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.feisean.org
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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