OSCR Scottish charity profile

Cumbernauld Historical Society

ActiveCharity number SC002606
Registered11 June 1970
Main locationNorth Lanarkshire
Legal formUnincorporated association

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC002606
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
A specific local point, community or neighbourhood
Volunteers
1-50 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
G68 9JE

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

1. To stimulate and promote the study of, and research in, the fields of History, Archaeology and other natural sciences. 2. To provide, or assist in the provision of, facilities in which members can acquire, record and disseminate information in the fields of study and research that might otherwise be lost to the community. 3. To collect, preserve and, when possible, display antiquities and maintain an inventory of all such items with a separate register of all articles on loan to or held by the Society.

Charitable purposes

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

Beneficiaries

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

Activities

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

Constitutional objectives

The objects of the Society shall be to promote the study of History, Natural History and Archaeology, particularly in Cumbernauld and adjacent counties. to record interesting discoveries. to collect and preserve antiquities. to encourage local research and to disseminate information which otherwise might be lost or confined to individuals. to co-operate with other and kindred Societies in achieving these objects and by the exchange of publications.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endTotal incomeDonationsCharitable activities incomeTrading incomeInvestment incomeOther incomeTotal expenditureRaising fundsCharitable activities spendingOther spendingStaffReturn received
31 December 2024£1,042£0£0£0£0£0£633£0£0£0015 September 2025
31 December 2023£556£0£0£0£0£0£851£0£0£0015 September 2024
31 December 2022£582£0£0£0£0£0£426£0£0£0019 September 2023
31 December 2021£0£0£0£0£0£0£80£0£0£0012 September 2022
31 December 2020£630£0£0£0£0£0£307£0£0£0030 March 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
33 Ben Venue Road, Cumbernauld, Glasgow
Website supplied to OSCR
Not supplied
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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