01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC003223
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- UK and overseas
- Volunteers
- 1-50 volunteers
- Staff
- 6
- Postcode
- AB54 4JN
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
SSW Provide funded and self funded artist residencies and workshop access for artists and makers from the local, national and international arts community. We also provide free creative activities and support for our local community in Lumsden. Provision of skills development opportunities are also provided through courses and open access to our workshop at subsidised rates. We support caregivers and prioritise access to our facilities for people with disabilities and a range of needs.
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
Beneficiaries
- Other defined groups
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
The Objects for which the Company is established are:- (1) To promote, maintain, improve and advance education particularly by the encouragement of the study, practice and knowledge of the art of Sculpture and to stimulate and educate the public interest in this and other related artistic and cultural fields and for these purposes and to provide facilities for the practice by members of the company and others for making Sculpture in metal, wood, metal casting and any other processes that can be facilitated, and for the exhibition of work produced by these techniques and the sale of any work and to formulate, prepare and establish schemes therefor provided that all objects of the company shall be exclusively charitable.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £469,800 | £352,927 | 6 | 22 December 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £410,337 | £442,195 | 6 | 17 December 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £274,695 | £365,319 | 6 | 13 December 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | £645,620 | £289,198 | 6 | 14 December 2022 |
| 31 March 2021 | £385,278 | £352,308 | 6 | 20 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
- 1 Main Street, Lumsden, Near Huntly, Aberdeenshire
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.ssw.org.uk
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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