OSCR Scottish charity profile

Scott Hall

ActiveCharity number SC007948
Registered30 April 1884
Main locationAberdeenshire
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
SC007948
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
AB54 6EB

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

The charity is responsible for the maintenance and integrity of Scott Hall and makes this facility available to the local community.

Charitable purposes

  • the advancement of education
  • the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
  • the advancement of public participation in sport
  • the provision of recreational facilities, or the organisation of recreational activities, with the object of improving the conditions of life for the persons for whom the facilities or activities are primarily intended
  • the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
  • any other purpose that may reasonably be regarded as analogous to any of the preceding purposes

Beneficiaries

  • Children or young people
  • Older People
  • Other defined groups
  • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community

Activities

  • It carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

(a) To implement the provisions of the said Disposition and Deed of Gift by Walter Scott in favour of John Morison and others. (b) To promote the wellbeing of the inhabitants of the Parish of Forgue and its vicinity by associating the local authorities, voluntary organisations and residents in a common effort to promote social activities to foster a community spirit, to advance education and to achieve such other aims as may be determined by the Committee but only in so far as those aims are not at variance with the provisions of the said Disposition and Deed of Gift. (c) To maintain and manage the Scott Hall for activities promoted by the Committee and its constituent members in furtherance of the above objects, and to carry out any extension to the premises or facilities provided which may at any time seem necessary or desirable. The Committee shall be non-party-political and non-sectarian.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
30 April 2025£6,698£6,163013 January 2026
30 April 2024£3,512£8,143031 January 2025
30 April 2023£4,120£6,507012 January 2024
30 April 2022£1,499£5,047025 January 2023
30 April 2021£10,120£3,499011 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
Frendraught House, Forgue, Huntly, Aberdeenshire
Website supplied to OSCR
Not supplied
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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