OSCR Scottish charity profile

Turriff and District Heritage Society (SCIO)

ActiveCharity number SC007970
Registered8 November 1978
Main locationAberdeenshire
Legal formSCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC007970
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
AB53 4EN
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OSCR note: This SCIO was incorporated on 27 January 2017 as a result of a Change to SCIO application by SC007970 - Turriff & District Heritage Society, which was an unincorporated association registered as a charity since 8 November 1978.

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

We preserve artefacts from Turriff and surrounding area and show these in both permanent and temporary displays within the museum, which is visited by both local people and tourists to the area. We organise events throughout the year e.g. May Day exhibitions, activities on Doric Day, and have a stall at the Turriff Show.

Charitable purposes

  • the advancement of education
  • the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science

Beneficiaries

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

Activities

  • It carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

4.1 The advancement of heritage and culture 4.2 The advancement of education

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 2025£0£0£0£0£0£0£0£0£0£00Not supplied
31 December 2024£99,025£0£0£0£0£0£34,148£0£0£0028 May 2025
31 December 2023£9,877£0£0£0£0£0£12,971£0£0£0024 September 2024
31 December 2022£22,615£0£0£0£0£0£5,325£0£0£0018 September 2023
31 December 2021£3,683£0£0£0£0£0£5,083£0£0£0015 April 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
Municipal Buildings, High Street, Turriff, Aberdeenshire
Website supplied to OSCR
www.turriffheritage.org
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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