01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC009826
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Operations cover all or most of Scotland
- Volunteers
- 0 volunteers
- Staff
- 0
- Postcode
- EH3 9EE
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
The main task of the Trustees is the management and maintenance of Gargunnock House and Estate. Thereafter, it is the policy of the Trustees to make donations, where sufficient funds allow, to those charities which reflect the interests and wishes of the late Miss Stirling, whose purposes fall within the terms of the Trust Deed and which the Trustees believe can make significant front line impact as a result of their support
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of education
- the advancement of health
- the advancement of citizenship or community development
- 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 advancement of environmental protection or improvement
- 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
- No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
- Other charities or voluntary bodies
Activities
- It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
Constitutional objectives
The Trustees shall hold the Trust Fund and the income thereof for the following purposes:- a) to pay or apply the same to inaugurate and/or assist either financially or in any other way any Scheme, purpose, society or object being charitable in law which may in any way advance the education and learning of the inhabitants of the Parish and village of Gargunnock, relieve the aged and poor inhabitants of said Parish and village, or which is otherwise beneficial to the inhabitants of said Parish and village in such proportions and manner as the Trustees shall from time to time in their absolute discretion think fit: notwithstanding the generality of the foregoing it is my wish but without imposing any binding obligation on the Trustees that, if they are acting under this sub clause, they should use the Trust Fund and the income thereof for the purposes listed in the First Schedule annexed and signed as relative hereto, and/or b) in such proportions and manner as the Trustees shall from time to time in their absolute discretion think fit, to pay or make over part or all of the to the National Trust for Scotland for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty incorporated in terms of the National Trust for Scotland Order Confirmation Acts 1935 to1973, and/or to any other organisation or organisations with charitable status, it being my hope that the Trustees will select a charity which allows Gargunnock House and Estate to be used for the benefit and enjoyment of the public.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 April 2025 | £275,677 | £282,391 | 0 | 9 December 2025 |
| 5 April 2024 | £242,907 | £305,294 | 0 | 4 December 2024 |
| 5 April 2023 | £295,932 | £270,396 | 0 | 29 January 2024 |
| 5 April 2022 | £220,995 | £248,406 | 0 | 12 December 2022 |
| 5 April 2021 | £122,602 | £142,271 | 0 | 21 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
- c/o Messrs Turcan Connell, Princes Exchange, 1 Earl Grey Street, Edinburgh
- Website supplied to OSCR
- Not supplied
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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