OSCR Scottish charity profile

James M Thomson Library

ActiveCharity number SC010495
Registered7 May 1931
Main locationStirling
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
SC010495
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
A specific local point, community or neighbourhood
Volunteers
0 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
FK16 6EJ

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

The Charity provides the village of Doune with a library building, which is used by the community as a library facility.

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 carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

I give to my executors and to the survivors and successors of them, the sum of Five thousand dollars in trust however, to take, hold, invest and reinvest from time to time the principal and income of said fund and as soon after my decease as practicable to make arrangements for the establishing at Doune, Scotland, near my father's home and where I was educated, a free public, consulting and circulating library, to be managed under a Deed of Trust by a board of Trustees or by a corporation having the same object in view.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
5 April 2025£107£468011 December 2025
5 April 2024£6,254£6,191021 January 2025
5 April 2023£134£37205 December 2023
5 April 2022£13£840019 December 2022
5 April 2021£88£240014 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
2 Burnton Cottages, ARGATY, Doune, Perthshire
Website supplied to OSCR
Not supplied
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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