OSCR Scottish charity profile

Inistore Trust

ActiveCharity number SC010558
Registered8 November 1984
Main locationArgyll And Bute
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
SC010558
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
FK9 4RG

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

The Trust was created by Deed of Trust by Dr. John C. Anderson and Mr William F.T. Anderson dated 20th September and subsequent dates in the year 1984 and registered in the Books of Council and Session on 8 February 1985 to provide a fund to enable the purchase of pictures to add to the collection belonging to the Anderson (Local Collection) Trust (Registered SC0 08509), to facilitate exhibition of the collection and to maintain the pictures in the collection in good condition, as well as other purposes relating to the collection which is of works of local interest to Helensburgh and District including areas of the former county of Dumbartonshire, whether of local subjects or local artists. The funds of the Trust are invested and only funds credited to the Income Account of the Trust can be applied for Trust purposes.

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

The Trust Purposes shall be (a) To purchase pictures of local interest to Helensburgh and Dunbartonshire and thereafter to donate said pictures to the Anderson (Local Collection) Trust (conform to Deed of Trust registered in the Books of Council and Session on Twenty third October Nineteen hundred and Eighty one) Declaring (First) that before deciding on a purchase the Trustees shall ascertain that the picture to be purchased shall be acceptable, to the Anderson (Local Collection) Trustees and (Second) that the term 'of local interest' shall comprehend both pictures by local artists, and also pictures representing local scenes or subjects whether by local artists or not.(b) To provide, as may be from time to time expedient or desirable for reproduction of pictures owned by the Anderson (Local Collection) Trustees for resale by themselves or by the Anderson (Local Collection) Trustees or by any other person or body nominated by them or for any other purpose. (c) To provide for the preparation and printing of catalogues, indexes or commentaries relating to pictures belonging to the Anderson (Local Collection) Trustees. (d) To assist, where the Trustees consider it to be necessary, the Anderson (Local Collection) Trustees in arranging for public display of the pictures in terms of the said Deed of Trust registered the Books of Council and Session as aforesaid. (e) To arrange from time to time or to assist in arranging, as may be expedient, competitions involving pictures of local interest as hereinbefore defined, and generally to do anything which may serve to improve the Anderson Local Collection and facilitate its exhibition and use.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 January 2026£0£00Not supplied
31 January 2025£873£678023 September 2025
31 January 2024£986£749024 September 2024
31 January 2023£1,063£2,96306 October 2023
31 January 2022£448£72205 August 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
8 Kenilworth Gate, Wellgate Drive, Bridge of Allan
Website supplied to OSCR
Not supplied
Parent charity
Anderson Local Collection Trust · SC008509

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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