OSCR Scottish charity profile

Clan Macpherson Trust

ActiveCharity number SC010820
Registered26 October 1966
Main locationHighland
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
SC010820
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
A specific local point, community or neighbourhood
Volunteers
0 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
PH20 1DE

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

The Trust remains in existence to accept any legacies that may have been assigned.

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 Fund shall be held and applied by the Trustees under the name of 'The Clan Macpherson Trust' for the purposes and with the powers and immunities hereinafter stated: 1. To acquire and maintain a museum in the Badenoch District of Inverness-shire. 2. To acquire and display relics and other exhibits within the said museum demonstrating the history, culture and way of life of the Clans in the Scottish Highlands, and in particular but without prejudice to the foregoing, to acquire and display relics and other exhibits pertaining to the Clan Macpherson. 3. To acquire and maintain a library of books on the life, literature, and history of the Highlands of Scotland. 4. To allow the Public access to the museum and to encourage study and research in the library. 5. Generally to encourage and promote the study and preservation of the history, folk-lore, literature, music and traditions of the Highlands of Scotland.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 March 2025£0£0018 August 2025
31 March 2024£0£0010 September 2024
31 March 2023£0£0012 October 2023
31 March 2022£0£0011 October 2022
31 March 2021£0£0015 September 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
Clan Macpherson Museum, Main Street, NEWTONMORE, Inverness-shire, Inverness-shire
Website supplied to OSCR
Not supplied
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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