OSCR Scottish charity profile

Neil Gunn Trust

Known as The Neil Gunn Trust

ActiveCharity number SC011206
Registered12 June 1986
Main locationHighland
Legal formUnincorporated association

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC011206
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
UK and overseas
Volunteers
0 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
PH23 3BB

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

We encourage other writers by running the biennial Neil Gunn Writing Competition with sections for both school children in Highland and adults living anywhere. We maintain the monument to help keep alive the memory of Neil Gunn. We organise the Neil Gunn Lecture. We maintain a website and Facebook page with information for anyone interested in Neil Gunn.

Charitable purposes

  • the advancement of education
  • the advancement of citizenship or community development
  • the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
  • the advancement of environmental protection or improvement

Beneficiaries

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

Activities

  • It carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

The main charitable objects for which The Trust is established are: a) to maintain and enhance the Neil M. Gunn Memorial Viewpoint, situated on the Heights of Brae, Strathpeffer. b) to promote knowledge of the writings of Neil Miller Gunn. c) to encourage artistic expression in the Highlands of Scotland.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
5 April 2025£1,868£3,163013 November 2025
5 April 2024£5,496£1,496014 November 2024
5 April 2023£276£3,39704 December 2023
5 April 2022£4,582£4,97408 December 2022
5 April 2021£4,301£443021 November 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
1 Mannfield Place, Carrbridge, Invernessshire
Website supplied to OSCR
www.neilgunntrust.org
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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