OSCR Scottish charity profile

Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders Regimental Trust

ActiveCharity number SC012953
Registered27 March 1957
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
SC012953
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
Scotland and other parts of the UK
Volunteers
1-50 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
FK8 1EH

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders Trust is to ensure that the rich heritage, veterans and young cadets maintain the legacy of this fine Highland Regiment for future generations to learn and never forget based here in Stirling castle.

Charitable purposes

  • the prevention or relief of poverty
  • the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
  • the advancement of public participation in sport
  • 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

  • Children or young people
  • Older People
  • People with disabilities or health problems
  • Other defined groups

Activities

  • It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals
  • It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations

Constitutional objectives

4.2 for any purposes which appear to them in their absolute discretion directed to the improvement, efficiency, benefit or welfare of the antecedent regiment of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders which was in existence prior to its amalgamation within the Royal Regiment of Scotland and now defined as The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, 5th Battalion of the Royal Regiment of Scotland, or any other battalion, regiment or unit of Her Majesty's Forces and Army Cadet Force, including any regular, territorial or reserve army, auxiliary or affiliated unit thereof which appears to the Trustees to be in whole or in part substantially a successor of the antecedent Regiment of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, should such a successor appear to the Trustees to have been created ('the Regiment') or any related charitable companies, institutions, associations, trusts or societies formed for objects similar to the objects set out hereto, including any regimental museum, museum trust or association for the benefit of the public at large. 4.3 to contribute to the provision of recreational facilities, or to the organisation of recreational activities, or to the relief of any person or persons who are in need of financial or welfare assistance and who are serving in or who have served in the Regiment or who are the dependants, widows, widowers or orphans of persons who are serving or who have served as aforesaid. 4.4 to form, establish, support, make grants to and to aid in the formation, establishment and support of any other charitable companies, institutions, associations, trusts or societies formed for objects similar to the objects set out hereto. 4.5 for the advancement of the education of the general public.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 August 2025£115,836£54,089026 May 2026
31 August 2024£25,917£34,947030 May 2025
31 August 2023£22,265£33,535030 May 2024
31 August 2022£25,253£50,613025 May 2023
31 August 2021£128,624£46,532023 May 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
Regimental Headquarters, Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders, The Castle, Esplanade, Stirling
Website supplied to OSCR
www.argylls.co.uk
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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