OSCR Scottish charity profile

Hunter Archaeological Trust

ActiveCharity number SC013245
Registered5 December 1975
Main locationFalkirk
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
SC013245
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
Operations cover all or most of Scotland
Volunteers
0 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
FK1 1XR

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

To fund research into mediaeval history or archaeology in Scotland. Applicants come from academic institutions and elsewhere. We advertise in the magazine History Scotland once a year, and run a small website through which applications are submitted. Proposals are submitted by 15th January annually by way of an application form and likewise report on their work

Charitable purposes

  • the advancement of education
  • the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science

Beneficiaries

  • Other defined groups

Activities

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

Constitutional objectives

To promote the study of and research into mediaeval history in or relating to Scotland and in particular but without prejudice to the foregoing generality the promotion of advanced archaeological study and research into that period commencing with the end of the Roman occupation and extending to the end of the Fourteenth Century with also, as may be appropriate, associated lines of study and research in allied documentary or other fields and to make available to the public the outcome of such study and research either by publication or by ensuring that the same be held available to the public in the records of some institution or otherwise.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
5 April 2025£10,784£18,342027 November 2025
5 April 2024£8,878£24,472015 January 2025
5 April 2023£8,288£15,483022 February 2024
5 April 2022£7,314£9,450024 February 2023
5 April 2021£6,710£9,981016 March 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
Russel + Aitken (Falkirk + Alloa) Ltd Solicitors, Unit 5 The Courtyard, Callendar Business Park, Falkirk
Website supplied to OSCR
www.hunterarchaeologicaltrust.org.uk
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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