OSCR Scottish charity profile

The Forth Naturalist and Historian

ActiveCharity number SC013270
Registered1 January 1902
Main locationStirling
Legal formSCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC013270
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
More than one local authority area in Scotland
Volunteers
0 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
FK15 0DF
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OSCR note: This SCIO was incorporated on 17 March 2015 as a result of a change to sCIO application by Forth Naturalist & Historian Editorial Board (SC013270), which was an unincorporated association registered as a charity since 01 January 1992

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

To increase and disseminate knowledge about the natural and cultural heritage of the Forth Valley. Our main activities are organizing the annual conference and publishing the journal.

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

4 FNH’s purposes are: 4.1 To advance wider public education regarding understanding of and a desire to care for the natural and cultural heritages of the Forth Valley and its surroundings. and 4.2 To promote, support and disseminate research into the natural and cultural heritages of the Forth Valley and its surroundings.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 March 2025£3,606£4,49207 December 2025
31 March 2024£3,200£3,42706 November 2024
31 March 2023£2,845£2,728014 November 2023
31 March 2022£2,078£1,879015 November 2022
31 March 2021£1,628£1,44906 December 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
56 Ochiltree, Dunblane
Website supplied to OSCR
www.fnh.stir.ac.uk
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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