OSCR Scottish charity profile

Buchanan Society

ActiveCharity number SC013679
Registered12 April 1923
Main locationEast Dunbartonshire
Legal formTrust (founding document is a deed of trust) (other than educational endowment)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 4 November 2026
OSCR charity number
SC013679
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
UK and overseas
Volunteers
1-50 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
G62 7JL

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

The charity is set up to provide charitable relief and educational support to members of Clan Buchanan and its associated septs. It does this by considering grant applications and awarding grants where the applicants meet the required criteria.

Charitable purposes

  • the prevention or relief of poverty
  • the advancement of education

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

Constitutional objectives

The objects for which the society was constituted, in terms of the Seal of Cause, are (1) To assist the poor of the Clan and Septs, and (2) to further the Education of Members of the Clan and Septs showing promise.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endTotal incomeDonationsCharitable activities incomeTrading incomeInvestment incomeOther incomeTotal expenditureRaising fundsCharitable activities spendingOther spendingStaffReturn received
31 December 2025£244,096£0£0£0£0£0£74,960£0£0£0010 September 2026
31 December 2024£65,510£0£0£0£0£0£65,784£0£0£0024 September 2025
31 December 2023£52,261£0£0£0£0£0£62,974£0£0£0019 August 2024
31 December 2022£53,079£0£0£0£0£0£72,762£0£0£0028 September 2023
31 December 2021£50,090£0£0£0£0£0£65,350£0£0£002 October 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
22 Clochbar Avenue, Milngavie
Website supplied to OSCR
buchanansociety.com
Parent charity
Not supplied
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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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