01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC015528
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- UK and overseas
- Volunteers
- 1-50 volunteers
- Staff
- 8
- Postcode
- PA32 8WD
OSCR note: This SCIO was incorporated on 11/12/2014 as a result of a Change to SCIO application by The Auchindrain Trust which was a Trust registered as a charity since 03/03/1965.
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
to keep Auchindrain Township open to the public and to help people understand the importance of the heritage and history of the people who lived and worked at Auchindrain. To offer training in a number of skills in danger of disappearing for example, dry stone dyking, traditional methods of croting in a small area and to promote the Gypsy Traveller way of life by holding events open to the public to make people aware of how important the travellers were to Mid Argyll.
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of education
- the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
Beneficiaries
- Children or young people
- Older People
- People with disabilities or health problems
- Other defined groups
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
The Trust's purposes are to advance education, heritage and culture through: 1. the operation of Auchindrain as a museum illustrative of its own history, the history of Scotland's joint tenancy townships, and more generally of agriculture and rural community life in Scotland. 2. the preservation and conservation of the relict cultural landscape of Auchindrain and of the Collection. 3. the protection of the Collection from deterioration, damage, loss, accidental destruction or unauthorised disposal, and with there being a strong presumption against the disposal of any item. 4. the provision of work-based training to individuals, where doing so facilitates and supports the advancement of the Trust's other charitable purposes.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £180,671 | £247,064 | 8 | 5 January 2026 |
| 31 March 2024 | £271,104 | £250,131 | 8 | 4 July 2025 |
| 31 March 2023 | £353,110 | £349,995 | 8 | 2 October 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | £324,348 | £287,721 | 8 | 13 December 2022 |
| 31 March 2021 | £372,205 | £364,724 | 8 | 7 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
- Auchindrain, Inveraray, Argyll
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.auchindrain.org.uk
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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