OSCR Scottish charity profile

Clan Macpherson Museum Trust

ActiveCharity number SC020005
Registered26 March 1992
Main locationHighland
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
SC020005
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
A specific local point, community or neighbourhood
Volunteers
1-50 volunteers
Staff
1
Postcode
PH20 1DE

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

To preserve and promote the history, folklore, literature, music and traditions of the Clan Macpherson, ints ancestral homeland of Badenoch and the Scottish Highlands, by displaying the items entrusted to its care and sharing their story with local and global audiences.

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

a) for or the advancement of the education of the general public, without distinction of sex or poltical, religious or other opinions and in particular to demonstrate the history, culture and way of life of the Clans in the Scottish Highlands and especially the Clan Macpherson by provision of the Museum comprising the Existing Collection together with such other objects, specimens or collections as may from time to time be acquired in accordance with the provisions of this Deed, in respect of which there will be a strong presumption against the subsequent disposal of any specimen. b) to provide for the protection of the specimens comprised in the collection from deterioration, damage, loss, accidental destruction or unauthorised disposal. c) to form, establish and support 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 above.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 March 2025£59,830£41,312118 August 2025
31 March 2024£45,509£56,019110 September 2024
31 March 2023£63,032£64,857112 October 2023
31 March 2022£116,918£118,29111 September 2022
31 March 2021£133,507£189,659115 September 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
Clan Macpherson Museum, Main Street, Newtonmore, Inverness-shire
Website supplied to OSCR
www.clan-macpherson.org/museum
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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