01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC020596
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- UK and overseas
- Volunteers
- 1-50 volunteers
- Staff
- 0
- Postcode
- DG2 9AF
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
The Society was established to promote family history, genealogy and local history throughtout the Dumfries & Galloway Region. We opened the centre to allow people to come and get help to research their family history, a website was started to allow the wider world to research and buy booklets that we have on sale i.e. Monumental Incriptions, Census etc. We have Zoom talks for members of the Society given by people who have historical information about the region.
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of education
- the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
Beneficiaries
- Other defined groups
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
The objectives of the Society,for the benefit and education of the publiv shall be : (a) To encourage the study of genealogy, heraldry and local history (b) To produce and regularly issue free to memebers a Newsletter. (c) To provide an educational programme of lectures, visits other activites connected with subjects to the Society. (d) To seek out, transcribe,index and where possible publish or material relevant to the interests of the Society. (e) Exchange inforrnation with other Societies. (f) Promote the preservation of documents and records relating to the Dumfries & Galloway Region.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 December 2025 | £13,786 | £17,447 | 0 | 9 April 2026 |
| 31 December 2024 | £15,491 | £22,634 | 0 | 2 April 2025 |
| 31 December 2023 | £22,634 | £15,992 | 0 | 8 April 2024 |
| 31 December 2022 | £17,456 | £13,775 | 0 | 4 April 2023 |
| 31 December 2021 | £16,088 | £9,243 | 0 | 15 April 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
- 9 Glasgow Street, Dumfries
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.dgfhs.org.uk
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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