01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC022496
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- A specific local point, community or neighbourhood
- Volunteers
- 0 volunteers
- Staff
- 0
- Postcode
- EH3 6HR
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
Applications are considered on an annual basis for bursary awards and continue until the applicant completes their course. The first year is an award of £500 with awards of £250 for the subsequent years. Costs are also met in connection with the upkeep and maintenance of the ruined Church of Balquhidder
Charitable purposes
- the prevention or relief of poverty
- the advancement of education
- the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
- any other purpose that may reasonably be regarded as analogous to any of the preceding purposes
Beneficiaries
- Other defined groups
Activities
- It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals
- It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
Constitutional objectives
The object of The Trust which is to be in accordance with the wishes of the said Alan Robert MacLaren is to provide charitable assistance to Members of the Society in needy circumstances and to support educational projects connected with The Society and the history of The Clan in particular but without prejudice to the foregoing generality (1) To provide help or comforts to Members of The Society in cases of sickness or illness. (2) To assist in providing holidays in Balquhidder for Members of The Society convalescing after illness either by the provision of accommodation or by financial grant. (3) To provide financial assistance or the provision of accommodation to Undergraduate or Postgraduate Members of the Society to assist their education/ education generally and in particular to aid research and educational projects connected with The Clan MacLaren, such activities and projects to be centred where possible in the Clan's Ancestral Home in Balquhidder Strathearn. (4) To provide financial assistance for the restoration or upkeep and maintenance of the ruined Church of Balquhidder with the aim of ultimately restoring it as a place of public worship.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 April 2025 | £39,395 | £47,228 | 0 | 13 November 2025 |
| 5 April 2024 | £19,427 | £11,231 | 0 | 10 October 2024 |
| 5 April 2023 | £92,969 | £92,562 | 0 | 10 August 2023 |
| 5 April 2022 | £39,501 | £41,996 | 0 | 8 November 2022 |
| 5 April 2021 | £19,083 | £43,053 | 0 | 10 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
- 16 Heriot Row, Edinburgh
- Website supplied to OSCR
- Not supplied
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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