OSCR Scottish charity profile

Scalan Association

ActiveCharity number SC022814
Registered10 March 1960
Main locationMoray
Legal formUnincorporated association

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC022814
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
Operations cover all or most of Scotland
Volunteers
1-50 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
AB37 9HA

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

MAINTAIN AND PRESERVE THE SEMINARY AND BUILDINGS AND PROMOTE THE CATHOLICA FAITH AND SIGNIFICANCE OF HERITAGE IF THE SITE

Charitable purposes

  • the advancement of education
  • the advancement of religion
  • the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
  • the advancement of environmental protection or improvement

Beneficiaries

  • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community

Activities

  • It carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

The purpose of the Association shall be to maintain and preserve, as part of the historic heritage of the Roman Catholic Church in Scotland, the farmhouse building in the braes of Glenlivet - formerly in the county of Banff, now in the district of Moray - known as ''The Scalan', which for the greater part of the eighteenth century was used as a seminary for the education of Catholic priests and is the earliest institution of its kind in Britain.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 March 2025£2,551£3,721030 December 2025
31 March 2024£3,309£787031 December 2024
31 March 2023£6,473£17,00301 October 2024
31 March 2022£182£873010 September 2024
31 March 2021£904£1,052011 January 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
47 Main Street, Tomintoul, Ballindalloch, Moray
Website supplied to OSCR
Not supplied
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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