OSCR Scottish charity profile

Leadhills Heritage Trust

Known as Leadhills Reading Society

ActiveCharity number SC024749
Registered8 April 1996
Main locationSouth Lanarkshire
Legal formTrust (founding document is a deed of trust) (other than educational endowment)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 4 November 2026
OSCR charity number
SC024749
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
A specific local point, community or neighbourhood
Volunteers
1-50 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
ML12 6XS

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

The Leadhills Miners' Library and Heritage Trust functions as a historic accredited museum and preserved reference library.

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

For the advancement of the education of the general public, without distinction of sex, polititcal, religious or other opinions, by provision of a library and museum comprising the Founding Collection together with such books, archives, historical objects, specimens, photographs and documents as may from time to time be aquired for the preservation in accordance with the provisions of this Deed (which items comprised together with the Founding Collection are hereinafter called 'the Collection').

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endTotal incomeDonationsCharitable activities incomeTrading incomeInvestment incomeOther incomeTotal expenditureRaising fundsCharitable activities spendingOther spendingStaffReturn received
31 March 2026£19£0£0£0£0£0£561£0£0£002 November 2026
31 March 2025£21£0£0£0£0£0£681£0£0£003 July 2025
31 March 2024£33£0£0£0£0£0£561£0£0£0012 August 2024
31 March 2023£12£0£0£0£0£0£756£0£0£0013 July 2023
31 March 2022£4,657£0£0£0£0£0£3,591£0£0£0025 July 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
27 Station Road, Leadhills, South Lanarkshire
Website supplied to OSCR
gowanbank99.freeserve.co.uk/librarys
Parent charity
Not supplied
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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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