01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC024972
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- More than one local authority area in Scotland
- Volunteers
- 1-50 volunteers
- Staff
- 0
- Postcode
- PA34 5TU
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
The MacDougall Trust is set up to preserve and conserve the Hope MacDougall social history collection for the benefit of the people of Lorn and Argyll and farther afield. The artefacts are on a loan to the MacDougall of Dunollie Preservation Trust (DPT) and used in exhibitions both static at Dunollie Museum, Castle and Grounds and on outreach work in schools and for other organisations. The charity works in close association with DPT and is actively working towards the development of a proper museum store to house the artefacts in stable conditions for the future.
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of education
- the advancement of citizenship or community development
- the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
Beneficiaries
- Children or young people
- Older People
- People with disabilities or health problems
- People with a particular ethnic or racial origin
- Other defined groups
- No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
- Other charities or voluntary bodies
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
In event of a Trust Fund being created it will be used for the upkeep of the collection and the purposes of the trust and said trustees shall have the fullest powers and discretions in regard to the retention, realisation, investment, and administration and management of the trust fund and the income therefrom as if they were beneficial owners thereof, in the purchase of real or heritable poverty, or upon real or heritable security, or upon bonds, mortgages, debentures, debenture stock, deposit receipts, deposit or saving accounts, or upon preferance, gaurenteed deferred or ordinary stocks, shares or other securities of any bank, building society, insurance company, investment trust local authority, corporation, public trust or others and generally in and upon any securities, investments and others in which a person of ordinary prudence would invest his own funds.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £109,672 | £0 | 0 | 18 December 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £0 | £0 | 0 | 20 December 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £0 | £0 | 0 | 21 December 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | £0 | £0 | 0 | 20 December 2022 |
| 31 March 2021 | £0 | £0 | 0 | 20 December 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
- Ganavan House, Ganavan, Oban, Argyll
- Website supplied to OSCR
- Not supplied
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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