OSCR Scottish charity profile

Friends Of Pitsligo Castle

ActiveCharity number SC025764
Registered20 January 1997
Main locationAberdeenshire
Legal formUnincorporated association

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC025764
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
A specific local point, community or neighbourhood
Volunteers
0 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
AB43 8SL

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

Our purposes, as recorded in our constitution, are to further the objects of the Pitsligo Castle Trust by supporting the preservation of Pitsligo Castle and Peathill Kirk. to encourage the local community to participate in the purposes of The Friends. to advance the education of the public regarding the significance of the Castle and the Kirk. to assist persons wishing to visit the Castle or Kirk. to promote schemes of a charitable nature which encourage the use of the Castle and its grounds and the Kirk for purposes beneficial to the local community.

Charitable purposes

  • the advancement of education
  • the advancement of citizenship or community development
  • the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science

Beneficiaries

  • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
  • Other charities or voluntary bodies

Activities

  • It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
  • It carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

To further the objects of Pitsligo Castle Trust a complany which it itself a recognised body by supporting and assisting in the preservation, restoration and maintenance of Pitsligo Castle and the adjacent land in the ownership of the trust, by advising the trust of any suggestions or opinions concerning the restoration and/ or management of the castle and by encouraging the local community to share and participate in furthering the purposes of the society. To advance the education of the public concerning the historic and architectural significance of the Castle by encouraging an appreciation of the Castle's importance in architecture and history by rendering assistance to persons wishing to visit the Castle and/or obtain information about it and by publicising the attraction of the Castle and encouraging visitors to it. To promote, establish and operate schemes of charitable nature for the benefit of the inhabitants of Pitsligo and its environs by making known to such persons that the Castle and its curtilage may be used for such charitable purposes beneficial to the community as approved by the pitsligo Castle Trust.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
28 February 2026£0£00Not supplied
28 February 2025£85£5,000012 October 2025
28 February 2024£38£476028 August 2024
28 February 2023£495£2,488020 September 2023
28 February 2022£59£542015 August 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
St Columba's, Lonmay, Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire
Website supplied to OSCR
Not supplied
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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