01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC027042
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- A specific local point, community or neighbourhood
- Volunteers
- 1-50 volunteers
- Staff
- 7
- Postcode
- EH3 9EE
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
To preserve for the public benefit the property known as Traquair House, Innerleithen, Peeblesshire together with its related buildings and its gardens and policies, the furniture, pictures, books, works of art and other chattels ordinarily kept at Traquair, to facilitate and encourage access to and study and appreciation of Traquair and such chattels by the general public, to facilitate and encourage access to and study and appreciation of Traquair and such chattels by the general public, to facilitate and encourage at Traquair for the public benefit such activities as shall be for the advancement of education or in the interests of social welfare, and to promote for the public benefit ecumenical activities based at Traquair
Charitable purposes
- 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
- No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
(a) To preserve for the public benefit the property known as Traquair House, Innerleithen, Peeblesshire together with its related buildings and its gardens and policies (referred to as 'Traquair') so far as vested in the Trustees (b) To preserve for the public benefit as an adjunct to Traquair the furniture, pictures, books, works of art and other chattels ordinarily kept at Traquair or which may be given or loaned to the Trustees and which the Trustees shall consider to be appropriate to be kept at Traquair provided that money shall only be expended by the Trustees on the enhancement of furniture, pictures, books, works of art and other corporeal moveables or chattels which are lent to them if the Loan Agreement confers on the Trustees in the event of the termination of the loan full rights of compensation for any monies so expended (c) To facilitate and encourage access to and study and appreciation of Traquair and such chattels by the general public (d) To facilitate and encourage at Traquair for the public benefit such activities as shall be for the advancement of education or in the interests of social welfare (e) To promote for the public benefit ecumenical activities based at Traquair
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Total income | Donations | Charitable activities income | Trading income | Investment income | Other income | Total expenditure | Raising funds | Charitable activities spending | Other spending | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 October 2025 | £1,377,954 | £16,806 | £410,285 | £689,378 | £261,485 | £0 | £1,322,961 | £806,451 | £516,510 | £0 | 7 | 30 July 2026 |
| 31 October 2024 | £1,130,832 | £15,909 | £385,380 | £459,929 | £269,614 | £0 | £1,185,185 | £689,212 | £495,973 | £0 | 7 | 29 July 2025 |
| 31 October 2023 | £1,169,738 | £40,965 | £465,559 | £451,257 | £211,957 | £0 | £1,067,474 | £648,460 | £419,014 | £0 | 7 | 30 July 2024 |
| 31 October 2022 | £918,383 | £65,070 | £315,988 | £328,238 | £209,087 | £0 | £898,336 | £514,802 | £383,534 | £0 | 7 | 31 July 2023 |
| 31 October 2021 | £1,134,759 | £72,773 | £628,968 | £220,858 | £212,160 | £0 | £703,494 | £389,667 | £313,827 | £0 | 7 | 27 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
- Princes Exchange, 1 Earl Grey Street, 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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