01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC027242
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Wider, but within one local authority area
- Volunteers
- 0 volunteers
- Staff
- 0
- Postcode
- PH5 2AA
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
The Drummond Foundation comprises the core area the historic Drummond Estate, which it manages to conserve the built and natural heritage with particular emphasis on listed and other vernacular buildings. The majority of the estate is let property including farms and houses. The property income is used to maintain the property, to provide funding for historic building restoration outside the estate and more widely for education. The Foundation also funds research and conservation of the Drummond archive which is available for public viewing and research by arrangement
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of education
- the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
- the advancement of environmental protection or improvement
- 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 encourage education, and in particular education about the heritage of Perthshire, and to that end, to conserve for the national benefit, the man made heritage and the natural heritage lying within what are commonly known as the Drummond Estates Perthshire owned by the Trust, or elsewhere in Perthshire and in particular to assist with the conservation of buildings, monuments, standing stones, artifacts, flora, fauna, geomorphological features, works of art and objets d'art as may be listed, designated or otherwise identified as of special interest under any legislation, national, European or international, and to facilitate public access to and appreciation of such buildings and other items (b) To or for the benefit of such one or more Charitable Institution or Charitable Institutions as the Trustees in their uncontrolled discretion may from time to time select (c) In implementing or assisting to implement any charitable purpose or charitable purposes which the Trustees in their uncontrolled discretion may from time to time by Minute resolve upon
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £939,009 | £478,878 | 0 | 15 December 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £745,250 | £590,842 | 0 | 19 December 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £742,399 | £630,841 | 0 | 20 December 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | £808,376 | £465,558 | 0 | 16 December 2022 |
| 31 March 2021 | £816,764 | £524,555 | 0 | 10 November 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
- Estate Office, Muthill, Perthshire
- Website supplied to OSCR
- Not supplied
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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