01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC032050
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Wider, but within one local authority area
- Volunteers
- 1-50 volunteers
- Staff
- 26
- Postcode
- DG7 3RN
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
The Glenkens Community & Arts Trust has a track record of economic regeneration through arts and community work in the Glenkens. We were created in response to the devastating Foot and Mouth epidemic and since then have consistently delivered high-quality arts and community development work for our remote-rural community. We are a key anchor organisation for the area, with a vision of making the Glenkens an excellent place to live for people of all ages. We do this by: Interweaving Arts, Community and Heritage to enrich the life of the area. Delivering our Artistic Vision with passion and creativity. Supporting many activities core to the quality of life of people and environment of the Glenkens. Driving economic and social regeneration of the area through championing the delivery of the Glenkens & District Community Action Plan.
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of education
- the advancement of citizenship or community development
- the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
- the advancement of environmental protection or improvement
Beneficiaries
- Children or young people
- Older People
- People with disabilities or health problems
- No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
(1) To advance the education of the public by the provision or premises and facilities wherein there can he collected, preserved, exhihited and intepreted historic and artistic materials and associated information about the same and in particular material that relates to the general area of Glenkens or its inhahitants or is connected therewith. (2) To promote, maintain, improve and advance education particularly by promoting and encouraging the study, practice, knowledge and appreciation of the arts and for these purposes to organise, promote, manage and conduct exhihitions, concerts, conferences, dramas, lectures and workshops in Glenkens or elsewhere. (3) To promote the benefit of the inhabitants and in particular the young, elderly and disabled, of Glenkens and its environs without distinction of sex, sexuality, political, religious or other opinions by associating the local statutory authorities, voluntary organisation and inhabitants in a common effort to advance education and to provide facilities, or assist in the provision of facilities, in the interest of social welfare for recreation and other leisure-time occupation so that their condition of life may be improved. (4) To advance the education of those who are rurally isolated by utilising Information Technology to provide distance learning and also to lacilitate visiting lectures.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 August 2025 | £857,104 | £695,273 | 26 | 13 May 2026 |
| 31 August 2024 | £579,202 | £612,349 | 26 | 19 May 2025 |
| 31 August 2023 | £982,959 | £854,729 | 26 | 12 February 2024 |
| 31 August 2022 | £595,767 | £727,272 | 26 | 21 April 2023 |
| 31 August 2021 | £655,727 | £515,246 | 26 | 30 May 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
- CatStrand, High Street, New Galloway, Castle Douglas
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.gcat.scot
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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