OSCR Scottish charity profile

Start (Strathmore Arts Festival)

ActiveCharity number SC035756
Registered24 June 2004
Main locationPerth And Kinross
Legal formUnincorporated association

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC035756
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
Wider, but within one local authority area
Volunteers
0 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
PH11 8JA

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

stART Festival brings high-quality participatory art experiences to the localities around the Strathmore Valley. This area includes the villages and towns of Alyth, Coupar Angus, Blairgowrie, Ruthven, Glenisla, Bridge of Cally and Kirkmichael, but is not limited to these settlements. The activities are designed to engage families and younger people in the arts and to ensure that rural isolation does not have to mean a paucity of high quality arts provision.

Charitable purposes

  • the advancement of education
  • the advancement of health
  • 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
  • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community

Activities

  • It carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

To advance the education of the public, in particular the young people of the area, in the Arts, by the provision of an annual Strathmore Arts Festival including music, dance, arts and crafts. In furtherance thereof but not otherwise the Group shall seek: (a) To promote vibrant, high quality arts and culture within the communities of the area for the benefit of all people in the community, but with an emphasis on young people without distinction of political, religious or other opinions. (b) To offer a wider understanding and practice of artistic expression to the communities with an emphasis on young people, in the area. (c) To use the stART Festival as a focal point to encourage year round activities. (d) To provide opportunities to teach various art forms representing varied ethnic and cultural traditions. (e) To establish with community groups, local artists and the local council a Partnership to promote high quality arts in the communities of the area. (f) Start shall be non-party in politics and non-sectarian in religion.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endTotal incomeDonationsCharitable activities incomeTrading incomeInvestment incomeOther incomeTotal expenditureRaising fundsCharitable activities spendingOther spendingStaffReturn received
31 October 2025£0£0£0£0£0£0£0£0£0£00Not supplied
31 October 2024£10£0£0£0£0£0£0£0£0£0018 November 2025
31 October 2023£8£0£0£0£0£0£0£0£0£0022 September 2024
31 October 2022£67£0£0£0£0£0£0£0£0£007 July 2023
31 October 2021£100£0£0£0£0£0£70£0£0£0028 April 2023

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
The Heugh, Kilry, Alyth, 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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