01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC036391
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Wider, but within one local authority area
- Volunteers
- 1-50 volunteers
- Staff
- 1
- Postcode
- AB10 1UR
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
The charity is set up to ensure that Aberdeen's historic architecture is better understood, conserved, used and celebrated. It does this by making available grants for the repair and interpretation of the historic environment and supporting training and education events.
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
Beneficiaries
- No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
Activities
- It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals
- It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
The objects for which the Charity is established are to promote and encourage, either on its own or in conjunction with others, the preservation, maintenance and enhancement of the historic architectural and landscape heritage within the City of Aberdeen, all for the benefit of the general public and to further knowledge and understanding of such heritage and of conservation practices and techniques.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £100,360 | £89,399 | 1 | 18 December 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £200,232 | £175,495 | 1 | 19 December 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £241,737 | £231,887 | 1 | 20 December 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | £288,926 | £288,404 | 1 | 19 December 2022 |
| 31 March 2021 | £91,102 | £92,154 | 1 | 23 December 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
- c/o Mackinnons Solicitors LLP, 14 Carden Place, Aberdeen
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.aberdeenheritage.org.uk
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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