OSCR Scottish charity profile

Coxton Tower Trust

ActiveCharity number SC037289
Registered29 March 2005
Main locationMoray
Legal formTrust (founding document is a deed of trust) (other than educational endowment)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC037289
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
A specific local point, community or neighbourhood
Volunteers
0 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
IV30 1UA

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

Coxton Tower represents a microcosm of Scottish History and sometimes receives visitors, particularly descendants of the Clan Innes. The structural walls are 1.4m thick in places, and the Tower is circa 16.5m high. The building contains 4 vaulted storeys, each with a single room. Every part of the structure, including the roof construction, is made of stone to mitigate fire damage. There is a chamfered entrance in the South wall, leading into a slightly sunken vaulted store. A stone forestair was added around 1846 by Benjamin Pennycuick. Previously, access to the 1st floor had been provided by a wooden ladder. The 1st floor entrance has an armorial panel above from circa 1587. The panel is initialled RI and AI for Robert Innes of Invermarkie (Superior), and Alexander Innes of Coxton. The second set of initials are IR and KG, for Janet Reid and Kate Gordon, 1st and 2nd wives respectively of the aforesaid Alexander Innes.

Charitable purposes

  • the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science

Beneficiaries

  • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community

Activities

  • It does none of these

Constitutional objectives

To promote for the public benefit the preservation (whether wholly or in part) of buildings and other structures of historic and/or architectural significance located within the County of Moray in Scotland, in particular the historic building known as Coxton Tower, Lhanbryde, Elgin, Moray and such other building or other structures as may be acquired by the Trust by way of long-term lease, outright gift or purchase.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endTotal incomeDonationsCharitable activities incomeTrading incomeInvestment incomeOther incomeTotal expenditureRaising fundsCharitable activities spendingOther spendingStaffReturn received
31 March 2026£0£0£0£0£0£0£0£0£0£00Not supplied
31 March 2025£3,217£0£0£0£0£0£25£0£0£0016 December 2025
31 March 2024£2,555£0£0£0£0£0£25£0£0£0024 September 2024
31 March 2023£633£0£0£0£0£0£3,073£0£0£008 September 2023
31 March 2022£72£0£0£0£0£0£50£0£0£0022 November 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
Grigor Young Trustees Limited, 1 North Street, Elgin
Website supplied to OSCR
Not supplied
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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