OSCR Scottish charity profile

Friends Of The Black Watch Castle and Museum

ActiveCharity number SC041823
Registered13 October 2010
Main locationPerth And Kinross
Legal formUnincorporated association

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC041823
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
Scotland and other parts of the UK
Volunteers
1-50 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
PH1 5HR

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

The charity is there to support The Black Watch Regimental Trust in its role in providing education to a wide audience of the story of, and service provided by, The Black Watch Regiment to the peoples of Britain and beyond. It does this through providing grants and organising activities including lectures (primarily on the role of the military through the ages). The funding is provided mainly from the subscriptions of its members and can be for preservation of artefacts, outreach to schools and societies and administrative support. The aim is always to increase the engagement with a wide cross-section of society.

Charitable purposes

  • the advancement of education
  • the advancement of citizenship or community development
  • the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science

Beneficiaries

  • Other charities or voluntary bodies

Activities

  • It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
  • It carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

This clause shall be interpreted as if it incorporated an over-riding qualification to the effect that in any case in which an activity permitted under this clause is in its nature capable of being carried on for purposes which are not charitable, or only partially so, as well as for wholly charitable purposes, (the words “charitable purposes” shall have the meaning ascribed to them for the purposes of Section 7 of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005, including any statutory amendment or re-enactment for the time being in force, which is also regarded as a charitable purpose in relation to the application of the Taxes Acts (which meaning shall be assigned to the words “charitable purposes” wherever they appear in this Constitution)), the powers of the association under this Constitution shall be deemed to be limited to the carrying on of such activity in such manner as will not prejudice the charitable status of the association under the statutory provisions referred to above. Subject to that over-riding qualification, the association's purpose is to support the activities and property of The Black Watch Regimental Trust (Scottish Charity SC005848). Its detailed objects are: 2.1. The advancement of education by supporting the educational activities of The Black Watch Regimental Trust and its outreach programmes. 2.2. The advancement of the arts, heritage, and culture by: 2.2.1. supporting the acquisition of artefacts and archive material by The Black Watch Regimental Trust. 2.2.2. supporting the conservation of the artefacts and archive of The Black Watch Regimental Trust. 2.2.3. supporting the public display and interpretation of artefacts and archive material by The Black Watch Regimental Trust. 2.2.4. supporting the maintenance and development of heritable property owned by The Black Watch Regimental Trust. 2.3. The advancement of citizenship and community development by promoting opportunities for volunteers to support The Black Watch Regimental Trust and by supporting their workforce initiatives for young people. 2.4. Generally to provide any support to The Black Watch Regimental Trust necessary for the furtherance of its charitable objectives but only to the extent that such charitable objectives may reasonably be regarded as analogous to any of the objects set out in clauses 2.1 to 2.3 above.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 March 2025£35,866£29,780018 November 2025
31 March 2024£10,419£10,474018 December 2024
31 March 2023£11,264£13,481025 October 2023
31 March 2022£9,554£13,404031 October 2022
31 March 2021£9,787£5,25101 October 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
The Black Watch Castle and Museum , Balhousie Castle, Hay Street, Perth
Website supplied to OSCR
www.theblackwatch.co.uk
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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