OSCR Scottish charity profile

The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders Museum Trust

ActiveCharity number SC042084
Registered11 February 2011
Main locationStirling
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
SC042084
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
One or a few bases or facilities serving people who come from a broad area
Volunteers
1-50 volunteers
Staff
6
Postcode
FK8 1EH

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

The Museum Trust was set up to showcase the Regimental heritage of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders here in Stirling castle and to deliver education and community engagement programmes to future generations and visitors alike, to ensure they learn and never forget.

Charitable purposes

  • the advancement of education
  • the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
  • the provision of recreational facilities, or the organisation of recreational activities, with the object of improving the conditions of life for the persons for whom the facilities or activities are primarily intended
  • the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage

Beneficiaries

  • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
  • Other charities or voluntary bodies

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 Trustees shall hold the Trust Fund and the Existing Collection IN TRUST 3.1 for the advancement of the education of the general public by provision of the Regimental Museum comprising the Existing Collection together with such other objects, or collections as may from time to time be acquired in accordance with the provisions of this Deed ('the Regimental Collection'). 3.2 To donate reasonable subscriptions to the funds of any institutions, bodies, or other associations whose functions include making provision for the health, welfare, sporting activities, education, employment in civilian life and other like purposes of members or ex-members and the families of members or ex-members of the antecedent regiment of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders which was in existence prior to its amalgamation within the Royal Regiment of Scotland and now defined as The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, 5th Battalion of the Royal Regiment of Scotland, or any other battalion, regiment or unit of Her Majesty's Forces and Army Cadet Force, including any regular, territorial or reserve army, auxiliary or affiliated unit thereof which appears to the Trustees to be in whole or in part substantially a successor of the antecedent regiment of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, should such a successor appear to the Trustees to have been created, or any related charitable companies, institutions, associations, trusts or societies formed for objects similar to the objects set out hereto, including any regimental museum, museum trust or association for the benefit of the public at large. 3.3 for any purpose or purposes which appear to the Trustees, in their absolute discretion, directed to the improvement, efficiency, or benefit of the Regimental Museum.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 August 2025£281,941£277,506626 May 2026
31 August 2024£254,355£211,481630 May 2025
31 August 2023£254,355£211,481630 May 2024
31 August 2022£302,974£289,165625 May 2023
31 August 2021£962,532£1,035,746625 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
The Castle, Esplanade, Stirling
Website supplied to OSCR
www.argylls.co.uk
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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