OSCR Scottish charity profile

John Buchan Heritage Museum Trust

Known as The John Buchan Story

ActiveCharity number SC042519
Registered16 August 2011
Main locationScottish Borders
Legal formSCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC042519
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
EH45 8AG

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

The charity has established a museum in Peebles, Scottish Borders called the John Buchan Story which is free of charge. It is open April to October and attracts in the region of 2,000 visitors per annum from local visitors and tourists from home and abroad. The museum also actively promotes and participates in literary 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 carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

4.The organisation's purposes are: 4.1To promote as widely as possible interest in the life and work of John Buchan, author, politician, diplomat and statesman, and of his family. 4.2To achieve this aim by operating a Museum with displays of objects relating to his life and photographs of his many achievements, and to make available copies of his books both new and second hand. 4.3To maintain an archive of documents relating to John Buchan and to make it available to academic researchers and other interested parties.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
30 November 2025£17,633£23,62004 August 2026
30 November 2024£16,293£17,795021 May 2025
30 November 2023£16,697£20,060017 May 2024
30 November 2022£17,109£15,880028 April 2023
30 November 2021£20,857£20,34801 July 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
Tweeddale Museum & Gallery, , High Street, Peebles
Website supplied to OSCR
http://www.johnbuchanstory.co.uk
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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