01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC047875
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Wider, but within one local authority area
- Volunteers
- 1-50 volunteers
- Staff
- 2
- Postcode
- PA23 7DT
OSCR note: This SCIO was incorporated on 24/07/2018 as a result of the conversion of a charitable company (Company Number: SC132245 Company Name: Cowal Highland Enterprise Limited)
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
The charity exists to promote scottish culture and heritage by hosting the Cowal Highland Gathering each year and staging the World Highland Dancing Championships and the Cowal Pipe Band CHampionships. We work with governng bodies, partners, external agencies, councils and emergency services to ensure a safe and successful event is held each year. We aim to promote and encourage participation in traditional scottish pasttimes.
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of education
- the advancement of citizenship or community development
- the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
- the advancement of public participation in sport
- 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
Beneficiaries
- No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
3.1 The company's objects are: 3.1.1 To advance the arts, particularly those associated with Scottish culture. 3.1.2 To advance education and provide and/or promote training, particularly in relation to skills associated with Scottish cultural, recreational and sporting activities. 3.1.3 To provide recreational facilities and organise recreational activities, with such facilities/activities being available to members of the public at large with the object of improving their conditions of life. 3.1.4 To advance public participation in sport. 3.1.5 To advance community development. 3.1.6 To promote, establish, operate and/or support other similar schemes, which further Charitable Purposes, for the benefit of the community within the Cowan Peninsula.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Total income | Donations | Charitable activities income | Trading income | Investment income | Other income | Total expenditure | Raising funds | Charitable activities spending | Other spending | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 December 2025 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 2 | Not supplied |
| 31 December 2024 | £348,852 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £329,839 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 2 | 19 December 2025 |
| 31 December 2023 | £336,437 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £333,313 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 2 | 29 September 2024 |
| 31 December 2022 | £328,411 | £15,707 | £309,480 | £2,708 | £0 | £516 | £341,455 | £0 | £341,455 | £0 | 2 | 11 September 2023 |
| 31 December 2021 | £78,816 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £77,758 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 2 | 23 June 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
- 54-56 Hillfoot Street, Dunoon, Argyll
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.cowalgathering.com
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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