01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC048109
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- UK and overseas
- Volunteers
- 0 volunteers
- Staff
- 2
- Postcode
- EH1 2BB
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
Bothy Project is a unique and independent charity, providing arts residencies in bespoke small-scale, off-grid spaces to explore creativity, landscape and living simply. We welcome practitioners in visual arts, craft & design, music, literature and performance, as well as thinkers, researchers and people local to each bothy.
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 company's objects are the advancement of the arts through: 4.1 Developing a network of bothies and other structures to be used as creative residency spaces in distinct and diverse locations throughout Scotland and internationally. 4.2 Organising exhibitions, events and workshops and other outcomes based on the work produced in the bothies to encourage wider public engagement with the arts. and 4.3 Such other things that are considered by the Directors to be conducive to the above objects.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £37,397 | £48,512 | 2 | 22 December 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £17,594 | £68,646 | 2 | 8 April 2025 |
| 31 March 2023 | £69,612 | £68,900 | 2 | 31 December 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | £95,950 | £54,369 | 2 | 31 December 2022 |
| 31 March 2021 | £30,100 | £41,794 | 2 | 31 December 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
- McFadden Associates Ltd., 19 Rutland Square, Edinburgh
- Website supplied to OSCR
- http://www.bothyproject.com
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
No direct external links on this profile. The official OSCR record and source documentation are available through BritDB’s dedicated source page.
05 Provenance
Source for this profile
© Crown Copyright and database right 2026. Contains information from the Scottish Charity Register supplied by the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator and licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. BritDB is an independent service and does not claim to be the Scottish Charity Register.