OSCR Scottish charity profile

Battle of Falkirk Muir (1746)

ActiveCharity number SC049774
Registered26 November 2019
Main locationFalkirk
Legal formCompany (the charity is registered with Companies House)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC049774
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
Wider, but within one local authority area
Volunteers
0 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
EH49 7BN

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

The primary function of the charity is to establish a Jacobite museum and art gallery in order to advance the study into the Jacobite period of history

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

The company's objects are the advancement of heritage and culture by: (a) The preservation of the site of the Battle of Falkirk Muir which took place to the south of Falkirk. (b) To honour and commemorate those who fell and all those who fought in the battle. (c) To operate a Visitor Centre close to the site of the battle which will inform visitors about all the Jacobite risings with particular emphasis on the '45 and the Battle of Falkirk Muir. (d) The Visitor Centre will comprise a museum that will display nationally significant collections of artefacts from the period and a temporary exhibition space to accommodate displays focusing on different topics of Jacobite interest. (e) The centre will house an education suite to encourage academic study, by all ages and abilities, into the Jacobite period using the museum's artefacts as a focus for the study. (f) The centre will operate both a cafe and shop.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
30 September 2025£6,503£7,172023 June 2026
30 September 2024£4,496£3,533028 October 2025
30 September 2023£1,819£3,00101 October 2023
30 September 2022£2,097£2,93206 July 2023
30 September 2021£0£2,82001 August 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
Annanlea, St Ninians Road, Linlithgow
Website supplied to OSCR
www.falkirkmuir1746.scot
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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