OSCR Scottish charity profile

The Northern Meeting Charity

ActiveCharity number SC051519
Registered19 January 2022
Main locationHighland
Legal formSCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC051519
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
More than one local authority area in Scotland
Volunteers
1-50 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
AB37 9AX

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

e organisation's purpose is to provide grant support to groups and organisations that have charitable objectives and/or individuals who are deemed to be worthy recipients of funding being distributed on a purely charitable basis, for one or more of the charitable causes identified in clause 5 within the seven counties of the Northern Meeting. The seven counties are: Moray, Banffshire, Nairnshire, Inverness-shire, Ross-shire, Caithness and Sutherland.

Charitable purposes

  • the prevention or relief of poverty
  • the advancement of education
  • the advancement of health
  • 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
  • the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage

Beneficiaries

  • Older People
  • People with disabilities or health problems
  • Other defined groups
  • 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

Constitutional objectives

The organisation's purpose is to provide grant support to groups and organisations that have charitable objectives and/or individuals who are deemed to be worthy recipients of funding being distributed on a purely charitable basis, for one or more of the charitable causes identified in clause 5 within the seven counties of the Northern Meeting. The seven counties are: Moray, Banffshire, Nairnshire, Inverness-shire, Ross-shire, Caithness and Sutherland.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

4 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 December 2025£24,664£7,273011 May 2026
31 December 2024£13,476£15,57505 May 2025
31 December 2023£40,850£20,743016 April 2024
31 December 2022£10,103£0021 March 2023

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
Ballindalloch Castle, Ballindalloch
Website supplied to OSCR
www.nmcharity.org.uk
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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