OSCR Scottish charity profile

Friends of Campsie High Kirk

Known as Not applicable

ActiveCharity number SC053341
Registered10 May 2024
Main locationEast Dunbartonshire
Legal formSCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC053341
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
A specific local point, community or neighbourhood
Volunteers
1-50 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
G66 7NW

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

Friends of Campsie High Kirk is set up to restore the former Campsie High Kirk so it can be brought back into community use. Our aim is to transform the ruined structure into a safe and usable space for local events, heritage education, and visitors. We see the restoration of the High Kirk as a catalyst for tourism and community wealth building that can support regeneration in an area currently ranked within the top ten percent of Scotland’s most deprived communities. We work through conservation planning, fundraising, partnership building, and community engagement to return the building to productive use and create a sustainable asset for local people and visitors.

Charitable purposes

  • the advancement of citizenship or community development
  • the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
  • the advancement of environmental protection or improvement

Beneficiaries

  • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community

Activities

  • It carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

The Organisation’s main purpose is consistent with furthering the achievement of sustainable development. The Organisation’s Purposes are: Clause 5.1 The advancement of the arts, heritage, culture, or science including, but not limited to promoting and enhancing knowledge of local history. restoring and redeveloping local heritage sites. promoting conservation, restoration and rehabilitation and communicating heritage value Clause 5.2 The advancement of environmental protection or improvement, including but not limited to, managing local greenspaces and landscaping Clause 5.3 To provide volunteering opportunities offering work experience and training to assist with the advancement of Community Development through the promotion of civic responsibility to preserve a building of historical and architectural importance to the local community and to provide membership opportunities

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

2 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
9 May 2026£22,092£20,210010 August 2026
9 May 2025£37,178£35,716027 October 2025

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
2 Watshod Steadings , Campsie Road, Lennoxtown, Glasgow
Website supplied to OSCR
https://theghosttoweratcampsiehighkirk.com/
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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