01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC053612
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Wider, but within one local authority area
- Volunteers
- 0 volunteers
- Staff
- 0
- Postcode
- FK16 6BU
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
Làmhan is a Scottish charity dedicated to preserving and teaching traditional textile and dressmaking skills while promoting inclusion, sustainability, and cultural heritage. It provides accessible, high-quality sewing and textile education to individuals of all backgrounds, especially those facing social or economic barriers. Through hands-on workshops, training, apprenticeships, and outreach, we empower people to learn skills such as sewing, tailoring, weaving, and kilt-making. These are taught not only as creative practices but also as tools for well-being, confidence, and employability. Committed to environmental responsibility, the charity integrates reuse, repair, and sustainable materials into all aspects of its work. By engaging communities and young people alike, we ensure that Scotland’s textile traditions are preserved and passed on, while making a positive social and environmental impact.
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of education
- 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 Company is set up a social enterprise with the following Objects, to: 5.1 advance the education, by providing a wide range of learning opportunities which will improve employability and confidence through the development of skills, providing pathways to qualifications and by offering access to training, volunteering and employment activities. In particular, 5.1.1 empower people by teaching them to sew, make & repair their own clothes through workshops, patterns, books and sewing kits. 5.1.1 to offer Fashion and Textiles Heritage apprenticeship training to young people who traditionally face barriers. 5.2 advance arts and culture through the promotion, revival and presentation of traditional tailoring, kiltmaking & dressmaking and the provision of creative opportunities to ensure that these skills do not continue to decline and are not lost to history. 5.3 advance environmental protection or improvement by the promotion of environmental sustainability, through repair, reuse, reclamation, recycling and use of surplus and leftover materials to minimise waste to produce fashion or historical clothing. Particularly, to address & make people think about textile waste by using dead stock & leftover fabrics from (mainly) Scottish fabric suppliers.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2026 | £0 | £0 | 0 | Not supplied |
| 31 March 2025 | £3,300 | £7,265 | 0 | 7 December 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
- 6 Castlehill , Doune
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.lamhan.scot
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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