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Ferniehirst Castle Restoration Fund

Country
Scotland
Charity number
SC000701
Status
Active
Reporting
Up to date Last filed July 1, 2026. Filing history
Registered
Dec. 27, 1986
Legal form
Trust (founding document is a deed of trust) (other than educational endowment)

Address

Address
Lothian Family Trust
Lothian Estates Office
Jedburgh
TD8 6UF

Activities

'It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals','It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations'

'the advancement of education','the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science'

To help preseeve and maintain Ferniehirst Catle by funding essential maintenance and restoration through annual grants, and also funding public access to the castle.

Beneficiaries: 'No specific group, or for the benefit of the community'

Objectives: The advancement of the education of the public in the history of the Scottish Clan or Family of Kerr and for this purpose to assist with the restoration of Ferniehirst Castle as a museum for the Scottish Clan or Family of Kerr and the provision of facilities to enable public access to be obtained to the historic houses and castles of the Scottish Clan or Family of Kerr.

Geography

Main operating location
City of Edinburgh
Geographical spread
More than one local authority area in Scotland

Finances

Period end Filed Income Expenditure
Sept. 30, 2025 July 1, 20261 day late £29,928 £19,380
Sept. 30, 2024 June 18, 2025On time £27,732 £50,536
Sept. 30, 2023 June 18, 2024On time £34,656 £34,235
Sept. 30, 2022 June 29, 2023On time £33,114 £47,021
Sept. 30, 2021 June 14, 2022On time £23,521 £51,637
Sept. 30, 2020 May 19, 2021 £25,784 £81,763

Due dates are 9 months after the year end, OSCR's deadline, so they don't allow for any extension OSCR has granted.