# Feisean Nan Gaidheal

## Details

- **Country:** Scotland
- **Charity number:** SC002040
- **Status:** Active
- **Legal form:** Company (the charity is registered with Companies House)
- **Registered:** Feb. 19, 1991
- **Register:** https://www.oscr.org.uk/about-charities/search-the-register/charity-details?number=SC002040


## Contact

- **Address:** Meall House, Portree, Isle Of Skye
- **Postcode:** IV51 9BZ
- **Website:** www.feisean.org



## Activities

**Activities:** 'It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations','It carries out activities or services itself'

**Purposes:** 'the advancement of education','the advancement of citizenship or community development','the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science'

**What the charity does:** Fèisean nan Gàidheal was established in 1991 as the independent umbrella association of the Fèis movement. It is a membership organisation that offers a range of services to its members including officer support, grant-aid, training, insurance, Gaelic language support, central Disclosure checking and instrument loans. Fèisean nan Gàidheal is currently one of Creative Scotland’s regularly funded organisations and supports 47 tuition-based Fèisean (volunteer led) that have been tutoring young people in traditional music, Gaelic song and Gaelic drama with around 6,000 young people annually taking part. Fèisean nan Gàidheal is responsible for delivering the annual Blas Festival, in partnership with The Highland Council. Our Fèisgoil service delivers Gaelic language arts activities to a further 13,000 school children. Drama is also a key feature, we stage a Gaelic pantomime and run a Drama Summer School. We ran two grants schemes, Tasgadh & MEG in 2024-25.

**Objectives:** (a) To advance education by the promotion of noncompetitive community - based Arts Festivals which promote the Gaelic language and culture through participation and performance.  (b) To advance education by the promotion of access to and participation in the  Gaelic language, arts and culture.  (c) to promote and organise co-operation among commercial, statutory and voluntary organisations with a view to attaining the objects of the Company. (d) to organise public exhibitions, meetings, lectures and classes to promote the objects of the Company  (e) to assist through finance or otherwise, groups, organisations or individuals engaged in activities which, in the view of the Company further the objects of the Company. (f) to assist, through finance or otherwise, ' any individual or individuals , whose circumstances' the assistance of which would be within the objects ' of the ' Company





## Areas of operation

- **Main operating location:** Highland
- **Geographical spread:** Operations cover all or most of Scotland



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees | Accounts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £1450744 | £1366060 |  -  | 11 |  |
| March 31, 2024 | £1439100 | £1446291 |  -  | 10 |  |
| March 31, 2023 | £1865830 | £1771583 |  -  | 10 |  |
| March 31, 2022 | £1458892 | £1548426 |  -  | 11 |  |
| March 31, 2021 | £1394176 | £1344875 |  -  | 11 |  |





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