# Cromarty Arts Trust

## Details

- **Country:** Scotland
- **Charity number:** SC003018
- **Status:** Active
- **Legal form:** Trust (founding document is a deed of trust) (other than educational endowment)
- **Registered:** Sept. 8, 1987
- **Register:** https://www.oscr.org.uk/about-charities/search-the-register/charity-details?number=SC003018


## Contact

- **Address:** Ardyne, 19 Bank Street, Cromarty, Ross & Cromarty
- **Postcode:** IV11 8YE
- **Website:** www.cromartyartstrust.org.uk



## Activities

**Activities:** 'It carries out activities or services itself'

**Purposes:** 'the advancement of education','the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science','the advancement of environmental protection or improvement','any other purpose that may reasonably be regarded as analogous to any of the preceding purposes'

**What the charity does:** Cromarty Arts Trust delivers a year round programme of creative activity in a rural community where access to arts and cultural opportunities can be limited.  Our work combines participation, skills development and professional artistic activity, using our historic buildings as active community spaces for learning, performance and connection. The programme includes live music and performance programme at the Stables and Old Brewery. regular classes and workshops in visual art, craft and applied arts. exhibitions featuring local and visiting artists.  artist residencies connecting heritage, craft and contemporary practice. specialist residential schools and university study groups at the Old Brewery. the Cromarty Crime and Thrillers Weekend. This mix of activity supports both local engagement and wider cultural participation.

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

**Objectives:** to promote for the benefit of the nation the restoration, conversion, maintenance and permanent preservation of buildings of beauty or historical or architectural importance and their environs especially within the said Parish and former Burgh of Cromarty  to advance the education of the public generally and especially in the subjects of art and design and to promote the maintenance, improvement and development of artistic taste and the knowledge, understanding and appreciation of the arts among them (and especially among such of them as live within the said Parish and former Burgh) and including the establishment and running of an Arts/Design Centre  to promote for the benefit of the nation the conservation  of natural features, the landscape, ecology and character of the area.  to stimulate public interest in and care forthe history, character, beauty and wildlife of the area





## Geography

- **Main operating location:** Highland
- **Geographical spread:** More than one local authority area in Scotland



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees | Accounts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 31, 2025 | £206978 | £231005 |  -  | 6 | [PDF](/sc/SC003018/files/2025-07-31-accounts.pdf) (204.1 KB) |
| July 31, 2024 | £210783 | £231529 |  -  |  -  |  |
| July 31, 2023 | £190274 | £225641 |  -  |  -  |  |
| July 31, 2022 | £163212 | £187056 |  -  |  -  |  |
| July 31, 2021 | £168889 | £136936 |  -  |  -  |  |