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Scotland Inheritance Fund

Country
Scotland
Charity number
SC011836
Status
Active
Reporting
Up to date Last filed Feb. 4, 2026. Filing history
Registered
April 2, 1985
Legal form
Trust (founding document is a deed of trust) (other than educational endowment)

Address

Address
37 Heatherfield Glade
Adambrae Parks
Livingston
EH54 9JE

Activities

'It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations'

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

SIF supports research and publication of materials relating to the culture and historical heritage of Scotland. Its major activity is to support, through funding, the European Ethnological Research Centre (EERC) at The University of Edinburgh. The Centre is a major institution in ethnology and is internationally recognised. It provides support through grants to assist in publications. Decisions on applications are made twice a year at the meetings of Trustees.

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

Objectives: The objects of the body are (One) research into and publication of material relating to the Cultural and Historical heritage of Scotland together with the acquisition of items of significance or importance to such Cultural or Historical Heritage for the purpose of retaining these items within Scotland and ensuring access to them by the public, whether in the National Museums of Scotland or in such other Museum, gallery, library, trust or public body as to the Trustees shall seem appropriate, for the education of the people of Scotland. (Two) the raising of funds for such acquisition, research and publication and (Three) the administration of funds set up or raised for similar purposes of a narrower or more selective use.

Geography

Main operating location
City of Edinburgh
Geographical spread
Scotland and other parts of the UK

Finances

Period end Filed Income Expenditure
June 30, 2025 Feb. 4, 2026On time £65,004 £97,459
June 30, 2024 March 5, 2025On time £32,041 £193,460
June 30, 2023 March 13, 2024On time £27,902 £287,704
June 30, 2022 March 16, 2023On time £31,500 £257,481
June 30, 2021 Jan. 22, 2022On time £32,572 £290,946

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