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Conchra Charitable Trust

Country
Scotland
Charity number
SC017346
Status
Active
Registered
March 12, 1974
Legal form
Trust (founding document is a deed of trust) (other than educational endowment)

Address

Address
C/O Mackenzie Kerr
Redwood
19 Culduthel Road
Inverness
IV2 4AA

Contact

Website
eileandonancastle.com
Website screenshot

Activities

'It carries out activities or services itself'

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

The charity is set up to maintain and preserve Eilean Donan Castle for the benefit of the public and to enable the public to have access to it. In addition, the trust seeks to promote the education of the public in the heritage of Scotland, including the clan system. The trust does this by allowing visitors to access the castle for an admission fee. These fees allow the trust to carry out a rolling programme of repairs and maintenance to ensure the castle is maintained in good order.

Objectives: The objects for which the trust was established are:- a)To preserve establishments and monuments of historic importance in the ownership of the trust for the benefit of the public and to enable the public to have access to them b)To promote the education of the public in the heritage of Scotland including the clan system by the dissemination of literature and the preservation and support of arts and crafts. c) To endow as the trustees see fit, such charitable museums, theatres, concert halls, etc, and an advance public education in the arts.

Areas of operation

Main operating location
Highland
Geographical spread
A specific local point, community or neighbourhood

Finances

Period end Income Expenditure Employees Accounts
Jan. 31, 2025 £6,922,311 £4,724,879 65 PDF 1.4 MB
Jan. 31, 2024 £5,982,198 £4,094,561 64
Jan. 31, 2023 £4,355,685 £3,323,726 57
Jan. 31, 2022 £2,077,107 £2,020,399 43
Jan. 31, 2021 £1,281,979 £1,833,871 32