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Crichton Foundation

Country
Scotland
Charity number
SC024589
Status
Active
Registered
March 26, 1996
Legal form
Company (the charity is registered with Companies House)

Address

Address
Grierson House
Crichton University Campus
Dumfries
DG1 4ZE

Contact

Website
crichtonfoundation.org
Screenshot of the Crichton Foundation website

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 citizenship or community development','the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science','the advancement of environmental protection or improvement'

Widen access to higher and further education in southern Scotland by providing grants to students. Giving financial support to the academic institutions of the crichton campus to develop their academic programmes and facilities. Preserve and regenerate the heritage of the Crichton estate to be enjoyed by the local community through awareness raising and other events.

Beneficiaries: 'Children or young people','Older People','No specific group, or for the benefit of the community'

Objectives: The charitable purposes of the Foundation ('the Charitable Purposes') are: (a) to protect, preserve, manage, develop and to assist in the protection, management and development of: (i) buildings, land and sites of architectural, scenic or historic interest. and (ii) landscape, gardens and countryside. and (iii) historical and architectural heritage. relating to the site of the former Crichton Hospital in particular, and to other locations within Dumfries and Galloway which are or may become related to activities on the former Crichton Hospital site, to encourage and enable the public to use and enjoy the same. (b) to maintain, develop and assist and encourage in the funding, maintenance and development of the Crichton University Campus, Dumfries, and all or any of the academic institutions operating on the Campus from time to time and, generally, to provide, or assist in the provision of, facilities for the education, training, recreation and advancement of students attending courses of education at the Campus. (c) to carry out such other purposes for the advancement of education as the Trustees shall from time to time think fit including, without prejudice to the foregoing generality, the provision, and assisting with the provision of education of whatever type by providing, assisting, forming and encouraging reputable educational or training establishments or places whether at the Crichton University Campus, elsewhere in the United Kingdom or outwith the United Kingdom.

Geography

Main operating location
Dumfries And Galloway
Geographical spread
Wider, but within one local authority area

Finances

Period end Income Expenditure Employees
March 31, 2026 £87,868 £102,019 1
March 31, 2025 £92,851 £148,614 1
March 31, 2024 £121,541 £180,929 2
March 31, 2023 £119,736 £105,521 2
March 31, 2022 £115,140 £85,137 2
March 31, 2021 £88,565 £56,607 2