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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
Website screenshot

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'

The Crichton Foundation supports the development of the academic programmes of the educational institutions on the Crichton University Campus, widens access to higher education, improves the academic facilities on the site, conserves and improves the Crichton site and gives financial support to the students of the Crichton Campus. Fundraising events include the annual Women of Dumfries and Galloway Lunch, evenings of opera and jazz and gala dinners. The Crichton Conversations lectures are followed by a Q&A debate with the audience. We also receive annual donations through our Friends Scheme. In 2024-2025 £26,352 was distributed to students. Specific awards to students include the Landale, Terry and Evelyn Hastings Prizes. A lump sum is granted annually to Dumfries and Galloway College as a discretionary fund.

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.

Areas of operation

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

Finances

Period end Income Expenditure Employees
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