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Leadhills Heritage Trust

Also known as: Leadhills Reading Society

Country
Scotland
Charity number
SC024749
Status
Active
Registered
April 8, 1996
Legal form
Trust (founding document is a deed of trust) (other than educational endowment)

Address

Address
27 Station Road
Leadhills
South Lanarkshire
ML12 6XS

Activities

'It carries out activities or services itself'

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

The Charity provides both visual and verbal history of the miners in Leadhills. It has a following form all over the world and holds the only existing examples of Bargain books. Some of the books date back to 1600s.

Objectives: For the advancement of the education of the general public, without distinction of sex, polititcal, religious or other opinions, by provision of a library and museum comprising the Founding Collection together with such books, archives, historical objects, specimens, photographs and documents as may from time to time be aquired for the preservation in accordance with the provisions of this Deed (which items comprised together with the Founding Collection are hereinafter called 'the Collection').

Geography

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

Finances

Period end Income Expenditure
March 31, 2026 £0 £0
March 31, 2025 £21 £681
March 31, 2024 £33 £561
March 31, 2023 £12 £756
March 31, 2022 £4,657 £3,591
March 31, 2021 £7,231 £2,576