# Leadhills Heritage Trust

## Details

- **Country:** Scotland
- **Charity number:** SC024749
- **Known as:** Leadhills Reading Society
- **Status:** Active
- **Legal form:** Trust (founding document is a deed of trust) (other than educational endowment)
- **Registered:** April 8, 1996
- **Register:** https://www.oscr.org.uk/about-charities/search-the-register/charity-details?number=SC024749


## Contact

- **Address:** 27 Station Road, Leadhills, South Lanarkshire
- **Postcode:** ML12 6XS
- **Website:** gowanbank99.freeserve.co.uk/librarys



## Activities

**Activities:** 'It carries out activities or services itself'

**Purposes:** 'the advancement of education','the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science'

**What the charity does:** 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.

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

**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 | Assets | Employees | Accounts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2026 | £0 | £0 |  -  | 0 |  |
| March 31, 2025 | £21 | £681 |  -  |  -  |  |
| March 31, 2024 | £33 | £561 |  -  |  -  |  |
| March 31, 2023 | £12 | £756 |  -  |  -  |  |
| March 31, 2022 | £4657 | £3591 |  -  |  -  |  |
| March 31, 2021 | £7231 | £2576 |  -  | 0 |  |