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Temple Old Kirk Friends [SCIO]

Also known as: Tokf

Country
Scotland
Charity number
SC049931
Status
Active
Reporting
Up to date Last filed June 3, 2025. Filing history
Registered
Feb. 6, 2020
Legal form
SCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)

Address

Address
The Old Manse
2 Temple Village
Gorebridge
Midlothian
EH23 4SH

Contact

Website
templeoldkirk.org
Screenshot of the Temple Old Kirk Friends [SCIO] website

Activities

'It carries out activities or services itself'

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

to preserve and enhance Temple Old Kirk to make this historical asset accessible to a wider audience

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

Objectives: The organisation's purposes are: 4.1 To preserve and enhance Temple Old Kirk in order to make its heritage value more accessible to a wider and more diverse audience. 4.2 To build capacity within the community to engage productively with local government and heritage organisations in order to initiate preservation works to the stone fabric of the Old Kirk and develop a programme for the repair and protection of culturally significant headstones in the churchyard. 4.3 To regenerate and increase the positive value of the contribution of Temple Old Kirk to the conservation area to which it belongs and provide a focal point for the local community and population within Midlothian as well as other parts of Scotland and the UK. 4.4 To maximise the positive social impact from the restoration of historic monuments by creating new experiences to attract new audiences, and to offer historical insight into the relation between community, individuals and place across different periods and time intervals. 4.5 To increase the social potential of Temple Old Kirk along with its vitality and relevance for the wider community by generating a range of opportunities for volunteering and skills development in fundraising and heritage management, including conservation, documentation and archive practice. 4.6 To build resilience in response to the challenges of heritage conservation in a rural area with limited resources and to promote innovative solutions that will make the conservation project more sustainable in the long term.

Geography

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

Finances

Period end Filed Income Expenditure
Feb. 28, 2026 Due Nov. 28, 2026 £0 £0
Feb. 28, 2025 June 3, 2025On time £42,517 £56,530
Feb. 28, 2024 Nov. 8, 2024On time £16,889 £2,590
Feb. 28, 2023 Oct. 9, 2023On time £10,966 £12,240
Feb. 28, 2022 Oct. 18, 2022On time £21,173 £1,813
Feb. 28, 2021 April 30, 2021 £2,905 £222

Due dates are 9 months after the year end, OSCR's deadline, so they don't allow for any extension OSCR has granted.