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The Scottish Games Trust (SCIO)

Also known as: Scottish Games Trust

Country
Scotland
Charity number
SC050359
Status
Not Submitted
Registered
July 31, 2020
Legal form
SCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)

Address

Address
Staithes
99
Melrose Road
Galashiels
TD1 2BX

Activities

'It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations'

'the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science','the provision of recreational facilities, or the organisation of recreational activities, with the object of improving the conditions of life for the persons for whom the facilities or activities are primarily intended'

To obtain and distribute funding to Border and Highland Games in need of financial support.

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

Objectives: 4 The organisation's purposes are: 4.1 To advance arts, heritage and culture by procuring funding and other relevant resources for support of the sustainable continuance or appropriate development on a financially and operationally viable basis of community-based, volunteer-led traditional Scottish Highland and Border Games meetings in Scotland incorporating indigenous forms of sport, dance, music, entertainment and unique inspiring skills, and of their relative organising bodies - thereby providing public benefit in pursuance of section 7 of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 by sustaining significant elements of Scottish sporting culture, performing arts and heritage, while also improving the conditions of life and general well-being for people in communities across Scotland with provision of relevant recreational facilities and organised recreational activities that preserve, promote and celebrate a range of unique national pursuits and skills. and 4.2 To advance arts, heritage and culture by distributing financial assistance from reserves acquired for the purposes described herein at 4.1, or to provide such other appropriate forms of support, all as agreed and authorised by the charity trustees in accordance with policies determined by them from time to time for the said purposes - thereby providing public benefit in pursuance of section 7 of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005, as also described at 4.1 above.

Geography

Main operating location
Scottish Borders
Geographical spread
Operations cover all or most of Scotland

Finances

Period end Income Expenditure
July 31, 2025 £0 £0
July 31, 2024 £0 £33
July 31, 2023 £26 £50
July 31, 2022 £71 £13
July 31, 2021 £0 £0