Finance Score: 1

Governance Score: 0

Support Score: 4

Reasonable growth: +1
No PartB

Grant maker support: +4

Overall GiG Score: 5

HIGHLAND SOCIETY OF LONDON

The activities of the Highland Society of London are to promote and support the traditions and culture of the Highlands of Scotland and to maintain a membership of individuals to support the Society's activities.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from a grant maker recently
There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff
30/09/23		£66	£62	£4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/09/22		£68	£62	£6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/09/21		£42	£45	£-2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/09/20		£58	£60	£-2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/09/19		£54	£47	£7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/09/18		£42	£43	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
30/09/17		£45	£44	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
30/09/16		£47	£39	£8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
30/09/15		£40	£37	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
30/09/14		£34	£33	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
30/09/13		£26	£25	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
30/09/12		£21	£21	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
30/09/11		£20	£22	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
30/09/10		£21	£23	£-3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
30/09/09		£25	£21	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
30/09/08		£25	£19	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
30/09/07		£25	£21	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
30/09/06		£21	£18	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
30/09/05		£19	£13	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
30/09/04	*	£13	£14	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 59 years

www.highlandsocietyoflondon.org

info@highlandsocietyoflondon.org

07770564957

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Amateur Sport
Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Education/Training
Environment/Conservation/Heritage

GiG Classification

Museums, parks, historical sites

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Makes Grants to Individuals
Makes Grants to Organisations

Where it operates

Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
Other Defined Groups
People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Bòrd na Gàidhlig - Gaelic promotion and presentation of 2023 Highland Art Prize
£800	15/02/2023	The Highland Society of London coordinates a physical exhibition of artworks from around the Highlands and Islands during the same week as the Royal National Mòd, and presents the Highland Art ....more The Highland Society of London coordinates a physical exhibition of artworks from around the Highlands and Islands during the same week as the Royal National Mòd, and presents the Highland Art Prize/Duais Ealain na Gàidhealtachd for the best artwork in that exhibition. The exhibition (in Perth in 2022 and planned for Glasgow in 2023) is free for members of the public to visit; entries for the exhibition are sourced from art organisations around the region, with no entry fee for participants. The Society gives a prize of £500 to the winning artist; and a further prize of £500 to the corresponding art organisation, to support grass roots involvement in visual arts. Whilst there is no requirement for participants to be Gaelic-speaking, the purpose of the exhibition and competition is to promote engagement in and awareness of artists in the Highlands and Islands, and to celebrate Gaelic culture as a "fringe" event alongside (and with the cooperation of) the Royal National Mòd. The project for which the Society is applying is to promote the use of Gaelic in all aspects of the presentation and promotion of the 2023 Highland Art Prize, including: • Translation of all new postings to the standalone Highland Art Prize website into Gaelic • Translation of all key Highland Art Prize social media postings into Gaelic • Presentation of all artworks in the exhibition in both Gaelic and English (including guided tour for local GME schools) • Translation of all promotional materials for the exhibition (including posters and invitation to the prize-giving event) into Gaelic • Provision of a Gaelic-speaking host for the prize-giving event
William Grant Foundation - Highland Book Prize 2022 - 2024
£33,000	14/09/2021 36	To support the costs of administering and promoting the annual Highland Book Prize and related public engagement events for books published in 2022, 2023 and 2024. The Prize is presented by the ....more To support the costs of administering and promoting the annual Highland Book Prize and related public engagement events for books published in 2022, 2023 and 2024. The Prize is presented by the Highland Society of London and facilitated by Moniack Mhor Creative Writing Centre. This literary prize aims to bring recognition to books created in or about the Highlands. Keywords: Scottish literature.
William Grant Foundation - Highland Book Prize
£30,000	10/06/2019 36	To support the costs of administering and promoting the annual Highland Book Prize and related public engagement events in 2020, 2021 and 2022. The Prize is presented by the Highland Society of ....more To support the costs of administering and promoting the annual Highland Book Prize and related public engagement events in 2020, 2021 and 2022. The Prize is presented by the Highland Society of London and facilitated by Moniack Mhor Creative Writing Centre. This literary prize aims to bring recognition to books created in or about the Highlands. It is presented at the Ullapool Book Festival in May each year.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (11)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 9/11 persons

NEILL MULVIE Appointed: 2014

THE VISCOUNT YOUNGER OF LECKIE

ALASDAIR FINDLAY-SHIRRAS Appointed: 2018

ANDREW IVOR MACDONALD OF BOISDALE Appointed: 2023

DUNCAN IAN ARTHUR CAMPBELL BYATT (Chair) Appointed: 2013

FIONA HOUSTOUN Appointed: 2020

MR ALEX OGILVIE Appointed: 2011

MIRANDA MALVINA MOODY Appointed: 2023

PHILIP STRONE ALEXANDER STEWART MACPHERSON Appointed: 2024

TOM MACPHERSON Appointed: 2016

MR NAT HONE, Other trusteeships: THE HONE FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST, BOSBURY PARISH HALL, THE HEREFORD CATHEDRAL PERPETUAL TRUST, THE ASHBY ELMS SCHOOL TRUST,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 07/09/1965, number: 244472

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
Risk management
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR04: 4 days late,

Main office

Hope House
Basingstoke Road
Ramsdell
Tadley
RG26 5RB

Objectives

WITH THE VIEW OF ESTABLISHING AND SUPPORTING SCHOOLS IN THE HIGHLANDS AND IN THE NORTHERN PARTS OF GREAT BRITAIN, FOR RELIEVING DISTRESSED HIGHLANDERS AT A DISTANCE FROM THEIR NATIVE HOMES, FOR PRESERVING THE ANTIQUITIES AND RESCUING FROM OBLIVION THE VALUABLE REMAINS OF CELTIC LITERATURE, AND FOR PROMOTING THE IMPROVEMENT AND GENERAL WELFARE OF THE NORTHERN PARTS OF GREAT BRITAIN.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NORTHERN PARTS OF GREAT BRITAIN

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