Historic Scotland Foundation

The Historic Scotland Foundation is an independent charity (SC032044) established in 2001 to provide trusteeship for donations not used by Historic Scotland in a given financial year or for key projects. 

The Trustees help our fundraising work and provide expert support on how these funds are applied in line with the donors’ wishes. 

The Foundation has enabled a number of significant projects to take place including: 

• The creation of the tapestries at Stirling Castle 

• A geophysics programme that allows us to learn more about Scotland’s underground archaeology 

• trove.scot, the resource to access our digital collections for research and learning 

• An aviary at Iona to care for the island’s iconic doves 

• A colour-coded key for our maps to help those with colour deficiency study them 

The Foundation ensures the correct governance for invested funds by obtaining professional advice on its investment strategy to ensure that any investment meets ethically acceptable standards. We use ethical conduct screening to ensure certain activities are precluded from investment.  

To find out more about the Historic Scotland Foundation and to donate, please contact: 

Historic Scotland Foundation Admin 

Fundraising Team 
Longmore House 
Salisbury Place 
Edinburgh 
EH9 1SH 

Telephone: 0131 668 8600 

Email: fundraising@hes.scot  

Our Trustees meet twice a year to assess Historic Scotland proposals and provide governance over donated funds. 

• Lucy Casot, Chair 

• Andrew Wright 

• Juliet Kinchin 

• Martin Fairley 

• Ian Robertson 

• Company Secretary: Turcan Connell 

The Foundation is a registered charity in Scotland and you can read more about the charity on the OSCR website.