The recently created (Nov 2019) Kilmahew Education Trust has been gifted the former St Peter’s Seminary and its surrounding estate by the Archdiocese of Glasgow. There is no publicly available evidence as to the Trust's plans, any requirements placed on the redevelopment by the Archdiocese, and no apparent track record of the Trust's two directors in similar educational or redevelopment projects. Given the Seminary has been an albatross around the Archdiocese's neck that they have been trying to offload for many years, and given that the scale of any redevelopment/reuse will require enormous sums of cash, it seems odd that a brand-new Trust with no track record or apparent financial backing has been gifted an internationally significant, Category A Listed Seminary and its extensive estate for nothing. Esp given the redevelopment is likely to cost anywhere between £8 million and $15 million (see https://www.building.co.uk/buildings/the-resurrection-of-st-peters/5086573.article [2017])
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25 Jul
Lindsayi was up pretty late last night collating what i could find on the folk behind kilmahew education trust...despite being a ferret follower i had no idea you had this suggestion function (!)...happy to share google doc if you take this forward, probably nothing you can't find yourself but a head start i guess!
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27 Jul
The Ferret AdminHi Lindsay - we've responded via email.
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28 Jul
FraserLindsay may have highlighted this but what happened to the previous trust who held responsibility for the building? They have required returns to OSCR overdue: https://www.oscr.org.uk/about-charities/search-the-register/charity-details?number=45643
Also what happened to the residue of the charitable funds left over in this trust - have they been transferred to another charity? -
30 Jul
AlisonOSCR have confirmed that 'Kilmahew Education Trust' is not a charity, and they haven't received an application to become a charity. It isn't clear whether it is the authors of the various articles who have misunderstood what the 'educational trust' is, or whether there the phrases 'charity' and 'charitable trust' were in a press release issued by the new owners. I have the letter from OSCR if The Ferret is interested.