Cultybraggan — Funding & Comparators

Grants Non-repayable

Funder	Amount	Status	Why Cultybraggan fits	How to access
NLHF Heritage 2033	£250K – 10M	Not started	Category A listed Nissen huts on the Buildings at Risk Register. 60% in poor/very poor condition. £941K urgent repair figure.	EOI first, then pre-application conversation with NLHF Scotland. Open, rolling.
HES Heritage & Place	£750K – 1.5M	Not started	Designed for a cluster of heritage buildings needing coordinated intervention. Stackable with NLHF (combined ~£3M).	Round 5 timing TBC. Needs Conservation Area designation + JDA with PKC.
Scottish Local Growth Fund	Share of £19.5M	Not started	Tay Cities REP confirmed. Heritage, tourism, skills, and rural economy all fit.	Being set up now. Engage PKC + Tay Cities Deal team early.
RTIF	From £4M pot	In pipeline	Solves PKC's motorhome waste problem. Proves CDT can execute.	Design-phase application submitted via PKC.
RCGF	£500K – 2M	Not started	Heritage at risk in rural area. Frame around heritage loss and economic anchor potential.	Via PKC only. Council must be the applicant.

Loans Repayable

CDT servicing 3 loans totalling £3,123/mo (£37.5K/yr): SIS £1,600/mo, CIBIL £930/mo, EST £593/mo.

Funder	Amount	Eligibility	Status	How to access
SIS	£25K – 875K	Strong	Existing lender	Active loan. Established relationship. Direct application.
Energy Saving Trust	Varies	Strong	Existing lender	Active interest-free loan (£593/mo, 8yr remaining).
SNIB	£2M+	Strong	Not started	Patient capital. Net zero + community infrastructure pitch.
AHF Heritage Impact Fund	£25K – 500K	Strong	Not started	Purpose-built for heritage-at-risk. 8% fixed, capital holidays. Open, rolling.

Recommended Sequencing

Each step de-risks the next.

Phase 1: Prove delivery & stabilise£50K – 280K

RTIF — Design phase underway. PKC submits on CDT's behalf.

HES Express Grants (up to £50K) — Urgent stabilisation of at-risk huts.

CITB + SDS (£145K–540K) — Apprenticeship programme. Strengthens every subsequent bid.

PKC Employability (£20K–100K) — Funded trainees. Via PKC.

Phase 2: Get investment-ready£15K – 295K

AHF Development Grant (up to £45K) — Feasibility, business plans, planning consent.

NLHF Small Grants (£10K–250K) — Asbestos surveys, pilot hut conversions. Builds NLHF track record.

Conservation Area designation — Critical unlock. PKC is open to this.

Phase 3: Position for new potsShare of £19.5M

Scottish Local Growth Fund — New fund, Tay Cities £19.5M over 3 years from April 2026.

Engage PKC (Suzanne Cumiskey) and Tay Cities Deal team.

RCGF (£500K–2M) — Explore in parallel. PKC must apply.

Phase 4: Major capital bids£1.5M – 3M+

HES Heritage & Place (£750K–1.5M) + NLHF Heritage 2033 (£250K–10M). These stack — target £2M–3M+.

Requires JDA with PKC + Conservation Area designation.

Phase 5: Gap funding (if needed)£500K – 2M+

SNIB (£2M+) patient capital. SIS / AHF for bridging finance.

PKC Involvement Summary

Perth & Kinross Council is a gatekeeper for several of the largest pots. CDT needs PKC to:

Submit RTIF applications (councils apply, not trusts)
Sponsor any RCGF bid (council is the applicant)
Enter a Joint Delivery Agreement for HES Heritage & Place
Progress Conservation Area designation
Champion Cultybraggan within Tay Cities REP for LGF allocation
Channel employability funding

Key contact: Suzanne Cumiskey, Economic Development Officer, PKC.

Strongest comparators for Cultybraggan: Lochwinnoch (community trust + A-listed + multi-use hub), Forres (conservation area + HES/NLHF stacked), John O’Groats Mill (derelict heritage → visitor attraction via RCGF), Doune Castle (RTIF travel hub at heritage site).

NLHF Heritage 2033 £250K–10M

Project	Award	When	Summary	Inspiration for Culty
Lochwinnoch Parish Church Renfrewshire	£198K dev £1.9M delivery	Nov 2024	CDT converting Category A listed church into multi-use creative hub. Co-funded SLF + HES.	Three-funder stack. CDT already owns the site. Emphasise 19 years stewardship since 2007.
Girvan’s Story South Ayrshire	£2.6M	Mar 2023	Conservation of 4 historic buildings plus traditional skills training.	Bundled 4 buildings into one narrative. Brand huts as “The Cultybraggan Dozen.”
Leith Theatre Edinburgh	£248K dev £4.3M delivery	Nov 2024	Restoration of Grade B listed theatre (closed 1988) as performance venue.	Derelict 36 years but ran interim events to prove demand. Document everything already happening at Culty.
Sauchiehall Street Heritage District Glasgow	£350K dev £2.3M delivery	Mar 2024	Heritage regeneration including McLellan Galleries. One of 20 Heritage Places nationally.	Included micro-grants for shopfront owners. Could Culty include small-grants pot for private hut owners?

HES Heritage & Place £750K–1.5M

Project	Award	When	Summary	Inspiration for Culty
Granton Waterfront Edinburgh	£1.34M HES £1.24M NLHF	2024	Lighthouse + Madelvic House refurbishment. Community Heritage Officer post.	Funded a dedicated officer post. Embed a salaried “Camp Warden” inside the capital bid.
Forres Conservation Scheme Moray	£980K HES £790K NLHF	Nov 2024	Heritage quarter: vacant buildings, community garden, audio trail, digital archive. Total £3.3M.	Audio trail + digital archive cost almost nothing but strengthened “interpretation” score massively. POW camp oral history trail.
Silver City Aberdeen	£1.14M HES £1.14M NLHF	2024	Union Street regeneration. Total package £5.4M.	Package was 2.4x the grant amount. Even small match-funding changes the optics.
Govan Glasgow	£88K dev	2024	Development funding for disused sites in Govan Conservation Area.	Got £88K just for development. Don’t skip to the big ask.
Buckhaven Fife	£170K dev	2024	Heritage restoration in one of Scotland’s most deprived areas.	Framed heritage loss as deprivation. Frame deterioration as irreversible cultural loss.

Scottish Local Growth Fund New — replacing UKSPF

	Project	Award	When	Summary	Inspiration for Culty
No projects allocated yet. Tay Cities £19.5M from April 2026. UKSPF predecessors:
	V&A Dundee Dundee	UKSPF capital	2024	Semi-permanent exhibition.	Targeted, bounded deliverable — not a wish-list.
	Sustainable Kirriemuir Angus	From £600K	Nov 2024	17 acres into community food-growing space.	Culty has open ground — market garden adds “rural food economy” angle.

RTIF Rural Tourism Infrastructure

Project	Award	When	Summary	Inspiration for Culty
Glenfinnan Viaduct Highland	£327K	Rds 1 & 3	Car park + motorhome park + footbridge to viaduct.	Came back in Round 3 after Round 1. Second RTIF application is realistic.
Doune Castle Travel Hub Stirling	£287K	Rd 4	HES + Council + community travel hub with EV charging and path network.	Three-way partnership was itself the selling point. Name PKC and VisitScotland as partners.
Stac Pollaidh Highland	£441K	Rd 5	Car park and off-grid toilets at popular hillwalk.	Off-grid solutions. Build utilities before buildings need them.
Staffa / Fingal’s Cave Argyll & Bute	£477K	Rd 5	Conservation and access infrastructure on Staffa.	Framed infrastructure as conservation. Motorhome aire protects heritage from ad-hoc camping.
Hynish Lighthouse Shore Station Isle of Tiree	TBC	Pipeline	Car park + signage for 19th-century lighthouse shore station.	Tiny first step. You don’t need a masterplan to start.

RCGF £500K–2M

Project	Award	When	Summary	Inspiration for Culty
John O’Groats Mill Highland	£1.5M	Rd 10	Derelict mill into heritage visitor attraction. Total £3.6M.	Pitched as revenue-generating. Frame as “Scotland’s only visitable WW2 POW camp.”
Lockerbie Old School Dumfries & Galloway	£2.85M	Rd 10	145-year-old school into community centre + 8 flats. Total £6M.	8 flats generate rental income. Could huts include live/work units for artists?
Calanais Standing Stones Isle of Lewis	£2M	Rd 10	Once-in-a-generation visitor centre redesign.	“Once-in-a-generation” framing. Only complete WW2 POW camp in Scotland.
Inchgarth Community Hub Aberdeen	£1.9M	Rd 10	Extension of thriving community centre.	Funded extension of something already working. Frame as scaling proven demand.