01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC002375
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- More than one local authority area in Scotland
- Volunteers
- over 250 volunteers
- Staff
- 18
- Postcode
- EH51 0AQ
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
Our charity is set up to promote the education of railways in Scotland and of the Scottish railway industry. We do this by an established Museum of Railways in Scotland in which we manage, conserve, safeguard and document a vast collection of railway items. We display and exhibit items from this collection to the public in either a static way, or by operating them or by carrying the public in them. We can do this over our own five mile long heritage railway line at Bo'ness .
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of education
- the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
Beneficiaries
- No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
To advance and promote the education of the general public, and in particular the inhabitants of Scotland without distinction of sex or of political, religious or other opinions by associating voluntary organisations, local authorities and other bodiesof whatever status together with the inhabitants in a common effort to establish a Museum of Railways in Scotland.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 December 2024 | £1,880,989 | £2,377,404 | 18 | 24 December 2025 |
| 31 December 2023 | £1,666,934 | £1,682,784 | 18 | 8 October 2024 |
| 31 December 2022 | £1,468,670 | £1,357,850 | 18 | 30 June 2023 |
| 31 December 2021 | £2,225,678 | £1,150,595 | 18 | 26 July 2022 |
| 31 December 2020 | £621,042 | £830,966 | 18 | 1 September 2021 |
Figures are those reported by the charity and supplied in the OSCR bulk download. Blank facts remain distinct from zero.
04 Contact record
Principal office or trustees address
- Address supplied to OSCR
- 17-19 North Street, Bo'ness
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.srps.org.uk
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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