OSCR Scottish charity profile

Royal Scots Dragoon Guards Museum Trust

ActiveCharity number SC006547
Registered31 October 1988
Main locationCity of Edinburgh
Legal formTrust (founding document is a deed of trust) (other than educational endowment)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC006547
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
One or a few bases or facilities serving people who come from a broad area
Volunteers
1-50 volunteers
Staff
2
Postcode
EH1 2YT

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

To collect, document, preserve, exhibit and interpret material evidence and associated information on the Regiment for the public benefit. The museum sets out to display, in a form attractive to the general public and illuminating to the expert, the story of the Regiment and the many honours and distinctions which it and its forbears have won and to promote the Regiment today.

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

2.1 The Trustees shall hold and apply the Trust Property in such manner as they think fit for any purposes which appear to them in their absolute discretion directed to the advancement of education, the arts, heritage, culture or science. 2.2 Without prejudice to the generality of clause 2.1, the Trustees shall seek: 2.2.1 to acquire (by purchase, gift, bequest, loan or otherwise) and maintain a collection of objects and artefacts of significance to the Regiment and people associated with the Regiment (the “Collection”). 2.2.2 to provide for the protection of the objects and artefacts comprising the Collection from deterioration, damage, loss, accidental destruction or unauthorised disposal. 2.2.3 to establish, promote and run a museum for the public display of the objects and artefacts comprising the Collection. 2.2.4 to allow members of the public to explore the Collection for inspiration, learning and enjoyment. 2.2.5 to contribute to the education of members of the public by providing information about the objects and artefacts comprising the Collection and engaging with them to assist interpretation. and 2.2.6 to publicise the Collection and, if the Trustees think fit, loan all or part of the Collection to other organisations for exhibition or research, always providing that the safety and security of the Collection is not thereby endangered.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
30 September 2025£164,491£158,106230 June 2026
30 September 2024£127,947£152,412230 June 2025
30 September 2023£120,126£97,74327 May 2024
30 September 2022£36,431£98,330230 May 2023
30 September 2021£44,125£57,25927 June 2022

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
Home HQ SCOTS DG, The Castle, Edinburgh
Website supplied to OSCR
www.scotsdg.org.uk
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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