01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC006964
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Operations cover all or most of Scotland
- Volunteers
- 0 volunteers
- Staff
- 0
- Postcode
- EH1 1JF
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
To maintain and distribute funds for projects, acquisitions and endowments relating to National Museums of Scotland
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of education
- the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
- the advancement of environmental protection or improvement
- any other purpose that may reasonably be regarded as analogous to any of the preceding purposes
Beneficiaries
- No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
Activities
- It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals
- It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
Constitutional objectives
To aid any object or objects deemed legally charitable including without prejudice to that generality and in the widest sense of the words to a id any or all of the following objects but always giving preference however, in applying the Trust Funds to any such object or objects which is or are directly or indirectly of benefit or of assistance to the Board of Trustees of the National Museums of Scotland (hereinafter referred to as 'the Museum Trustees'):-
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Total income | Donations | Charitable activities income | Trading income | Investment income | Other income | Total expenditure | Raising funds | Charitable activities spending | Other spending | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2026 | £1,656,142 | £1,281,675 | £0 | £0 | £374,467 | £0 | £426,827 | £53,470 | £373,357 | £0 | 0 | 29 September 2026 |
| 31 March 2025 | £1,569,670 | £1,251,418 | £0 | £0 | £318,252 | £0 | £326,614 | £46,067 | £280,547 | £0 | 0 | 24 December 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £650,249 | £351,889 | £0 | £0 | £298,360 | £0 | £264,179 | £40,218 | £223,961 | £0 | 0 | 11 December 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £1,011,605 | £786,193 | £0 | £0 | £225,412 | £0 | £311,417 | £32,019 | £279,398 | £0 | 0 | 30 November 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | £1,385,029 | £1,206,977 | £0 | £0 | £178,052 | £0 | £396,986 | £30,033 | £366,953 | £0 | 0 | 13 November 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
- Chambers Street, Edinburgh
- Website supplied to OSCR
- Not supplied
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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