01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC010109
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- A specific local point, community or neighbourhood
- Volunteers
- 0 volunteers
- Staff
- 0
- Postcode
- G1 3AG
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
As the present trustees under the Will of Sir William Burrell, to support the Burrell Collection and the work of and inspired by Sir William and Lady Constance Burrell.
Charitable purposes
- 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 does none of these
Constitutional objectives
I direct that the articles noted in the Deed of Trust which together with the pictures, bronzes, works of art and other articles of vertu also gifted by my wife and me to the said Corporation form and are hereinafter referred to as 'The Collection' shall be housed together in a suitable building provided as after mentioned all as specially provided in the said Memorandum of Agreement and relative correspondence. I direct my Trustees to hold the whole residue and remainder of my means and estate in perpetuity and to apply the whole free income thereof in the purchase of works of art which shall include pictures and all such articles as are detailed IN THE SEVENTH PLACE hereof as well as any others (it being my wish that a very decided preference be given to works of art of the Gothic period of the highest standard) and to deliver these works of art when purchased to the Corporation or the City of Glasgow to form additions to 'The Burrell Collection'.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 December 2024 | £166,640 | £112,843 | 0 | 25 September 2025 |
| 31 December 2023 | £158,371 | £119,091 | 0 | 29 September 2024 |
| 31 December 2022 | £170,993 | £215,157 | 0 | 28 September 2023 |
| 31 December 2021 | £185,857 | £757,213 | 0 | 31 August 2022 |
| 31 December 2020 | £184,318 | £1,183,063 | 0 | 15 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
- Bannatyne Kirkwood France, 16 Royal Exchange Square, Glasgow
- Website supplied to OSCR
- Not supplied
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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