01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC011009
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- A specific local point, community or neighbourhood
- Volunteers
- 1-50 volunteers
- Staff
- 14
- Postcode
- EH3 9EE
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
The Trust is set up to preserve, maintain, protect and facilitate access to Mellerstain House, its grounds and collections for the public benefit
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
- 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 carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
The Trustees shall hold the Trust Fund for such purposes as are recognised by law to be exclusively charitable and in particular but, without prejudice to that generality:- (a) To preserve for the public benefit the whole or such part, or parts of the Mansion House of Mellerstain, its related buildings and its gardens and policies as shall or may become vested in the Trustees or in respect of which the Trustees shall have any interest (referred to as 'Mellerstain'). (b) To protect and improve the amenities of Mellerstain for the public benefit. (c) To preserve for the public benefit as an adjunct to Mellerstain furniture, pictures, sculpture, works of art, costumes, military uniforms, arms and armour and other corporeal moveables, or chattels ordinarily kept at Mellerstain or which may be given or loaned to the Trustees and which the Trustees shall consider to be appropriate to be kept at Mellerstain. (d) To facilitate and encourage access to and study and appreciation of Mellerstain and such corporeal moveables or chattels by the general public.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 April 2025 | £486,726 | £487,664 | 14 | 5 January 2026 |
| 5 April 2024 | £334,161 | £411,889 | 14 | 20 December 2024 |
| 5 April 2023 | £261,849 | £318,064 | 14 | 5 January 2024 |
| 5 April 2022 | £283,449 | £330,388 | 14 | 6 January 2023 |
| 5 April 2021 | £281,886 | £359,345 | 14 | 7 March 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
- Princes Exchange, 1 Earl Grey Street, Edinburgh
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.mellerstain.com
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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