01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC015490
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- A specific local point, community or neighbourhood
- Volunteers
- 51-100 volunteers
- Staff
- 14
- Postcode
- G72 9BY
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
The Trust, which is a recognised charity in Scotland, is registered as a charitable company limited by guarantee and was set up by a Memorandum of Association on 20 October 1930 which was subsequently amended on 30 August 2019. The revised charitable objects are to perpetuate the memory, beliefs, heritage, and life of David Livingstone for the benefit of the public, including all local, national and international communities and Diaspora groups regardless of age, sex, religious beliefs or faith, race, financial means or state of health in Scotland and throughout the world - and includes the Museum, Collection and the surrounding parklands and grounds.
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of education
- the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
Beneficiaries
- Other defined groups
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
To acquire by purchase, feu or otherwise the tenements in Blantyre, in the County of Lanark, containing the house in which David Livingstone, the Missionary and Explorer, was born or had his home as a child, together with an adjacent heritable proeprty comprising the house and grounds known as Blantyre Lodge, and to hold, manage and administer the said properties as a Scottish National Memorial of David Livingstone, his life and achievements.
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 December 2025 | £497,188 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £660,314 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 14 | 2 October 2026 |
| 31 December 2024 | £476,795 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £840,738 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 14 | 30 September 2025 |
| 31 December 2023 | £1,705,839 | £1,553,703 | £84,051 | £65,220 | £2,865 | £0 | £1,275,044 | £27,242 | £1,247,802 | £0 | 14 | 30 September 2024 |
| 31 December 2022 | £1,028,333 | £903,023 | £86,243 | £38,609 | £458 | £0 | £1,337,412 | £49,824 | £1,287,588 | £0 | 14 | 29 September 2023 |
| 31 December 2021 | £1,377,822 | £1,335,998 | £25,935 | £15,772 | £117 | £0 | £944,898 | £23,314 | £921,584 | £0 | 14 | 23 September 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
- 165 Station Road, Blantyre
- Website supplied to OSCR
- Not supplied
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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