01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC017625
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Scotland and other parts of the UK
- Volunteers
- 1-50 volunteers
- Staff
- 5
- Postcode
- AB33 8AE
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
Grampian Transport Museum Trust operates the Grampian Transport Museum, and promotes the education of the general public in our transport heritage, largely in the context of the North East of Scotland. GTMT holds, displays, conserves and protects objects of significance, relating to the same, for the public benefit through the museum.
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of education
- the advancement of citizenship or community development
- the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
- the advancement of environmental protection or improvement
- the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
Beneficiaries
- No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
Subject to the said over-riding qualification the objects for which the Trust is established are:- 3.1 To advance and promote the education of the general public, and in particular the inhabitants of the Grampian Region of Scotland, without distinction of sex or of political, religious or other opinions, by associating voluntary organisations, local authorities and other bodies of whatever status together with the inhabitants in a common effort• to preserve the Grampian Transport Museum, /which the Trust intends to achieve by means of: a) bringing together, holding, adequately housing, conserving• and documenting a Collection of specimens being of historical, artistic or scientific importance, and in respect of which there will be a strong presumption against the subsequent disposal of any item. b)stimulating public interest in the Museum as a focal point of education and of historic, artistic or scientific interest, the by improving the facilities available for general public amenity and education c) displaying and publicising the Collection for the public benefit. permitting access to research workers and school children, always providing that the safety and security of the Collection are not thereby endangered. permitting with similar safeguards the loan of any Specimen for exhibition or research.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £420,209 | £367,719 | 5 | 24 December 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £339,598 | £428,403 | 5 | 20 December 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £484,617 | £431,336 | 5 | 22 December 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | £363,180 | £430,248 | 5 | 31 December 2022 |
| 31 March 2021 | £366,199 | £286,565 | 5 | 29 December 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
- Grampian Transport Museum, Alford, Aberdeenshire
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.gtm.org.uk
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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