OSCR Scottish charity profile

Aberdeen Art Gallery Trusts

ActiveCharity number SC018575
Registered1 January 1902
Main locationAberdeen
Legal formTrust (founding document is a deed of trust) (other than educational endowment)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC018575
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
A specific local point, community or neighbourhood
Volunteers
0 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
AB10 1AB

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

The advancement of the arts, heritage, culture and science.

Charitable purposes

  • the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science

Beneficiaries

  • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community

Activities

  • It does none of these

Constitutional objectives

1. The Trustee shall hold and apply any such other funds and assets as may from time to time be comprised in the Trust Property, in trust for the advancement of the arts by providing for the purchase of works of art for the collection of Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museum. 2. All expenses, costs and fees of creating and administering the Trust (including with prejudice to the generality of the foregoing the costs of any insurance premiums required by the Trust such as Trustee Indemnity Insurance), and any tax payable in relation to the Trust, shall be met in priority to all other payments and transfers of assets out of the Trust Property.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 March 2025£23,462£16,97603 November 2025
31 March 2024£27,931£64,707024 July 2024
31 March 2023£426,555£6,987030 August 2023
31 March 2022£121£5,906013 February 2023
31 March 2021£84£4,45302 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
Aberdeen City Council, Business Hub 7, Marischal College, Broad Street, Aberdeen
Website supplied to OSCR
Not supplied
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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