01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC022750
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- A specific local point, community or neighbourhood
- Volunteers
- 1-50 volunteers
- Staff
- 0
- Postcode
- DG8 7BX
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
The museum seeks to preserve and display the social and natural history of the locality for the benefit of both local residents and visitors to the area. It has a large collection of artefacts and photographs relating to such things as the granite quarries, farming, coastal trading, schooling, sport, cultural activities, shops, churches, houses and castles, and natural history. The museum is open up to six days per week from April to mid-October and is staffed entirely by unpaid volunteers. Modest entry charges cover the expenses of heating, lighting, insurance, advertising and maintenance as the museum does not receive any form of subsidy for running costs
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
Beneficiaries
- No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
Subject to the over-riding qualification the objects for which the Trust is established are: 4.1.To advance and promote the education of the general public, and in particular the inhabitants of Kirkmabreck Parish, without distinction of sex or of political, religious or other opinions, by associating voluntary organisation, local authorities and other bodies of whatever status together with the inhabitants in a common effort to establish a Museum to be called the Creetown Heritage 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, thereby 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. d) promoting and assisting in the collating and recording of historical, ethnological, archaeological, biological, geological or other related information appropriate to the purpose of the Museum as set out in 4.1 above. 4.2. To adopt a written Collecting Policy and review it at least every five years, which policy shall define the types of Specimen which the Trust wishes to include in the Collection and the geographical area from which such Specimens may be drawn. 4.3. To maintain an accurate and current Register of all Specimens acquired for, or removed from, the Collection.
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 March 2025 | £2,274 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £2,434 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 0 | 17 November 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £3,012 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £2,655 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 0 | 19 June 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £3,060 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £2,508 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 0 | 7 September 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | £2,568 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £7,461 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 0 | 18 August 2022 |
| 31 March 2021 | £11,326 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £1,980 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 0 | 30 August 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
- 6 Park Crescent
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.creetown-heritage-museum.com
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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