01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC022796
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Operations cover all or most of Scotland
- Volunteers
- 1-50 volunteers
- Staff
- 19
- Postcode
- G42 9BA
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
We are an educational and health charity. Our main activities are curatorial where we look after and manage our collection, Visitor Attraction where we exhibit our collection and our Football Memeories Project where we use reminiscence therapy to provide relief for people with dementia and people who are socially isolated.
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of education
- the advancement of health
- the advancement of citizenship or community development
- the provision of recreational facilities, or the organisation of recreational activities, with the object of improving the conditions of life for the persons for whom the facilities or activities are primarily intended
- 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
The company's objects are:- 4.1 To advance and promote the education of the general public, without distinction of sex or of political, religious or other opinions, by the establishment, maintenance and development of a museum for the sport of football to be called The Scottish Football Association Museum, which the company intends to achieve by means of: - 4.1.1 bringing together, holding, adequately housing, conserving, and documenting a Collection of specimens being of historical, artistic or scientific importance. 4.1.2 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. 4.1.3 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. 4.1.4 promoting and assisting in the collating and recording of historical, or other related information appropriate to the purpose of the Museum as set out in article 4.1 hereof. 4.1.5 adopting a written Collecting Policy and reviewing it at least every five years, which policy shall define the types of Specimens which the company wishes to include in the Collection and the geographical area from which such Specimens may be drawn. 4.1.6 maintaining an accurate and current Register of all Specimens acquired for, or removed from, the Collection. 4.2 To advance health with the object of improving the conditions of life for individuals with dementia and related conditions by delivering projects and/or schemes including reminiscence projects. 4.3 To provide recreational facilities to individuals with dementia and related conditions and their carers with the object of improving their conditions of life. 4.4 To relieve those in need by reason of their having dementia and related conditions through the delivery of reminiscence and other similar projects. Maximum text reached, further full information can be obtained directly from the Charity.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 December 2024 | £603,219 | £606,594 | 19 | 30 June 2025 |
| 31 December 2023 | £646,659 | £644,888 | 19 | 11 September 2024 |
| 31 December 2022 | £512,080 | £530,178 | 19 | 27 September 2023 |
| 31 December 2021 | £450,177 | £449,538 | 19 | 20 September 2022 |
| 31 December 2020 | £463,704 | £436,241 | 19 | 29 September 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
- Hampden Park, Glasgow
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.scottishfootballmuseum.org.uk
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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