01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC024062
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Wider, but within one local authority area
- Volunteers
- 51-100 volunteers
- Staff
- 0
- Postcode
- G83 8QX
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
Through fund raising and volunteer input the charity aims to restore the Paddle Steamer 'Maid of the Loch' to sailing on Loch Lomond. It also aims to maintain and operate the grade A listed the 1902 Balloch Steam Operated Slipway. In addition, it provides a visitor attraction at Balloch pier and the slipway.
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of education
- 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
To advance and pormote the education of the people of Dumbarton District and of the public in general without distiction of sex or of political, religious or other opinions by securing the preservation and restoration to working order of the Vessel, the display, exhibition and demonstration to the public of the Vessel whether by carrying the public in or upon the Vessel and/or otherwise as maybe appropriate and the safeguarding and securing of the Pier Site as s base for the preservation, restoration and operation of the Vessel.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £87,769 | £86,118 | 0 | 5 December 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £239,261 | £198,505 | 0 | 23 December 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £90,087 | £196,788 | 0 | 22 December 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | £96,324 | £170,350 | 0 | 1 December 2022 |
| 31 March 2021 | £362,136 | £178,997 | 0 | 24 November 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
- The Pier, Pier Road, Balloch, Alexandria, West Dunbartonshire
- Website supplied to OSCR
- https://www.maidoftheloch.org
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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