OSCR Scottish charity profile

The Scottish Maritime Trust

ActiveCharity number SC036337
Registered22 February 2005
Main locationNorth Ayrshire
Legal formCompany (the charity is registered with Companies House)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC036337
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
A specific local point, community or neighbourhood
Volunteers
0 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
KA12 8QE

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

Provide support to the Scottish Maritime projects.

Charitable purposes

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

Beneficiaries

  • Other charities or voluntary bodies

Activities

  • It carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

3 The objects for which the Trust is established are: 3.1 To advance, promote and support the education and interest of the public in canal, coastal, inland, seagoing and oceangoing craft of Scotland and other maritime craft and in equipment and relics relating thereto by the provision of a museum or museums in Scotland or Scottish waters, including Scottish Maritime Museum Trust, and to promote the permanent preservation of said craft and related items. 3.2 To exhibit to the public any such craft and items as aforesaid by means of temporary or permanent exhibitions and to demonstrate and assist in demonstrating to the public the design construction working and operation of any such craft and items by means of static or mobile displays and by carrying the public on such craft or otherwise. 3.3 To provide study, library and rental facilities and reprographic, audio reproduction and information services to any interested members of the public and generally to provide consultancy and administrative services all in connection with the furtherance of the foregoing objects.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endTotal incomeDonationsCharitable activities incomeTrading incomeInvestment incomeOther incomeTotal expenditureRaising fundsCharitable activities spendingOther spendingStaffReturn received
31 March 2025£6,090£0£0£0£0£0£5,398£0£0£0018 December 2025
31 March 2024£43,087£0£0£0£0£0£38,135£0£0£0016 December 2025
31 March 2023£4,715£0£0£0£0£0£5,063£0£0£0020 December 2023
31 March 2022£3,928£0£0£0£0£0£8,624£0£0£0020 December 2022
31 March 2021£13,063£0£0£0£0£0£0£0£0£0011 February 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
Laird Forge Building, Gottries Road, Irvine, North Ayrshire
Website supplied to OSCR
Not supplied
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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