OSCR Scottish charity profile

South Georgia Heritage Trust

Known as SGHT

ActiveCharity number SC036819
Registered10 June 2005
Main locationDundee City
Legal formCompany (the charity is registered with Companies House)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC036819
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
UK and overseas
Volunteers
1-50 volunteers
Staff
12
Postcode
DD1 5BT

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

We run a museum and carry out wildlife and heritage conservation on South Georgia

Charitable purposes

  • the advancement of education
  • the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
  • the advancement of environmental protection or improvement

Beneficiaries

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

Activities

  • It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals
  • It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
  • It carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

The Charitable Purposes of the Trust (lithe Charitable Purposes II) are to achieve public benefit, in relation to the UK Overseas Territory of South Georgia and the . South Sandwich Islands and its surrounding waters (lithe Area of Benefit'), by: 3.1.1 conserving and protecting the physical and natural environment and biodiversity of the Area of Benefit, to include raising awareness of threats thereto and taking steps, or encouraging or working with others to take steps, to meet or overcome these. 3.1.2 preserving, conserving and protecting buildings, monuments, structures and artefacts, to include ships and marine artefacts 3.1.3 advancing the education of the public in the historical and human heritage and industrial and marine archaeology of the Area of Benefit, to include supporting and assisting others who do so. and 3.1.4 supporting, managing and promoting South Georgia Museum, including the acquisition, development, curation and maintenance of a collection of relevant and appropriate historical records and artefacts.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 July 2025£3,069,466£1,543,5331227 March 2026
31 July 2024£1,633,935£1,068,8571231 March 2025
31 July 2023£745,818£1,182,2251215 April 2024
31 July 2022£1,031,708£762,820124 April 2023
31 July 2021£626,737£659,6331215 April 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
Verdant Works, West Henderson's Wynd, Dundee, Dundee, Angus
Website supplied to OSCR
www.sght.org
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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