01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC040872
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Scotland and other parts of the UK
- Volunteers
- 0 volunteers
- Staff
- 0
- Postcode
- EH2 3DA
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
The advancement of the arts, heritage, culture, or science. The Trust aims to operate in the fields of 'heritage' and 'culture' in both the built heritage and the culture from over 200 years of building and maintaining lighthouses around our coast. The advancement of environmental protection or improvement. and the advancement of education.
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of education
- the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
Beneficiaries
- Other defined groups
- Other charities or voluntary bodies
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
The Company shall be established for charitable purposes (as defined in section 106 of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 or any subsequent re-enactment thereon) only. declaring without prejudice to the foregoing generality that the Company may apply the assets exclusively for the following charitable purposes, namely: (a) the advancement of the arts, heritage and culture. and (b) the advancement of education. all through (one) the preservation, restoration conservation and/or display, for the public benefit, heritage and other items (including without limitation land, buildings , machinery, equipment, furniture, ornaments, books, memorabilia and other artefacts) of historical, social , architectural or engineering value in connection with lighthouses and other marine aids to navigation in Scotland and the Isle of Man and with the foundation and history of the Northern Lighthouse Board and those persons associated with the Northern Lighthouse Board and connected purposes (hereinafter referred to as 'Lighthouse Heritage') and (two) the advancement of the education of the public in the history and development of Lighthouse Heritage.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2025 | £275,112 | £21,271 | 0 | 7 July 2026 |
| 30 September 2024 | £13,154 | £31,699 | 0 | 30 January 2025 |
| 30 September 2023 | £17,872 | £29,161 | 0 | 7 June 2024 |
| 30 September 2022 | £14,898 | £12,427 | 0 | 31 May 2023 |
| 30 September 2021 | £11,972 | £281 | 0 | 13 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
- 84 George Street, Edinburgh
- Website supplied to OSCR
- http://www.nlb.org.uk/
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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