01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC041849
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- More than one local authority area in Scotland
- Volunteers
- 1-50 volunteers
- Staff
- 0
- Postcode
- AB15 7YQ
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
The charity was formed to preserve and restore buses and coaches of interest as First Bus and it's predecessors Aberdeen Corporation Transport and Grampian Regional Transport. By maintaining these vehicles in running order they will be taken to public events for people to see and remember how road public transport has evolved over the years. It will also let these buses be used as a learning opportunity for younger people who perhaps didn't experience travelling on some of the older buses. The buses will be on show at public events particularly over summer months. The fleet will expand as appropriate and suitable vehicles come available to preserve or restore.
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 makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture, science and education. particularly by identifying, bringing together (where possible), holding, adequately housing, maintaining, preserving, conserving and documenting a Collection. and (i) to display a Collection and with necessary safeguards and at suitable times to encourage and allow access to the public to a Collection particularly research workers, children and others pursuing an educational interest. to permit with similar safeguards, the loan of any items within a Collection for exhibition, research, promotional or other purposes within the foregoing purposes. and (ii) directly or indirectly, to stimulate public interest in a Collection for the foregoing purposes by suitable promotional activities thereby increasing regional amenities or attractions for the general public. (iii) to promote and assist in the collating and recording of historical or other information in connection with or ancillary to the foregoing purposes. and (iv) to assist and support, by donation or in any other manner, anybody with charitable purposes only and being purposes similar to any of the foregoing purposes.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2026 | £25,744 | £8,315 | 0 | 11 August 2026 |
| 31 March 2025 | £5,914 | £4,485 | 0 | 21 November 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £1,187 | £4,203 | 0 | 13 September 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £1,614 | £4,860 | 0 | 3 October 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | £350 | £3,481 | 0 | 21 June 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
- 128 Seafield Road, Aberdeen
- Website supplied to OSCR
- Not supplied
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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