01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC046498
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- UK and overseas
- Volunteers
- 1-50 volunteers
- Staff
- 0
- Postcode
- DD10 0LX
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
The Maggie Law Maritime Museum preserves the maritime and social history of Gourdon and the surrounding area. Housed in the former coastguard apparatus shed overlooking the Gutty harbour, it became the home of the Maggie Law surfboat after the lifeboat station closed in 1969. Volunteers opened it as an unmanned museum in 1997. A 2011 Aberdeenshire Council grant, along with community support and sponsorship, enabled major improvements, and the museum opened fully in April 2013. Since then it has been run by dedicated volunteers who work (to borrow the Reithian aim) to inform, educate and entertain. Open April to October, the museum welcomes visitors from near and far and received a Three Star award from the Scottish Tourist Board in 2015. It also engages the community through events, school presentations and ongoing collaboration, with locals contributing information, enthusiasm and occasional artefacts or donations.
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
4.1 To advance the heritage of the local area by: - Providing the widest possible heritage education opportunities for the local community, schools, and special interest groups. Providing a heritage experience for visitors and tourists to the area. Serving as a local heritage visitor attraction and community archive for the recording, restoration and promotion, of the rich maritime heritage of Gourdon and Kincardineshire. Ensuring the safe keeping, maintenance and promotion of the Gourdon surf boat the 'Maggie Law' and the associated heritage story and Promoting a sense of community civic pride in the heritage of the local area. 4.2 To advance citizenship, community development and rural regeneration by encouraging people to become actively involved in the wider heritage, social and recreational aspects of the village of Gourdon and the Mearns, and by creating volunteering and work opportunities around the museums activities
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 April 2025 | £4,340 | £4,485 | 0 | 30 March 2026 |
| 30 April 2024 | £6,757 | £9,747 | 0 | 8 February 2025 |
| 30 April 2023 | £1,169 | £2,316 | 0 | 16 April 2024 |
| 30 April 2022 | £16,823 | £6,200 | 0 | 31 May 2023 |
| 30 April 2021 | £0 | £0 | 0 | 24 January 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
- William Street, Gourdon, Montrose , Gourdon, Gourdon
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.maggielaw.co.uk
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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