OSCR Scottish charity profile

Jim Matthew Camera Collection Trust

Known as Jim Matthew Camera Collection

ActiveCharity number SC050024
Registered10 March 2020
Main locationFife
Legal formSCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC050024
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
A specific local point, community or neighbourhood
Volunteers
1-50 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
KY10 2BU

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

To educate people about the history of, and promote interest in photography, particularly with respect to analogue/film technology

Charitable purposes

  • 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

3.1 The Charitable Purposes of the SCIO (“the Charitable Purposes”) are to advance education and arts and heritage by:- 3.1.1 the acquisition, care, preservation and display of cameras and associated memorabilia with the aim of informing and educating the public. 3.1.2 the marketing, fundraising and running of education programmes about cameras and imaging technology, and the art and techniques or photography, in support of the collection. 3.1.3 working with other preservation groups and organisations to promote awareness of the history of photography, including loaning objects within the collection to other museums or institutions.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 March 2025£2,979£3,099016 December 2025
31 March 2024£1,744£1,270018 December 2024
31 March 2023£1,539£1,544022 December 2023
31 March 2022£1,278£2,121030 December 2022
31 March 2021£16,702£15,337019 December 2021

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
8 West Street, St Monans
Website supplied to OSCR
cameratrust.org
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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