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Scottish Fisheries Museum Trust Ltd

SC006185Registered charity from 17 January 1968
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Charity Information Operations Annual Submissions Income and Expenditure Charity Trustees
Charity Information:
The Name the Charity is Known By Scottish Fisheries Museum Trust
Address Scottish Fisheries Museum
St Ayles
Harbourhead
Anstruther
Fife
Postcode KY10 3AB
Website www.scotfishmuseum.org
Regulatory Type Standard
Object:
The objects of the Trust are to: (a) maintain the Museum at the range of buildings known as St Ayles, Harbourhead, Anstruther, Fife or any other buildings as hereinafter provided wherein to bring together, hold, adequately house, conserve and document a Collection of Specimens being of historical, artistic or scientific importance and all associated with the Scottish Fisheries Industry and in respect of which there is a strong presumption against the subsequent disposal of any item. (b) acquire by purchase or otherwise, or to take on or lease and thereafter restore, rebuild and maintain the said subjects know as St Ayles, Anstruther and any other building contiguous or adjacent thereto; (c) advance and promote the education of the general public and in particular the inhabitants of Scotland, without the distinction of gender or political religious or other opinions, by associating voluntary organisations, local authorities and other bodies of whatsoever status, together with the inhabitants, in a common effort to establish and preserve the Museum and to obtain assistance and exchange ideas for the furtherance of these objects;
Operations:
What the charity is set up to do and how it does this:
The objects of the Trust are to: (a) maintain the Museum at the range of buildings known as St Ayles, Harbourhead, Anstruther, Fife or any other buildings as hereinafter provided wherein to bring together, hold, adequately house, conserve and document a Collection of Specimens being of historical, artistic or scientific importance and all associated with the Scottish Fisheries Industry. (b) acquire by purchase or otherwise, or to take on or lease and thereafter restore, rebuild and maintain the said subjects know as St Ayles, Anstruther and any other building contiguous or adjacent thereto; (c) advance and promote the education of the general public; (d) stimulate public interest in the Museum as a focal point of education and of historic, artistic or scientific interest; (e) display and publicise the Collection for the public benefit.
Charity Status: Active
Constitutional Form: Trust (founding document is a deed of trust) (other than educational endowment)
Constitutional Form Date: 17 Jan 1968
Main Operating Location: Fife
Number of Staff: 19
Number of Charity Trustees: 8
Number of Volunteers: 51-100
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"
Types Of Activity Undertaken: "It carries out activities or services itself"
Annual Submissions:
Year End Income Expenditure Annual Return Received Accounts Received Latest Annual Reports and Accounts
31 Mar 2021 £803,725 £621,520 13 Dec 2021 Yes
31 Mar 2022 £678,819 £817,018 30 Jun 2022 Yes
31 Mar 2023 £640,589 £720,810 02 Aug 2023 Yes
31 Mar 2024 £579,543 £614,879 03 Aug 2024 Yes
31 Mar 2025 £539,716 £521,599 29 Oct 2025 Yes Visit Charity's Website
If an annual return has been received on time (within nine months of the Year End Date), the 'Annual Return Received' box is green   . If an annual return is late, the box is red   .
Income and Expenditure:
Charity Trustees:
First Name Last Name
Douglas Stuart Beveridge
David Taylor
Thomas Francis O'Connell
Alison Marjorie Harrington
Robert Mungo Mccready Campbell
Kara Brydson
Jennifer Adamson
Anthony John Bury
Elspeth Smith Johnstone
Fiona Corps
William McKenzie
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