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Arbroath Improvement Trust

SC005622Registered charity from 04 July 1936
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Charity Information:
Address 39 Hill Street
Arbroath
Angus
Postcode DD11 1AG
Is the supplied address a principal office or a trustee address? Trustee - Charity Trustee
Website No Link Provided
Regulatory Type Standard
Object:
The objects of the society shall be:- a) To present annually or at such periods as the Society might determine a historical pageant connected with the signing of the Declaration of Independence of Scotland at Arbroath Abbey in 1320 and of other historical events leading up to or taking place shortly after the signing of the Declaration of Independence. b) To promote or organise as events ancillary to and in conjunction with the historical Pageant processions, entertainments, displays, exhibitions and such other matters of a like nature as the Society in its discretion shall deem fit.
Operations:
What the charity is set up to do and how it does this:
The Arbroath Improvement trust was set up in 1936 by George Sturrock, a local business owner, in his will he gifted £10,000 to the towns people of Arbroath be held by held in Trust, to "Improve and beautify the Town". A group of trustees were established representing the different stratas of society, Doctors, Church ministers, HIgh school head teacher, Factory owners and Artisans. This capital over the years has been invested in a share portfolio and has grown. The current Trustees meet twice a year and reveiw applications for assistance form Arbroath basses societies and groups.
Charity Status: Active
Constitutional Form: Trust (founding document is a deed of trust) (other than educational endowment)
Constitutional Form Date: 04 Jul 1936
Main Operating Location: Angus
Number of Staff: 0
Number of Volunteers: 0
Purposes: "the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science"
Beneficiaries: "Children or young people", "No specific group, or for the benefit of the community", "Other charities or voluntary bodies"
Types Of Activity Undertaken: "It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations"
Annual Submissions:
Year End Income Expenditure Annual Return Received Accounts Received Latest Annual Reports and Accounts
31 Dec 2021 £36,911 £9,392 26 Mar 2022 Yes
31 Dec 2022 £68,519 £95,344 25 Apr 2023 Yes
31 Dec 2023 £59,867 £60,306 22 Apr 2024 Yes
31 Dec 2024 £60,368 £64,588 24 Mar 2025 Yes
31 Dec 2025 £34,097 £33,520 02 May 2026 Yes Download
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
Alex King
Maureen Beedie
Alan Massie
Charles Grant
Rebecca Wheater
Karen Thomson
Alex Smith
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