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Sir William Burrell Trust

SC010109Registered charity from 01 July 1969
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Charity Information Operations Annual Submissions Income and Expenditure Charity Trustees
Charity Information:
The Name the Charity is Known By Sir William Burrells Testamentary Trust
Address Bannatyne Kirkwood France
16 Royal Exchange Square
Glasgow
Postcode G1 3AG
Website No Link Provided
Regulatory Type Standard
Object:
I direct that the articles noted in the Deed of Trust which together with the pictures, bronzes, works of art and other articles of vertu also gifted by my wife and me to the said Corporation form and are hereinafter referred to as "The Collection" shall be housed together in a suitable building provided as after mentioned all as specially provided in the said Memorandum of Agreement and relative correspondence. I direct my Trustees to hold the whole residue and remainder of my means and estate in perpetuity and to apply the whole free income thereof in the purchase of works of art which shall include pictures and all such articles as are detailed IN THE SEVENTH PLACE hereof as well as any others (it being my wish that a very decided preference be given to works of art of the Gothic period of the highest standard) and to deliver these works of art when purchased to the Corporation or the City of Glasgow to form additions to "The Burrell Collection".
Operations:
What the charity is set up to do and how it does this:
As the present trustees under the Will of Sir William Burrell, to support the Burrell Collection and the work of and inspired by Sir William and Lady Constance Burrell.
Charity Status: Active
Constitutional Form: Trust (founding document is a deed of trust) (other than educational endowment)
Constitutional Form Date: 01 Jul 1969
Main Operating Location: Glasgow City
Number of Staff: 0
Number of Volunteers: 0
Purposes: "any other purpose that may reasonably be regarded as analogous to any of the preceding purposes"
Beneficiaries: "No specific group, or for the benefit of the community"
Types Of Activity Undertaken: "It does none of these"
Annual Submissions:
Year End Income Expenditure Annual Return Received Accounts Received Latest Annual Reports and Accounts
31 Dec 2021 £185,857 £757,213 31 Aug 2022 Yes
31 Dec 2022 £170,993 £215,157 28 Sept 2023 Yes
31 Dec 2023 £158,371 £119,091 29 Sept 2024 Yes
31 Dec 2024 £166,640 £112,843 25 Sept 2025 Yes Download
31 Dec 2025 No Annual Information due by 30 Sept 2026
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
Nicholas Pearce
Frances Fowle
Charles Hendry
David Maclellan
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