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Mellerstain Trust

SC011009Registered charity from 03 April 1987
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Charity Information:
Address Princes Exchange
1 Earl Grey Street
Edinburgh
Postcode EH3 9EE
Website www.mellerstain.com
Regulatory Type Standard
Object:
The Trustees shall hold the Trust Fund for such purposes as are recognised by law to be exclusively charitable and in particular but, without prejudice to that generality:- (a) To preserve for the public benefit the whole or such part, or parts of the Mansion House of Mellerstain, its related buildings and its gardens and policies as shall or may become vested in the Trustees or in respect of which the Trustees shall have any interest (referred to as "Mellerstain"); (b) To protect and improve the amenities of Mellerstain for the public benefit; (c) To preserve for the public benefit as an adjunct to Mellerstain furniture, pictures, sculpture, works of art, costumes, military uniforms, arms and armour and other corporeal moveables, or chattels ordinarily kept at Mellerstain or which may be given or loaned to the Trustees and which the Trustees shall consider to be appropriate to be kept at Mellerstain; (d) To facilitate and encourage access to and study and appreciation of Mellerstain and such corporeal moveables or chattels by the general public.
Operations:
What the charity is set up to do and how it does this:
The Trust is set up to preserve, maintain, protect and facilitate access to Mellerstain House, its grounds and collections for the public benefit
Charity Status: Active
Constitutional Form: Trust (founding document is a deed of trust) (other than educational endowment)
Constitutional Form Date: 03 Apr 1987
Main Operating Location: Scottish Borders
Number of Staff: 14
Number of Volunteers: 1-50
Purposes: "the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science", "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 carries out activities or services itself"
Annual Submissions:
Year End Income Expenditure Annual Return Received Accounts Received Latest Annual Reports and Accounts
05 Apr 2022 £283,449 £330,388 06 Jan 2023 Yes
05 Apr 2023 £261,849 £318,064 05 Jan 2024 Yes
05 Apr 2024 £334,161 £411,889 20 Dec 2024 Yes
05 Apr 2025 £486,726 £487,664 05 Jan 2026 Yes Download
05 Apr 2026 No Annual Information due by 05 Jan 2027
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
Harry John Grenville Bowman
Mrs Elizabeth Katherine Wemyss or MacKean
The Right Honourable Jane Heyworth or Baillie-Hamilton
The Right Honourable George Edmund Baldred Baillie-Hamilton
The Right Honouranle Constanza Anne Angelique Baillie-Hamilton
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