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The Brown Archive Trust

SC042813Registered charity from 20 December 2011
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Information about this charity:
Charity Information Operations Annual Submissions Income and Expenditure Charity Trustees
Charity Information:
Address The Office of Gordon and Sarah Brown
PO Box 67550
London
Postcode EC2P 2JF
Website No Link Provided
Regulatory Type Standard
Object:
3.1 The ownership and management for the public benefit of an archive (the "Archive") of such papers, diaries, audio and visual media records and recordings held electronically, digitally or otherwise any physical object or artefact and any other item or items gifted or lent by me, or gifted lent or sold by any other person, persons or organisation to the Trustees. 3.2 The advancement of education in particular by acquiring, holding, restoring and maintaining the Archive and by making the Archive available for the pursuit of education and research. 3.3 The advancement of the arts, heritage, culture and/or science.
Operations:
What the charity is set up to do and how it does this:
To create an Archive of the public life of former Prime Minister Gordon Brown. This is done by collecting items for the Archive, and storing and archiving them.
Charity Status: Active
Constitutional Form: Trust (founding document is a deed of trust) (other than educational endowment)
Constitutional Form Date: 20 Dec 2011
Main Operating Location: Outwith Scotland
Number of Staff: 0
Number of Volunteers: 1-50
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
30 Nov 2021 £15,000 £0 11 Nov 2022 Yes
30 Nov 2022 £10,000 £1,110 23 Aug 2023 Yes
30 Nov 2023 £0 £0 29 Aug 2024 Yes
30 Nov 2024 £0 £0 21 Aug 2025 Yes Not published by OSCR
30 Nov 2025 No Annual Information due by 31 Aug 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
Gilian McNeil
Sarah Brown
Elizabeth Dupuy
David Boutcher
David Muir
Sir David Cannadine
Lord Stevenson of Balmacara
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