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The Maggie Law Maritime Museum SCIO

SC046498Registered charity from 21 April 2016
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Charity Information:
Address William Street
Gourdon
Montrose
Gourdon
Gourdon
Postcode DD10 0LX
Website www.maggielaw.co.uk
Regulatory Type Standard
Object:
4.1 To advance the heritage of the local area by: - Providing the widest possible heritage education opportunities for the local community, schools, and special interest groups. Providing a heritage experience for visitors and tourists to the area. Serving as a local heritage visitor attraction and community archive for the recording, restoration and promotion, of the rich maritime heritage of Gourdon and Kincardineshire. Ensuring the safe keeping, maintenance and promotion of the Gourdon surf boat the "Maggie Law" and the associated heritage story and Promoting a sense of community civic pride in the heritage of the local area. 4.2 To advance citizenship, community development and rural regeneration by encouraging people to become actively involved in the wider heritage, social and recreational aspects of the village of Gourdon and the Mearns, and by creating volunteering and work opportunities around the museums activities
Operations:
What the charity is set up to do and how it does this:
The Maggie Law Maritime Museum preserves the maritime and social history of Gourdon and the surrounding area. Housed in the former coastguard apparatus shed overlooking the Gutty harbour, it became the home of the Maggie Law surfboat after the lifeboat station closed in 1969. Volunteers opened it as an unmanned museum in 1997. A 2011 Aberdeenshire Council grant, along with community support and sponsorship, enabled major improvements, and the museum opened fully in April 2013. Since then it has been run by dedicated volunteers who work (to borrow the Reithian aim) to inform, educate and entertain. Open April to October, the museum welcomes visitors from near and far and received a Three Star award from the Scottish Tourist Board in 2015. It also engages the community through events, school presentations and ongoing collaboration, with locals contributing information, enthusiasm and occasional artefacts or donations.
Charity Status: Active
Constitutional Form: SCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)
Constitutional Form Date: 21 Apr 2016
Main Operating Location: Aberdeenshire
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 Apr 2021 £0 £0 24 Jan 2022 Yes
30 Apr 2022 £16,823 £6,200 31 May 2023 Yes
30 Apr 2023 £1,169 £2,316 16 Apr 2024 Yes
30 Apr 2024 £6,757 £9,747 08 Feb 2025 Yes
30 Apr 2025 £4,340 £4,485 30 Mar 2026 Yes Download
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Income and Expenditure:
Charity Trustees:
First Name Last Name
Thomas Ritchie
Andrew Barnett
Moira Coull
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