Charity Details

Scottish Maritime Museum Trust

SC007133Registered charity from 14 July 1983

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Charity Information:

Address Laird Forge
Gottries Road
Irvine
Ayrshire

Postcode KA12 8QE

Website www.scottishmaritimemuseum.org

Regulatory Type Standard

Link to Companies House https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/

Object:

4.1 The objects of the Company are:- • The advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science. • The advancement of education. • The advancement of citizenship or community development. In furtherance of the above, the Organisation will: (a) care for and interpret the Museum collection and operate the sites at Irvine and Dumbarton responsibly, effectively, and sustainably; (b) connect the people and communities of Scotland to their shared national maritime heritage; (c) be a Museum with international perspective and local roots; (d) inform, educate and inspire visitors of Scotland’s unique maritime heritage, its diversity and contemporary relevance; (e) provide a range of training and educational opportunities based on the maritime heritage of Scotland; (e) participate, engage and actively support host communities in Irvine and Dumbarton and reach into communities across Scotland; and (f) promote such similar charitable purposes, objects or institutions in such proportions and manner as the Trustees shall think fit. The expressions ‘charitable purpose’ or ‘charitable object’ shall mean a charitable purpose under section 7 of the 2005 Act which is also regarded as a charitable purpose in relation to the application of the Taxes Acts and a ‘charitable institution’ shall mean a charity in terms of the 2005 Act which is also regarded as a charity in relation to the application of the Taxes Acts, or a charity under the law of any other jurisdiction which is also regarded as a charity in relation to the application of the Taxes Acts, provided that nothing in these Articles shall authorise an application of the property of the Company other than in furtherance of a charitable purpose.

Operations:

What the charity is set up to do and how it does this:

To care for and interpret the Museum collection and to operate the sites at Irvine and Dumbarton responsibly, effectively, and sustainably; to connect the people and communities of Scotland to their shared national maritime heritage; to be a Museum with international perspective and local roots; to inform, educate and inspire visitors of Scotland's unique maritime heritage, its diversity and contemporary relevance; to provide a range of training and educational opportunities and to participate, engage and actively support host communities in Irvine and Dumbarton and reach into communities across Scotland;

Charity Status: Active

Constitutional Form: Company (the charity is registered with Companies House)

Constitutional Form Date: 14 Jul 1983

Main Operating Location: North Ayrshire

Number of Staff: 26

Number of Volunteers: 1-50

Purposes: "the advancement of education", "the advancement of citizenship or community development", "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
31 Mar 2022	£829,424	£1,055,273	16 Dec 2022	Yes
31 Mar 2023	£895,538	£1,096,370	11 Dec 2023	Yes
31 Mar 2024	£1,048,727	£1,025,988	22 Nov 2024	Yes
31 Mar 2025	£882,090	£1,041,630	22 Dec 2025	Yes	Published accounts can be found on the Companies House website
31 Mar 2026			No	Annual Information due by 31 Dec 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
Fiona	McMeechan
Brian	Tait
John	Kerr
Matthew	Moran
Linda	Ross
Eleanor	Walker
David	Mann
Lynn	Galbraith
William Lawrie	Sinclair
Jilly	Burns
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