Finance Score: -1
Governance Score: -10
Support Score: 0
  • Volatile income -1
  • No PartB
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Very static board: -5
  • All male board: -3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: -11 ?

CREETOWN HERITAGE MUSEUM TRUST LIMITED

Analysis by Giving is Great

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is completely male
  • The Board composition appears to be very static and has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

  • Income has been volatile recently but spending has been maintained
Financial Data
Income & Spending ?
Period ending 31/03/18 31/03/19 31/03/20 31/03/21 31/03/22 31/03/23 31/03/24
Total income £4,808 £3,133 £5,091 £11,326 £2,568 £3,060 £3,012
Total spending £2,939 £3,179 £3,379 £1,980 £7,461 £2,508 £2,655
Surplus/deficit £1,869 -£46 £1,712 £9,346 -£4,893 £552 £357
Established: 30 years
Scottish Charity RegulatorCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • It carries out activities or services itself
GiG Classification
  • Museums, parks, historical sites
Purposes
  • The advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
Where it operates
  • Dumfries And Galloway
Who it helps
  • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community

Who supports them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Directors (3)
Current Directors appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Directors: 74-84
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in Scotland on 21/06/1994, number: SC022750
  • Registered at Companies House on 21/06/1994, number: SC151535
Filing Record
5 returns made; all on time
Main office

6 Park Crescent, DG8 7BX

Objectives

Subject to the over-riding qualification the objects for which the Trust is established are: 4.1.To advance and promote the education of the general public, and in particular the inhabitants of Kirkmabreck Parish, without distinction of sex or of political, religious or other opinions, by associating voluntary organisation, local authorities and other bodies of whatever status together with the inhabitants in a common effort to establish a Museum to be called the Creetown Heritage Museum, which the Trust intends to achieve by means of: (a) bringing together, holding, adequately housing, conserving and documenting a Collection of specimens being of historical, artistic or scientific importance, and in respect of which there will be a strong presumption against the subsequent disposal of any item. b) stimulating public interest in the Museum as a focal point of education and of historic, artistic or scientific interest, thereby improving the facilities available for general public amenity and education. c) displaying and publicising the Collection for the public benefit. permitting access to research workers and school children, always providing that the safety and security of the Collection are not thereby endangered. permitting with similar safeguards the loan of any Specimen for exhibition or research. d) promoting and assisting in the collating and recording of historical, ethnological, archaeological, biological, geological or other related information appropriate to the purpose of the Museum as set out in 4.1 above. 4.2. To adopt a written Collecting Policy and review it at least every five years, which policy shall define the types of Specimen which the Trust wishes to include in the Collection and the geographical area from which such Specimens may be drawn. 4.3. To maintain an accurate and current Register of all Specimens acquired for, or removed from, the Collection.

Data Sources

Scottish Charity Regulator

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