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Scottish National Memorial To David Livingstone Trust

Country
Scotland
Charity number
SC015490
Status
Active
Registered
March 31, 1931
Legal form
Company (the charity is registered with Companies House)

Address

Address
165 Station Road
Blantyre
G72 9BY

Activities

'It carries out activities or services itself'

'the advancement of education','the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science'

The David Livingstone Trust (DLT) was entrusted in 1929 with the ownership of David Livingstone Birthplace (DLB) at Blantyre, which includes the Category A-Listed Building of Livingstone’s birth, surrounding parkland, and a collection of 4,000 objects. David Livingstone Birthplace is the only independent museum in Scotland that is dedicated to preserving the legacy of David Livingstone and re-examining his work within the complex and painful realities of slavery, colonialism and nineteenth century European attitudes towards African people and community groups. This puts the museum in a unique position to be central to discussions around Scotland’s role in slavery and colonisation and how that is represented both in our interpretation of David

Objectives: To acquire by purchase, feu or otherwise the tenements in Blantyre, in the County of Lanark, containing the house in which David Livingstone, the Missionary and Explorer, was born or had his home as a child, together with an adjacent heritable proeprty comprising the house and grounds known as Blantyre Lodge, and to hold, manage and administer the said properties as a Scottish National Memorial of David Livingstone, his life and achievements.

Areas of operation

Main operating location
South Lanarkshire
Geographical spread
A specific local point, community or neighbourhood

Finances

Period end Income Expenditure Employees
Dec. 31, 2024 £476,795 £840,738 13
Dec. 31, 2023 £1,705,839 £1,275,044 16
Dec. 31, 2022 £1,028,333 £1,337,412 14
Dec. 31, 2021 £1,377,822 £944,898 14
Dec. 31, 2020 £2,154,196 £2,167,349 9