# Scottish National Memorial To David Livingstone Trust

## Details

- **Country:** Scotland
- **Charity number:** SC015490
- **Status:** Active
- **Legal form:** Company (the charity is registered with Companies House)
- **Registered:** March 31, 1931
- **Register:** https://www.oscr.org.uk/about-charities/search-the-register/charity-details?number=SC015490


## Contact

- **Address:** 165 Station Road, Blantyre
- **Postcode:** G72 9BY



## Activities

**Activities:** 'It carries out activities or services itself'

**Purposes:** 'the advancement of education','the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science'

**What the charity does:** 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 | Assets | Employees | Accounts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £476795 | £840738 |  -  | 13 |  |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £1705839 | £1275044 |  -  | 16 |  |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £1028333 | £1337412 |  -  | 14 |  |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £1377822 | £944898 |  -  | 14 |  |
| Dec. 31, 2020 | £2154196 | £2167349 |  -  | 9 |  |