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Helensburgh Heritage Trust

Country
Scotland
Charity number
SC024603
Status
Active
Registered
Feb. 23, 1996
Legal form
SCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)

Address

Address
28 East Abercromby Street
Helensburgh
Argyll and Bute
G84 7SQ

Activities

'It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations','It carries out activities or services itself'

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

Helensburgh Heritage Trust was set up to make the inhabitants of the Helensburgh area more aware of their heritage, and to gather and display items of relevance to this heritage. A programme of talks on local subjects is held every winter, and newsletters are sent to members. This year in particular, being the centenary of the invention of television by Helensburgh-born John Logie Baird, the Heritage Trust has particularly strong links with the Baird TV Centenary Trust (SC051167)

Objectives: The object for which the Trust is established is to advance the education of the public generally and particularly the inhabitants of the Town of Helensburgh and the surrounding areas by the preservation, restoration, enhancement, display and maintenance of features and objects of local historical, arts and arts related, architectural, archaeological or genealogical interest in or germane to the Helensburgh area. and to promote a wider appreciation of the heritage and history of the area by means of providing and maintaining any or all of the following a Heritage Centre. exhibitions and educational facilities. meetings, lectures and tours. publications. and other appropriate facilities and events.

Areas of operation

Main operating location
Argyll And Bute
Geographical spread
Wider, but within one local authority area

Finances

Period end Income Expenditure
March 31, 2025 £2,724 £1,851
March 31, 2024 £3,209 £11,634
March 31, 2023 £3,745 £1,071
March 31, 2022 £3,686 £3,954
March 31, 2021 £1,910 £2,165