The FirstGroup Heritage Trust
- Country
- Scotland
- Charity number
- SC041849
- Status
- Active
- Reporting
- Up to date Last filed Aug. 11, 2026. Filing history
- Registered
- Oct. 28, 2010
- Legal form
- Trust (founding document is a deed of trust) (other than educational endowment)
Address
- Address
- 128 Seafield Road
Aberdeen
AB15 7YQ
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'
The charity was formed to preserve and restore buses and coaches of interest as First Bus and it's predecessors Aberdeen Corporation Transport and Grampian Regional Transport. By maintaining these vehicles in running order they will be taken to public events for people to see and remember how road public transport has evolved over the years. It will also let these buses be used as a learning opportunity for younger people who perhaps didn't experience travelling on some of the older buses. The buses will be on show at public events particularly over summer months. The fleet will expand as appropriate and suitable vehicles come available to preserve or restore.
Beneficiaries: 'No specific group, or for the benefit of the community'
Objectives: the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture, science and education. particularly by identifying, bringing together (where possible), holding, adequately housing, maintaining, preserving, conserving and documenting a Collection. and (i) to display a Collection and with necessary safeguards and at suitable times to encourage and allow access to the public to a Collection particularly research workers, children and others pursuing an educational interest. to permit with similar safeguards, the loan of any items within a Collection for exhibition, research, promotional or other purposes within the foregoing purposes. and (ii) directly or indirectly, to stimulate public interest in a Collection for the foregoing purposes by suitable promotional activities thereby increasing regional amenities or attractions for the general public. (iii) to promote and assist in the collating and recording of historical or other information in connection with or ancillary to the foregoing purposes. and (iv) to assist and support, by donation or in any other manner, anybody with charitable purposes only and being purposes similar to any of the foregoing purposes.
Geography
- Main operating location
- Aberdeenshire
- Geographical spread
- More than one local authority area in Scotland
Finances
| Period end | Filed | Income | Expenditure |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2026 | Aug. 11, 2026On time | £25,744 | £8,315 |
| March 31, 2025 | Nov. 21, 2025On time | £5,914 | £4,485 |
| March 31, 2024 | Sept. 13, 2024On time | £1,187 | £4,203 |
| March 31, 2023 | Oct. 3, 2023On time | £1,614 | £4,860 |
| March 31, 2022 | June 21, 2022On time | £350 | £3,481 |
| March 31, 2021 | Oct. 6, 2021 | £0 | £3,347 |
Due dates are 9 months after the year end, OSCR's deadline, so they don't allow for any extension OSCR has granted.