The FirstGroup Heritage Trust
- Country
- Scotland
- Charity number
- SC041849
- Status
- Active
- 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'
To restore and maintain a small fleet of vintage buses which have been owned or operated by First Group plc and its predecessors. To make these buses accessable to the general public from a heritage point of view and as an educatonal resource. The trust also holds a few items of memorabilia such as ticket machines which show the changes and advancement in technology.
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.
Areas of operation
- Main operating location
- Aberdeenshire
- Geographical spread
- More than one local authority area in Scotland
Finances
| Period end | Income | Expenditure |
|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £5,914 | £4,485 |
| March 31, 2024 | £1,187 | £4,203 |
| March 31, 2023 | £1,614 | £4,860 |
| March 31, 2022 | £350 | £3,481 |
| March 31, 2021 | £0 | £3,347 |