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Hopetoun Papers Trust

Country
Scotland
Charity number
SC042805
Status
Active
Registered
Dec. 14, 2011
Legal form
Trust (founding document is a deed of trust) (other than educational endowment)

Address

Address
Gillespie MacAndrew LLP
5 Atholl Crescent
Edinburgh
EH3 8EJ

Activities

'It carries out activities or services itself'

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

The purposes of the Trust are to preserve and maintain the letters, books, maps and plans known as the Hopetoun Papers, and to permit members of the public to access and study the same. With reference to the modern charity test, the Trust contributes to the advancement of heritage and the advancement of education.

Objectives: To stand possessed of the Hopetoun Papers upon trust: permanently to preserve and maintain the Hopetoun Papers as a collection and in as perfect and accessible condition as possible for the purposes of the advancement of education. for the purposes aforesaid to permit all members of the public desiring in good faith so to do with the object of study, research or education to have access to the Hopetoun Papers in order to read, examine, inspect, copy, photograph or otherwise reproduce the same.

Areas of operation

Main operating location
City of Edinburgh
Geographical spread
One or a few bases or facilities serving people who come from a broad area

Finances

Period end Income Expenditure
March 31, 2026 £0 £0
March 31, 2025 £1,500 £1,291
March 31, 2024 £0 £2,477
March 31, 2023 £21 £1,908
March 31, 2022 £6,248 £2,030