Annual Report and Accounts: Military Museum Scotland SCIO
Military Museum Scotland SCIO Scottish Charity No – SC046558
Annual Report and Financial Statements For the year ended 31 May 2025
Trustees’ Annual Report For the year ended 31 May 2025
The trustees have pleasure in presenting their report together with the financial statements for the year ended 31 May 2025
Charity Name
Military Museum Scotland SCIO
Charity no
SC046558
Address
Military Museum Scotland SCIO, Legion Hall, Louis Braille Avenue, Wilkieston, West Lothian, EH27 8DU
Current Trustees
Structure, Governance and Management Constitution.
The Charity is a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation (a SCIO). It was registered in its current legal form on 23 July 2016 It has a single tier structure and as such the trustees are the members of the charity.
Appointment of trustees
have been voted on to the board of Trustees
Charitable purposes
The advancement of education, & the advancement of Heritage and Culture. We have also added support for veterans to our charitable purposes.
Activities
Military Museum Scotland continues to offer a unique educational experience for schools and other youth groups. The museum has set aside 2 days where the museum is available for schools to book and have sole use of the museum. Each visit is tailored to each individual school’s needs. We are open to the public for the other 5 days of the week, during which time we get regular visits from local care homes, nursing homes & youth groups as well as visits from members of the public Our Veterans Breakfast Club and Drop-in Centre have been going now for over 7 years. We still regularly get over 30 Veterans at our breakfast club that we now hold twice a month. Various clubs, organisations, military charities, and other veterans’
associations regularly visit and use the museums facilities. We continue to expand and look for more client groups to visit the museum and to host more events and opportunities for veterans.
Achievements and Performance , Military Museum Scotland continues to thrive, and expand, visitor numbers are still steadily returning after the pandemic. We continue to build on the museum’s collection and library, although the library is still in storage due to lack of space. Our main sources of income are still visitors to the museum and our own fundraising initiatives. We continue to apply for various grants, most for specific purposes.
We tried to continue our various fundraising initiatives online including Sponsor a Sandbag, Running Tombola, periodic raffles and promoting our display cabinets sponsorship. The cabinet/display sponsorship has increased since last year, however this is something we must focus hard on over the coming year. To date we have been awarded 10 awards, a fantastic achievement due to all the hard work of all the volunteers, who make the museum what it is today
Financial review
Our main source of funding as always is still the entry fees to the museum, and group bookings, we do get many more groups visiting the museum and regular organisations using our facilities We continue to receive several small and sometimes large cash donations; we also get a small income from the museum’s souvenirs
This Financial Report & Financial Statement covers one full year of the museum in operation, in its eighth year.
Plans for future period.
As the previous 7 years, we will continue to develop Military Museum Scotland, as an education resource, by trying to encourage schools more schools to visit, also as a veteran Drop-in Centre run by veterans for veterans. We will continue to work with other veterans’ charities in supporting veterans. We have held several major events in the museum and the surrounding grounds, and they are now annual events. We are planning a lot more events in the future. We have set up various clubs and groups for veterans. Some have started and we continue to build on them. We are looking to find some additional trustees to help with the organisation of fundraising and event planning.
Statement of Receipts and Payments for the year ended 31 May 2025
Receipts Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Year ended 31 May 2025 Donatons £1708 £1708
Grants
£1708.00 |
£1708.00 |
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|---|---|---|---|
| TOTALS |
£1708.00 |
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Refunds |
£ 319.06 | ||
| Bank interest | |||
Museum Entrance Fees |
£11074.44 | ||
Display Sponsorship |
£300.00 | ||
| Receipts from charitable actvites £3324.00 | |||
| Total Receipts | **£16725.50 ** |
£16725.50 | |
Payments |
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| Fundraising Costs | |||
| Cost of Charitable Actvites | **£17317.50 ** | £17317.50 | |
| Governance Costs | |||
| Purchase of Equipment | |||
| Total Payments | **£17317.50 ** | £17317.50 | |
| Statement of Balances on 31 May 2025 |
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Receipts |
Unrestricted funds | Restricted funds | Year ended 31 May 2025 |
| Opening Cash in Bank 31/05/24 £13024.02 |
£13024.02 | ||
| Opening Cash in Hand 31/05/23 |
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| Closing Cash in Bank 31/05/25 £12725.62 | £12725.62 | ||
| Closing Cash in Hand 31/05/25 £ 293.60 | £ 293.60 |
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| Other Assets | |||
| Other Liabilites |
Notes to the accounts - for the year ended 31 May 2025
1 Basis of accounting
These accounts have been prepared on the Receipts and Payments basis in accordance with the Charities & Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 and the Charities Accounts (Scotland) Regulations 2006 (as amended). 2 Nature and purpose of funds
Unrestricted funds are those that may be used at the discretion of the trustees in furtherance of the objects of the charity. 3 Related party transactions
No other remuneration was paid to the trustees or any connected persons during the year except out-of-pocket expenses.
| 4 | Donatons | Unrestricted | Restricted Funds | Total 2023/24 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| funds | ||||
| £ | £0 |
£ | ||
Total |
0 | |||
| 5 | Grants Received Unrestricted Restricted |
Funds Total 2023/24 |
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| funds | ||||
Cost of Charitable |
Unrestricted funds | Restricted funds | Total 2024/25 | |
| Actvites | ||||
| 6 | Wages | & Natonal | 0 | 0 |
| Insurance | ||||
| Rent | £4200.00 | £4200.00 | ||
| Insurance | £1203.00 | £1203.00 | ||
| Fuel | £1374.59 | £1374.59 | ||
Postage/statonery |
£783.96 | £ 783.96 |
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| Gif shop | £ | £ | ||
| Volunteer Uniforms | £ | £ | ||
| Restoraton/maintenance costs | £2799.84 | £ 2799.84 | ||
| Café/catering/Breakfast Club | £1426.38 | £1426.38 | ||
| Phone | £446.90 | £446.90 | ||
| Internet | £418.95 | £418.95 | ||
| Artefact purchase | £1185.00 | £1185.00 | ||
| Displays | £1496.47 | £ 1496.47 | ||
| Ofce equipment/ ancills |
£1982.41 | £1982.41 | ||
Total |
£17317.50 | **£17317.50 ** |
7 Governance Costs Unrestricted Restricted Funds Total 2024/25
funds
0 0
0
Declaration
Signed on behalf of the charity trustees:
Print name
Designation Chairman Date 21/02/2026
Signed ………………………………………………………………….