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Registered charity · N Yorkshire

Scarborough Museums, Culture and Creative Trust

  • 6 trustees
  • Income £44k (2026)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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About

What it does
Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
North Yorkshire
Website
scarboroughmuseumsandgalleries.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2004

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2026£44k£4k
  • 2025£961k£1.1m
  • 2024£920k£1.2m
Earlier years
  • 2023£842k£895k
  • 2022£795k£856k

Income trend, 2022 to 2026.

Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 64% · Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

THE CHARITY’S OBJECTS ARE, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AND IN PARTICULAR THE INHABITANTS OF THE BOROUGH OF SCARBOROUGH AND ITS SURROUNDING AREAS:4.1 TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION IN PARTICULAR (BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY) BY THE ESTABLISHMENT, MAINTENANCE, AND PROVISION OF ONE OR MORE MUSEUMS, ART GALLERIES OR OTHER EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES OR RESOURCES IN THE BOROUGH OF SCARBOROUGH.4.2 TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN NATURAL SCIENCES, ARCHAEOLOGY, HISTORY, DECORATIVE AND FINE ARTS, ANTIQUITIES, CRAFTS, CREATIVE AND CULTURAL INDUSTRIES, ARCHITECTURE, THE LOCAL ENVIRONMENT, AND OTHER DISCIPLINES, IN PARTICULAR (BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY) BY:4.2.1 THE ESTABLISHMENT, MAINTENANCE, AND PROVISION OF ONE OR MORE MUSEUMS, ART GALLERIES OR OTHER EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS IN THE BOROUGH OF SCARBOROUGH.4.2.2 PROMOTING AND ENCOURAGING RESEARCH (AND DISSEMINATING ITS USEFUL RESULTS);4.2.3 PROMOTING THE PRESERVATION AND DISPLAY OF, AND ACCESS TO, THE ITEMS, GROUPINGS, DISPLAYS AND COLLECTIONS.4.3 TO PROMOTE THE PRESERVATION AND CONSERVATION OF THE BUILT AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, IN PARTICULAR (BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY) BY ACQUIRING, RENOVATING, REDEVELOPING, MAINTAINING, MANAGING, AND PROVIDING USE OF AND ACCESS TO LAND, BUILDINGS, STRUCTURES AND SITES OF HISTORICAL, ARCHITECTURAL OR ENVIRONMENTAL IMPORTANCE IN THE BOROUGH OF SCARBOROUGH AND ENCOURAGING HIGH STANDARDS OF ARCHITECTURE, LANDSCAPE DESIGN AND TOWN PLANNING WITHIN THE BOROUGH OF SCARBOROUGH.4.4 TO PROMOTE THE URBAN AND RURAL REGENERATION IN AREAS OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEPRIVATION AND IN PARTICULAR THE BOROUGH OF SCARBOROUGH AND ITS SURROUNDING AREAS BY ANY OR ALL OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS:4.4.1 THE PROMOTION OF EDUCATION, TRAINING AND RETRAINING AND WORK EXPERIENCE OPPORTUNITIES IN AREAS OF DISADVANTAGE IN PARTICULAR (BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY) BY PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF PROGRAMMES IN THE CREATIVE AND CULTURAL INDUSTRIES.4.4.2 THE PROVISION OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, OR BUSINESS ADVICE IN ORDER TO PROVIDE TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN PARTICULAR (BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY) IN THE CREATIVE AND CULTURAL INDUSTRIES FOR PEOPLE AND COMMUNITIES DISADVANTAGED BY VIRTUE OF POVERTY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT, OR ANY OTHER BARRIERS TO ACCESSING TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT.4.4.3 THE CREATION OF TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES BY THE PROVISION OF LAND, BUILDINGS, WORKSPACE, AND OTHER FACILITIES FOR USE BY CHARITIES, VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS, INDIVIDUALS, COMPANIES, AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS, IN PARTICULAR (BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY) THOSE INVOLVED IN THE CREATIVE AND CULTURAL INDUSTRIES.4.4.4 THE PROVISION, MAINTENANCE, DEVELOPMENT AND IMPROVEMENT OF PUBLIC FACILITIES AND AMENITIES AND PROVIDING EXPERT ADVICE OR CONSULTATION IN RELATION TO SUCH MATTERS.4.4.5 THE PRESERVATION, CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT AND IMPROVEMENT OF LAND, BUILDINGS, STRUCTURES, OR SITES OF HISTORICAL, ARCHITECTURAL, OR ENVIRONMENTAL IMPORTANCE AND PROVIDING EXPERT ADVICE OR CONSULTATION IN RELATION TO SUCH MATTERS.4.4.6 THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL FACILITIES FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE OR FOR THOSE WHO BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES.4.4.7 SUCH OTHER MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE.4.5 TO FURTHER SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSE OR PURPOSES BENEFICIAL TO THE COMMUNITY CONSISTENT WITH, OR ANCILLARY TO, THE ABOVE OBJECTS AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION DETERMINE FROM TIME TO TIME.

Grants received

9 grants · £499,542 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £294,342 (6 grants)
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport · £136,800 (2 grants)
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £68,400

Most recent

  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport £68,4002024-02-28
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £9,8802023-06-05
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport £68,4002023-03-21
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £68,4002022-03-22
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £129,7622021-08-24
Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

6 trustees on the board

4.8y median 3y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

15y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

6
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Arts/culture/heritage/science 6Education/training 6Environment/conservation/heritage 6

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Arts and leisure 3Professional services 3Other services 2

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£961k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

0.4 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 5.0 in 2021

19 from 16 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.
65%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1106238
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 28 APR 2004AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 09 SEP 2004AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 04 MAR 2009NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 19 MAY 2010AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 29 JUL 2011AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 26 OCT 2012AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 29 MAR 2022AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 03 AUG 2022AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 08 SEP 2022 as amended on 15 Sept 2025
Contact on the register
01723384500 · info@smtrust.uk.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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