OSCR Scottish charity profile

Guild Of Players

ActiveCharity number SC001963
Registered2 November 1961
Main locationDumfries And Galloway
Legal formCompany (the charity is registered with Companies House)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC001963
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
Wider, but within one local authority area
Volunteers
51-100 volunteers
Staff
10
Postcode
DG1 2JH

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

4. The charity’s objects are: (a) The advancement of the arts, heritage and culture, in particular but not exclusively, through the promotion and support of performance, exhibition, instruction and study of all forms of art and culture and the preservation, maintenance, improvement and operation of theatres, venues and other similar facilities. (b) The advancement of community development by providing, improving and maintaining public amenities, supporting local regeneration, providing education and training opportunities, providing and improving arts and recreational facilities, encouraging volunteering and increasing the involvement of people of all ages and abilities and, in particular, young people, in community activity centred on the arts and so assisting with the regeneration of their communities.

Charitable purposes

  • the advancement of education
  • the advancement of citizenship or community development
  • the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science

Beneficiaries

  • Children or young people
  • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
  • Other charities or voluntary bodies

Activities

  • It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
  • It carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

The charity’s objects are: (a) The advancement of the arts, heritage and culture, in particular but not exclusively, through the promotion and support of performance, exhibition, instruction and study of all forms of art and culture and the preservation, maintenance, improvement and operation of theatres, venues and other similar facilities. (b) The advancement of community development by providing, improving and maintaining public amenities, supporting local regeneration, providing education and training opportunities, providing and improving arts and recreational facilities, encouraging volunteering and increasing the involvement of people of all ages and abilities and, in particular, young people, in community activity centred on the arts and so assisting with the regeneration of their communities. (c) To pursue such objects as may by law be deemed charitable and, in particular, to promote the well being of the community resident in Dumfries and the wider area of Dumfries and Galloway by associating Local Authorities, local artistic organisations and residents in a common effort to advance education and to foster a community spirit for the achievement of the aforesaid purposes. 5. The charity’s objects are restricted to those set out in article 4 (but subject to article 6). 6. The charity may (subject to first obtaining the consent of OSCR) add to, remove or alter the statement of the charity’s objects in article 4. on any occasion when it does so, it must give notice to the registrar of companies and the amendment will not be effective until that notice is registered on the register of companies.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 March 2025£443,449£485,4441017 December 2025
31 March 2024£416,820£469,2101013 December 2024
31 March 2023£331,131£409,6611019 January 2024
31 March 2022£354,621£268,0991027 December 2022
31 March 2021£270,977£152,9011011 January 2022

Figures are those reported by the charity and supplied in the OSCR bulk download. Blank facts remain distinct from zero.

04 Contact record

Principal office or trustees address

Address supplied to OSCR
Theatre Royal, 58-70 Shakespeare Street, Dumfries
Website supplied to OSCR
www.theatreroyaldumfries.co.uk
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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