OSCR Scottish charity profile

Church Hymnary Trust

ActiveCharity number SC002769
Registered22 March 1929
Main locationCity of Edinburgh
Legal formTrust (founding document is a deed of trust) (other than educational endowment)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC002769
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
Operations cover all or most of Scotland
Volunteers
0 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
EH2 4YN

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

Offers grants for the promotion of hymnody in Scotland for the advancement of the Christian faith

Charitable purposes

  • the advancement of religion

Beneficiaries

  • Other defined groups

Activities

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

Constitutional objectives

Trust for the advancement of the Christian Faith through the promotion and development of hymnody in Scotland with particular reference to the Church of Scotland by assisting in the development, promotion, provision and understanding of hymns, psalms and paraphrases suitable for use in public worship and in the distribution and making available of the same in books, discs, electronically and in other media for use by the Church of Scotland to enable the church and in particular the Church of Scotland to worship in ways which are relevant to individual congregations or groups of congregations.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 December 2024£17,304£7,268023 September 2025
31 December 2023£16,446£33,000025 September 2024
31 December 2022£14,080£12,81503 April 2024
31 December 2021£14,172£5,15003 April 2024
31 December 2020£16,771£5,02203 April 2024

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
121 George Street, Edinburgh
Website supplied to OSCR
Not supplied
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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