OSCR Scottish charity profile

Royal Caledonian Horticultural Society

ActiveCharity number SC006522
Registered19 November 1938
Main locationCity of Edinburgh
Legal formStatutory corporation (Royal Charter etc)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC006522
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
Operations cover all or most of Scotland
Volunteers
51-100 volunteers
Staff
3
Postcode
EH11 3HR

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

We support professional Horticulture and domestic Gardening across Scotland with a range of events, courses, workshops, talks, presentations and resource materials.

Charitable purposes

  • the advancement of education
  • the advancement of health
  • the advancement of citizenship or community development
  • the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
  • the promotion of equality and diversity
  • the advancement of environmental protection or improvement
  • any other purpose that may reasonably be regarded as analogous to any of the preceding purposes

Beneficiaries

  • Children or young people
  • People with disabilities or health problems
  • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community

Activities

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

Constitutional objectives

(a) To advance the education in gardening and horticulture for the public benefit (b) to encourage and improve the science, art and practice of horticulture in all its branches In pursuing these objects, the society shall undertake activities in our United Kingdom, in the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man and anywhere else in the world.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
30 September 2025£49,477£62,953314 April 2026
30 September 2024£93,304£86,298329 May 2025
30 September 2023£94,433£101,84531 May 2024
30 September 2022£191,142£94,545328 June 2023
30 September 2021£68,663£82,351323 March 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
Stable Block, Saughton Park, 60A Ford's Road, EDINBURGH
Website supplied to OSCR
www.thecaley.org.uk
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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