OSCR Scottish charity profile

The Kirk of the Greyfriars Foundation

Known as Greyfriars Foundation

ActiveCharity number SC006644
Registered20 December 1957
Main locationCity of Edinburgh
Legal formUnincorporated association

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC006644
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
A specific local point, community or neighbourhood
Volunteers
1-50 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
EH1 2QQ

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

Financial support for improvement projects for amenities and beautification of Greyfriars Kirk.

Charitable purposes

  • the advancement of education
  • the advancement of religion
  • the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science

Beneficiaries

  • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community

Activities

  • It carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

The Society shall have for its objects: (a) The care of the Church and its preservation for posterity. (b) The adornment and furnishing of the Church. (c) The safeguarding of the amenity of the Church and the beautifying of its surroundings. (d) The encouragement of research into the history of the Church, and of the publication of suitable literature. (e) Generally, the support of any object connected with or incidental to the care and improvement of the Church whether within the scope of the foregoing objects or any of them or otherwise, which shall have the approval of the Council of the Society. (f) The collection of money for all or any of the foregoing objects. The above objects shall always be subject to the powers of the General Trustees of the Church of Scotland and to the approval of the Kirk Session.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 December 2025£0£00Not supplied
31 December 2024£7,350£14,162022 September 2025
31 December 2023£7,350£25005 September 2024
31 December 2022£8,389£3,88102 October 2023
31 December 2021£6,773£13,420029 September 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
Greyfriars Kirk, Greyfriars Place, Edinburgh
Website supplied to OSCR
www.greyfriarskirk.com
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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