01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC011220
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Scotland and other parts of the UK
- Volunteers
- 1-50 volunteers
- Staff
- 0
- Postcode
- EH1 1LG
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
The Friends of St Cecilia's Hall & Museum is set up to support and promote Edinburgh University's St Cecilia's concert hall and museum of musical instruments. We liaise closely with hall and museum staff, providing support and assistance as requested. This includes publicising events at the hall and mueum, supporting attendance at events, support for the purchase and care of instruments in the museum collection. The Friends organises and presents concerts during the Edinburgh Festival, promoting St Cecilia's Concert Hall and promoting the use of instruments from the collection. The Friends prepares technical drawings of instruments in the collection, which are available for purchase to interested individuals and organisation worldwide. The Friends offers annual bursaries to students of early music. The Friends are responsible for the Pamela Jackson legacy for the provision of a postgraduate scholarship in early music at the University of Edinburgh.
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of education
- the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
Beneficiaries
- No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
Activities
- It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals
- It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
The aims and objects of the Society shall be the advancement of musical education, knowledge and appreciation and in particular: (a) To build up a body of supporters of St. Cecilia's Hall and its collection of keyboard instruments and to raise funds for any purpose connected therewith. (b) To acquire further instruments and so present a more complete picture of musical development. (c) To acquire documentary, bibliographical and illustrative material pertaining to the history of instruments. (d) To acquire minor furnishings suitable for the eighteenth century concert-hall and its musical functions. (e) To support a student or students of the University of Edinburgh in a short term project connected with keyboard instruments (e.g. a vocational course in harpsichord or organ playing abroad). (f) Generally to help in furthering the work of the Hall, its Collection and its concerts in any way which may offer itself.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 July 2025 | £20,120 | £6,088 | 0 | 31 January 2026 |
| 31 July 2024 | £18,822 | £36,978 | 0 | 21 January 2025 |
| 31 July 2023 | £11,493 | £7,403 | 0 | 21 November 2023 |
| 31 July 2022 | £4,380 | £4,130 | 0 | 4 December 2022 |
| 31 July 2021 | £5,125 | £843 | 0 | 5 April 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
- I Niddry Street, Edinburgh
- Website supplied to OSCR
- friendsofstceciliashall.com
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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