OSCR Scottish charity profile

Clarsach Society - Comunn Na Clarsaich

ActiveCharity number SC011819
Registered12 June 1963
Main locationCity of Edinburgh
Legal formUnincorporated association

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC011819
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
Scotland and other parts of the UK
Volunteers
1-50 volunteers
Staff
2
Postcode
EH6 8RG

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

Promote and support the playing of the clarsach

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 carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

The objects of the Society shall be to advance the education of the public in the music and the playing of the clarsach, and in furtherance thereof: 1. to promote and encourage the playing of the clarsach. 2. to preserve its place in the national life of Scotland. 3. to uphold its position as one of the most ancient instruments of Scotland. 4. to promote and encourage its tradition amongst Gaelic speaking people. 5. to establish and foster its place among the other Celtic traditions and in the wider international community of the harp. 6. to collect, produce and distribute music and songs for the clarsach and to arrange demonstrations, workshops and festivals 7. to do all things charitable in law necessary or conducive to the furtherance of the foregoing objects.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
30 June 2025£291,738£215,844226 March 2026
30 June 2024£196,375£216,260211 March 2025
30 June 2023£208,970£211,001212 March 2024
30 June 2022£184,795£170,94426 March 2023
30 June 2021£172,880£131,932215 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
Studio G43, Out of the Blue Drill Hall, 36 Dalmeny Street, Edinburgh
Website supplied to OSCR
www.clarsachsociety.co.uk
Parent charity
Not supplied

No direct external links on this profile. The official OSCR record and source documentation are available through BritDB’s dedicated source page.

05 Provenance

Source for this profile

© Crown Copyright and database right 2026. Contains information from the Scottish Charity Register supplied by the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator and licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. BritDB is an independent service and does not claim to be the Scottish Charity Register.