OSCR Scottish charity profile

The History of Education Centre (Lothian) SCIO

Known as The Victorian Schoolroom

ActiveCharity number SC012269
Registered16 January 1987
Main locationCity of Edinburgh
Legal formSCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC012269
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
More than one local authority area in Scotland
Volunteers
1-50 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
EH12 6NN
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OSCR note: This SCIO was incorporated on 15/04/2013 as a result of a Change to SCIO application SC012269 History of Lothian Education Centre Trust, which was a Trust registered as a charity since 16/01/1987.

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

The organisation’s purposes are: The advancement of education. (This will be carried out through the provision of class and community learning opportunities, the provision of access to learning resources and the maintenance of a collection of educational artefacts, all in an appropriate environment.)The advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science. We work closely with an Intergenerational Community charity.

Charitable purposes

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

Beneficiaries

  • Children or young people
  • Older People

Activities

  • It carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

The organisation’s purposes are: The advancement of education. (This will be carried out through the provision of class and community learning opportunities, the provision of access to learning resources and the maintenance of a collection of educational artefacts, all in an appropriate environment.) The advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 March 2025£6,289£1,877029 August 2025
31 March 2024£5,122£547019 October 2024
31 March 2023£5,097£7,109025 July 2023
31 March 2022£1,108£5,771019 September 2022
31 March 2021£6,670£6,143030 November 2021

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
103 St John's Road, Edinburgh
Website supplied to OSCR
http://www.histedcentre.org.uk/
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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