OSCR Scottish charity profile

Scottish Civic Trust

ActiveCharity number SC012569
Registered27 September 1966
Main locationGlasgow City
Legal formTrust (founding document is a deed of trust) (other than educational endowment)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC012569
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
Operations cover all or most of Scotland
Volunteers
over 250 volunteers
Staff
8
Postcode
G1 1DT

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

To celebrate Scotland's built environment, take action for its improvement and empower its communities

Charitable purposes

  • the advancement of education
  • the advancement of citizenship or community development
  • the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
  • the advancement of environmental protection or improvement

Beneficiaries

  • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
  • Other charities or voluntary bodies

Activities

  • It carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

To promote and encourage the following objects: (a) Attractive healthy and stimulating conditions of life and work (b) High standards of architecture building and town and country planning (c) The preservation of buildings and features of artistic merit or historic interest (d) The protection of the beauties and amenities of the countryside (e) the elimination and prevention of ugliness whether arising from bad design, neglect or any other cause

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 March 2025£302,538£315,47884 November 2025
31 March 2024£319,458£327,659812 September 2024
31 March 2023£260,822£270,01284 October 2023
31 March 2022£252,282£274,432826 July 2022
31 March 2021£294,381£275,869818 October 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
42 Miller Street, Glasgow, Glasgow City
Website supplied to OSCR
www.scottishcivictrust.org.uk
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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