01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC013785
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Wider, but within one local authority area
- Volunteers
- 51-100 volunteers
- Staff
- 11
- Postcode
- EH11 1EP
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
The North Merchiston Club has been operating for over 100 years and continues to play an important role as a community-based resource for local people, families and neighbouring communities. We strive to be supportive and responsive to community interests and needs, often exploring how best to tackle these challenges together. We bring people together in our community whether through participation in club led activities either sporting or non sporting, we provide space for other non club activities to provide their services within the community and lastly we have an open door policy for club members and non members to come along to our club cafe. Activities run are all inclusive from pre-school young people through our older retired community. We place people at the very heart of all that we do and, as our logo suggests, we aim to provide ‘A Place for Everyone’.
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of education
- the advancement of public participation in sport
- the provision of recreational facilities, or the organisation of recreational activities, with the object of improving the conditions of life for the persons for whom the facilities or activities are primarily intended
Beneficiaries
- Children or young people
- No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
2.0 The Charitable Purposes of the Company are to advance education and participation in sport and recreation within the local community by: 2. 1 creating opportunities for structured learning to promote the moral, intellectual and social wellbeing of its subscribers. and 2.2 providing facilities and support for the development of recreational and other leisure-time occupation. and 2.3 working with statutory authorities and other voluntary organisations having similar objects.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 December 2025 | £0 | £0 | 11 | Not supplied |
| 30 June 2024 | £269,034 | £369,027 | 11 | 31 March 2025 |
| 30 June 2023 | £263,777 | £306,005 | 11 | 26 March 2024 |
| 30 June 2022 | £244,008 | £256,580 | 11 | 22 March 2023 |
| 30 June 2021 | £222,996 | £196,250 | 11 | 27 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
- 48 Watson Crescent, Edinburgh
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.northmerchiston.co.uk
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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