OSCR Scottish charity profile

Scottish Opera Theatre Royal Ltd

ActiveCharity number SC014382
Registered3 May 1974
Main locationGlasgow City
Legal formCompany (the charity is registered with Companies House)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC014382
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
Scotland and other parts of the UK
Volunteers
0 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
G2 4PT

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

The charity's principal activity is the ownership of the Theatre Royal, Glasgow.

Charitable purposes

  • 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

(i) To function as a wholly owned subsidiary of Scottish Opera (Registered in Scotland No SC37531) ('Scottish Opera') and as such to act on behalf of and as agent for Scottish Opera in furtherance of the objects contained in the Memorandum of Association of Scottish Opera by way of the acquisition, alteration, equipment and operation of a theatre in Glasgow to provide Scottish Opera with a permanent base for its performances and associated activities and as a centre for the presentation and enjoyment of the arts so far as incidental or conducive to the attainment of the said objects of Scottish Opera and/or (b) to do such other things and enter into such other contracts and arrangements as may be incidental or conducive to the attainment by Scottish Opera of its said objects. (ii) To guarantee and/or give security for the payment of money by or in the performance of obligations of all kinds of the Company or any other person, firm or company and, in particular, but without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, to guarantee and/or give security (either by way of mortgage or charge on all or any part of the property and undertaking. present and future of the Company or otherwise) for the performance of the obligations and the payment of the principal of and dividends, interest and premiums on and any other moneys due in respect of any stocks, shares, debentures, debenture stock or other securities or borrowing of any company being a charitable company including a company which is for the time being a subsidiary of the Company (the expression 'Subsidiary' having the meaning ascribed to it by Section 736 of the Act and the expression 'charitable' having the meaning provided by Section 505 of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988).

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 March 2025£170,856£592,69506 February 2026
31 March 2024£160,493£589,03005 December 2024
31 March 2023£151,888£589,030015 November 2023
31 March 2022£45,212£473,37507 November 2022
31 March 2021£21,810£451,881021 December 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
39 Elmbank Crescent, Glasgow
Website supplied to OSCR
Not supplied
Parent charity
Scottish Opera Ltd · SC019787

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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