01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC014611
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- UK and overseas
- Volunteers
- 0 volunteers
- Staff
- 101
- Postcode
- EH12 5EL
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
St Mary’s Music School aims to provide the highest possible standard of education and training to exceptionally gifted young musicians, in an inspiring, inclusive and supportive environment. We provide specialist music education to instrumentalists and choristers, encouraging applications from all pupils with the potential to benefit from a supportive specialist music school education, irrespective of financial means. We aim to develop each pupil’s musical education to the full and to provide an excellent general education, offering flexibility of timetabling sensitive to the needs of the individual, and encouraging a high level of motivation, self-esteem and confidence. The school aims to promote engagement with the wider community and to extend in-depth learning in music to children from other schools as part of our outreach programme, and to contribute to the cultural life of Scotland and internationally.
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of education
- the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
Beneficiaries
- Children or young people
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
1.1 To promote the advancement, study, practice and knowledge of music and other musical, literary, artistic, cultural and educational purposes connected therewith, and for these purposes to establish, maintain and manage a school for gifted children. 1.2 To promote the advancement, study, practice and knowledge of music and other musical, literary, artistic, cultural and educational purposes connected therewith in the wider community.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 July 2025 | £3,424,418 | £3,048,751 | 101 | 7 August 2026 |
| 31 July 2024 | £5,436,798 | £2,941,240 | 101 | 11 March 2025 |
| 31 July 2023 | £2,751,281 | £2,882,113 | 101 | 28 March 2024 |
| 31 July 2022 | £2,564,064 | £2,630,300 | 101 | 29 March 2023 |
| 31 July 2021 | £2,553,209 | £2,577,895 | 101 | 20 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
- St Marys Music School, Coates Hall, 25 Grosvenor Crescent, Edinburgh
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.stmarysmusicschool.co.uk
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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