OSCR Scottish charity profile

West Lothian Educational Trust

ActiveCharity number SC015454
Registered28 October 1957
Main locationCity of Edinburgh
Legal formEducational endowment

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC015454
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
Wider, but within one local authority area
Volunteers
0 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
EH3 9QG

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

Promoting education to children and adults living in West Lothian

Charitable purposes

  • the advancement of education

Beneficiaries

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

Activities

  • It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals
  • It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations

Constitutional objectives

Promoting education in music among persons belonging to the County- by establishing, maaintaining and equipping or assisting to establish, maintain and equip choirs and orchestras composed wholly or mainly of the said persons. by granting assistance to any such person who shows exceptional promise in vocal or instrumental music and who requires financial aid to enable him to obtain special tution, and by organizing and defraying or assisting to organize and defray the expenses of musical performances and music lectures.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
15 May 2025£7,819£37,847018 November 2025
15 May 2024£8,910£32,802025 November 2024
15 May 2023£7,638£29,54006 March 2024
15 May 2022£7,254£31,76008 February 2023
15 May 2021£12,532£31,611017 January 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
Quay 2, Fountainbridge, Edinburgh
Website supplied to OSCR
Not supplied
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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