01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC015855
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- More than one local authority area in Scotland
- Volunteers
- 1-50 volunteers
- Staff
- 839
- Postcode
- G2 3DB
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
RCS was incorporated as the Glasgow Athenaeum in December 1900, having been established in 1847 to provide further education for adults in the fields of commerce, science, and the arts. It is now an institution of higher education and was awarded degree awarding powers for taught degrees by the Privy Council on 13 May 1994. The principal activity of RCS is the provision of teaching, learning and research in, and for, the performing arts. Programmes offered range from short courses for young children through to PhD and include all genres of the performing arts and arts education.
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
The objects for which the Company (also hereinafter called 'the Institution') is established are to conduct the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, whether in Glasgow or elsewhere, as a national and international academy and conservatoire for, inter alia, music, dance, film, television and the dramatic arts, to advance learning, knowledge and excellence, by teaching, research, performance and study, in particular, but without limitation, in the fields of music, dance, film, television and the dramatic arts and related fields, to provide instruction in such branches of learning as the Company may think fit and to make provision for research and performance and for the dissemination of knowledge in such manner as the Company may determine, and to act as a cultural centre and artistic stimulus for the community at large and in furtherance thereof.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 July 2025 | £32,273,000 | £30,356,000 | 839 | 9 December 2025 |
| 31 July 2024 | £30,684,000 | £28,768,000 | 839 | 3 March 2025 |
| 31 July 2023 | £27,650,000 | £27,759,000 | 839 | 23 November 2023 |
| 31 July 2022 | £26,248,000 | £27,933,000 | 839 | 28 November 2022 |
| 31 July 2021 | £25,431,000 | £25,192,000 | 839 | 17 November 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
- 100 Renfrew Street, Glasgow
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.rcs.ac.uk
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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