OSCR Scottish charity profile

Abertay University

ActiveCharity number SC016040
Registered22 October 1975
Main locationDundee City
Legal formEducational endowment

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC016040
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
UK and overseas
Volunteers
0 volunteers
Staff
458
Postcode
DD1 1HG
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OSCR note: Previous Charity name University Of Abertay Dundee from 22-10-1975 to 06-09-2019

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

Home to approximately 4,000 students, our exciting range of undergraduate and postgraduate courses are designed to prepare students to meet the demands of the modern workplace and make their mark in a variety of industries. Many of our degrees have work placements and industry experience built in, which ensures they hit the ground running

Charitable purposes

  • the advancement of education

Beneficiaries

  • Children or young people
  • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community

Activities

  • It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals
  • It carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

The objects of the University are to provide education, to undertake and carry out research and to make suitable and adequate provision for teaching, learning, scholarship and research

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 July 2025£42,556,200£43,182,4564582 April 2026
31 July 2024£42,221,509£42,085,21045821 April 2025
31 July 2023£41,349,988£55,001,74045819 February 2024
31 July 2022£69,765,533£39,032,9854586 March 2023
31 July 2021£39,298,640£24,220,1934582 March 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
Kydd Building, Bell Street, Dundee
Website supplied to OSCR
www.abertay.ac.uk
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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