OSCR Scottish charity profile

Hope Scott Trust

ActiveCharity number SC016262
Registered7 September 1990
Main locationCity of Edinburgh
Legal formTrust (founding document is a deed of trust) (other than educational endowment)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC016262
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
UK and overseas
Volunteers
0 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
EH3 6AQ

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

The Charity awards grants for the promotion, development, practice and enjoyment of music and visual arts, primarily in Scotland but also elsewhere throughout the world. The Trustees aim to provide a public benefit by helping to sustain the creative activities of the donees. The charity awarded grants to thirteen institutions and one hundred and two individuals.

Charitable purposes

  • the advancement of education
  • the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science

Beneficiaries

  • Other defined groups

Activities

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

Constitutional objectives

The advancement of education. The advancement of arts, heritage, culture, or science.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
30 September 2025£135,889£134,95908 May 2026
30 September 2024£145,362£127,215024 February 2025
30 September 2023£126,200£153,516013 March 2024
30 September 2022£122,557£155,425023 May 2023
30 September 2021£169,435£188,56709 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
3 Glenfinlas Street, 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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