OSCR Scottish charity profile

St Margarets School For Girls

ActiveCharity number SC016265
Registered23 January 1928
Main locationAberdeen
Legal formCompany (the charity is registered with Companies House)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC016265
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
More than one local authority area in Scotland
Volunteers
1-50 volunteers
Staff
77
Postcode
AB10 1RU

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

The charity is set up for the advancement of education generally and in particular, the provision of a girls only all through day school and a co-educational nursery. We provide a stimulating learning environment for girls aged 3-18 and for both girls and boys aged 3-5 in our nursery. Our identity is as a girls' school with a commitment to meeting the academic, social and emotional needs of girls at their different developmental stages.

Charitable purposes

  • the advancement of education

Beneficiaries

  • Children or young people

Activities

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

Constitutional objectives

This clause shall be interpreted as if it incorporated an overriding qualification limiting the powers of the company such that any activity which would otherwise be permitted by the terms of this clause may be carried on only if that activity furthers a purpose which is regarded as charitable. The expression 'charitable' shall mean a charitable purpose under Section 7 of the Charities Act which is also regarded as a charitable purpose in relation to the application of the Taxes Acts. Subject to that overriding qualification, the objects of the company are the advancement of education generally but particularly by the provision of a girls-only day school and co-educational nursery.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 July 2025£5,105,232£5,183,2187726 March 2026
31 July 2024£4,890,733£5,123,4957722 April 2025
31 July 2023£5,243,983£5,710,629778 April 2024
31 July 2022£4,955,720£5,327,8187726 April 2023
31 July 2021£4,773,301£5,034,6107730 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
17 Albyn Place, Aberdeen
Website supplied to OSCR
www.st-margaret.aberdeen.sch.uk
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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