01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC016580
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- UK and overseas
- Volunteers
- 0 volunteers
- Staff
- 121
- Postcode
- EH13 0PU
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
The objects (Objects) for which the Company is established are to advance education including, but not limited to, the provision of a day and/or boarding school(s) or college(s) in or near Edinburgh or at other such places as the Governors may think fit.
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of education
Beneficiaries
- Children or young people
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
The objects (Objects) for which the Company is established are to advance education including, but not limited to, the provision of a day and/or boarding school(s) or college(s) in or near Edinburgh or at other such places as the Governors may think fit.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Total income | Donations | Charitable activities income | Trading income | Investment income | Other income | Total expenditure | Raising funds | Charitable activities spending | Other spending | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 July 2025 | £12,177,309 | £68,487 | £11,804,159 | £244,504 | £60,159 | £0 | £12,348,852 | £24,329 | £12,324,523 | £0 | 121 | 25 September 2026 |
| 31 July 2024 | £12,831,875 | £285,574 | £12,242,336 | £236,601 | £67,364 | £0 | £12,399,906 | £38,052 | £12,361,854 | £0 | 121 | 30 April 2025 |
| 31 July 2023 | £11,852,045 | £90,322 | £11,373,023 | £321,449 | £67,251 | £0 | £11,302,418 | £189,804 | £11,112,614 | £0 | 121 | 22 April 2024 |
| 31 July 2022 | £11,149,997 | £37,199 | £10,803,333 | £289,862 | £19,603 | £0 | £10,415,411 | £115,717 | £10,299,694 | £0 | 121 | 4 April 2023 |
| 31 July 2021 | £10,049,363 | £497,980 | £9,247,090 | £279,369 | £24,924 | £0 | £10,041,701 | £217,793 | £9,823,908 | £0 | 121 | 6 April 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
- 294 Colinton Road, Edinburgh
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.merchiston.co.uk
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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