OSCR Scottish charity profile

Michaelis-Jena Ratcliff Prize

ActiveCharity number SC017154
Registered1 December 1989
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
SC017154
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
UK and overseas
Volunteers
0 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
EH1 3LR

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

The charity was set up to provide funds to award a prize in the form of a grant to a person who has made a great contribution in Folklore and Folklife studies within Great Britain and Ireland.

Charitable purposes

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

Beneficiaries

  • Children or young people
  • Older People

Activities

  • It does none of these

Constitutional objectives

The advancement of arts, culture, or science.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
5 April 2025£5,065£3,100030 June 2026
5 April 2024£5,520£3,36001 July 2025
5 April 2023£5,550£2,89501 July 2025
5 April 2022£5,998£2,761031 March 2025
5 April 2021£4,407£2,469031 October 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
c/o Drummond Miller LLP, Glenorchy House, 20 Union 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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