01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC017455
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- UK and overseas
- Volunteers
- 0 volunteers
- Staff
- 1
- Postcode
- AB10 1US
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
The Gordon Cook Foundation is an Aberdeen based charity established in 1974 to promote and develop values education throughout the United Kingdom. Values education includes social and moral education, health education and projects likely to promote character development, citizenship and ethical behaviour. The Foundation achieve this via the following: 1. Sponsoring and delivering educational projects designed to promote character development and good citizenship 2. Promoting social and moral education, complementary to religious education 3. Providing support, advice and information to teachers and others relating to personal development of the child 4. Disseminating the results of related research and development 5. Promoting citizenship in its widest terms including social & moral education, aesthetic appreciation, youth activities, co operation between the home and the school 6. Promoting health education 7. Receiving & managing funds from other appropriate sources
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of education
- the advancement of health
- the advancement of citizenship or community development
Beneficiaries
- Children or young people
Activities
- It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
Constitutional objectives
3. The objects for which the Trust is established are: (1) To advance, promote and carry out any aspects of education or allied activities likely to promote character development hereinafter described. (2) To provide support, suggestions and information to teachers and parents relating to personal development of the child. Society renews itself through the schools.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 April 2025 | £564,407 | £272,375 | 1 | 13 October 2025 |
| 5 April 2024 | £586,511 | £277,301 | 1 | 23 October 2024 |
| 5 April 2023 | £549,566 | £1,053,593 | 1 | 5 December 2023 |
| 5 April 2022 | £548,670 | £500,337 | 1 | 20 December 2022 |
| 5 April 2021 | £427,245 | £193,773 | 1 | 26 November 2021 |
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
- Ground Floor, 3 Carden Terrace, Aberdeen
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.gordoncook.org
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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