01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC022611
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- UK and overseas
- Volunteers
- 1-50 volunteers
- Staff
- 3
- Postcode
- EH41 4LW
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
To promote the monastic vocation as followed in the Cistercian Order.
Charitable purposes
- the prevention or relief of poverty
- the advancement of religion
Beneficiaries
- Children or young people
- Older People
- People with disabilities or health problems
- People with a particular ethnic or racial origin
- Other defined groups
- No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
- Other charities or voluntary bodies
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
I direct my trustees, out of the residue of my said means and estate: To pay convey and make over the remainder of the residue of my said means and estate to the said Nunraw Abbey for general purposes connected with the said Abbey and particularly to help to keep up and maintain any picture or other works created by my said son which may be in possession of the said Abbey.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 October 2025 | £430,055 | £465,709 | 3 | 2 July 2026 |
| 31 October 2024 | £922,264 | £469,681 | 3 | 31 July 2025 |
| 31 October 2023 | £312,268 | £672,298 | 3 | 12 July 2024 |
| 31 October 2022 | £240,998 | £483,000 | 3 | 24 July 2023 |
| 31 October 2021 | £335,904 | £381,407 | 3 | 27 June 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
- Sancta Maria Abbey, Nunraw, Garvald, Haddington, East Lothian
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.nunraw.org.uk
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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