01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC023666
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Operations cover all or most of Scotland
- Volunteers
- 0 volunteers
- Staff
- 4
- Postcode
- G1 1TF
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
BOP is a small-scale organisation that has an immense impact. BOP makes theatre that is about disabled people, by disabled people and for everyone. We are a pioneer of Creatively Embedded Access BOP creates theatre that entertains, inspires, shocks, represents and connects, offers development opportunities for disabled artists that empowers, enables progression and generates role-models and instigates strategic activity that leaves everyone we work with more aware, fired up and ready to realise the disability equality justice that we have ignited.
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of education
- the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
- the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
Beneficiaries
- Children or young people
- People with disabilities or health problems
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
4.1 to advance the arts through the provision of drama productions and world class theatre performances and projects that embody the aesthetics of access for deaf and disabled artists. 4.2 the relief of need through the provision of arts, particularly theatre opportunities, to disabled artists and increase the representation of professional deaf and disabled artists and performers in Scottish theatre. 4.3 to advance education through the provision of skills development, training and workshops in drama, theatre production and non-production.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £363,358 | £371,999 | 4 | 15 October 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £335,792 | £355,115 | 4 | 1 December 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £307,288 | £394,427 | 4 | 18 September 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | £299,421 | £317,105 | 4 | 19 December 2022 |
| 31 March 2021 | £404,597 | £194,824 | 4 | 16 December 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
- Birds of Paradise Theatre Company, 105 Brunswick Street, Glasgow
- Website supplied to OSCR
- http://www.boptheatre.co.uk/
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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