01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC024324
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- A specific local point, community or neighbourhood
- Volunteers
- 1-50 volunteers
- Staff
- 25
- Postcode
- EH25 9PU
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
Rosslyn Chapel Trust was established to conserve the 15th century building know as Rosslyn Chapel and other related sites, now including Rosslyn Castle, Collegehill House and an area of Roslin Glen. The Trust is required to raise sufficient funds to look after the sites and enable people to learn about them and does this through opening the Chapel to visitors and providing holiday accommodation at Rosslyn Castle and Collegehill House.
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
Beneficiaries
- No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
The object for which the Trust is established is to preserve and to promote for the benefit of the nation and the local community, and for use as a place of worship, the 15th Century listed building known as Rosslyn Chapel situate at Roslin, Midlothian, and such other listed buildings as may from time to time be made available to the Trust at Roslin, the surrounding ground and associated buildings (both in existence at the present time or to be hereafter constructed) and the artefacts and others contained therein, and to promote and further the study of the said Rosslyn Chapel, artefacts and others and to make the information obtained available to the general public.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £2,108,931 | £1,491,567 | 25 | 5 January 2026 |
| 31 March 2024 | £1,991,685 | £1,740,279 | 25 | 20 December 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £1,334,744 | £1,575,269 | 25 | 28 March 2024 |
| 31 March 2022 | £906,489 | £980,853 | 25 | 16 January 2023 |
| 31 March 2021 | £565,080 | £1,170,496 | 25 | 13 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
- Rosslyn Chapel, Roslin, Midlothian
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.rosslynchapel.com
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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