01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC024407
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Operations cover all or most of Scotland
- Volunteers
- 51-100 volunteers
- Staff
- 1
- Postcode
- EH1 2LP
OSCR note: Previous Charity name Scottish Redundant Churches Trust from 25-01-1966 to 14-02-2019
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
We work in partnership with communities to save historic places of worship where they are at risk through sale, disuse, or decay, and to create strong, sustainable community assets at are valued, cared for and bring local benefit. We do this by taking into our own care and ownership a small number of irreplaceable nationally important places of worship that are no longer in use, and by repairing and conserving them and providing free public access for all. We also support communities taking ownership of their own local place of worship. We value partnerships at a local, regional and national level, and work to make Scotland’s places of worship better valued, used, and maintained – and, when regular worship ceases, to give them their best ‘next life’.
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
3. The charity's objects are to conserve historic church buildings in Scotland for and with communities, and for the benefit of all. (the 'Objects').
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 January 2026 | £0 | £0 | 1 | Not supplied |
| 31 January 2025 | £153,415 | £156,963 | 1 | 18 November 2025 |
| 31 January 2024 | £131,975 | £152,558 | 1 | 28 January 2025 |
| 31 January 2023 | £131,238 | £176,741 | 1 | 17 August 2023 |
| 31 January 2022 | £105,493 | £135,253 | 1 | 27 September 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
- 15 North Bank Street, Edinburgh
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.historicchurches.scot
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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