01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC024713
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Wider, but within one local authority area
- Volunteers
- 51-100 volunteers
- Staff
- 18
- Postcode
- EH45 8AD
OSCR note: This SCIO was incorporated on 10 June 2026 as a result of the conversion of a charitable company: Eastgate Theatre (Peebles) Limited.
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
Eastgate Theatre & Arts Centre is a community-focused cultural charity that exists to inspire, engage and change lives through artistic experiences. We provide a welcoming, accessible venue in the heart of Peebles where people can experience high-quality professional work and take part in creative activity. We deliver this through a year-round programme of live performance, cinema, exhibitions and festivals, alongside participatory and outreach work including youth theatre, inclusive dance and music, creative learning, and wellbeing-focused programmes for people living with dementia, disability and long-term health conditions. By working in partnership with artists, schools and community organisations, we support local talent, bring high-quality work to the Scottish Borders, remove barriers to access, and embed creativity at the heart of community life.
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of education
- the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
Beneficiaries
- Children or young people
- Older People
- People with disabilities or health problems
- No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
The objects for which the Company is established are: a) To promote, maintain, improve and advance public education by the encouragement of the arts, particularly by the promotion of dramatic and other arts including dance, drama, music, visual arts, crafts, burlesque, film and photography, plastic arts, graphics and design, mime, dramatic improvisation, ballet, sculpture and literature and to formulate, prepare and establish schemes therefor, provided that all objects of the Company shall be of a charitable nature. b) In the interests of social welfare, to provide or assist in the provisron of facilities for recreation or other leisure time occupation with the object of improving the conditions of life of the persons for whom such facilities are primarily intended being persons who have need for such facilities by reason of their youth, age, infirmity or disablement, poverty or social and economic circumstances provided that nevertheless such facilities shall be available to the members of the public at large.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £873,900 | £924,353 | 18 | 19 December 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £787,984 | £834,814 | 18 | 11 December 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £671,429 | £780,157 | 18 | 25 March 2024 |
| 31 March 2022 | £581,867 | £581,913 | 18 | 17 November 2022 |
| 31 March 2021 | £418,852 | £333,270 | 18 | 15 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
- Eastgate Theatre & Arts Centre, Eastgate, Peebles
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.eastgatearts.com
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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