OSCR Scottish charity profile

The Research Centre

Known as TRC Media

ActiveCharity number SC027824
Registered31 March 1998
Main locationGlasgow City
Legal formCompany (the charity is registered with Companies House)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC027824
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
UK and overseas
Volunteers
0 volunteers
Staff
7
Postcode
G1 1TQ

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

Provide assistance through funding, facilities and training to individuals and companies looking to develop ideas in the field of television programming and interactive media.

Charitable purposes

  • the advancement of education
  • the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science

Beneficiaries

  • Other defined groups

Activities

  • It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
  • It carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

The Objects for which the Company is established are to promote, encourage and co-ordinate the education and training of persons involved in the television, film, broadcasting, multimedia and inter-active industries and to provide financial, research and development assistance, training courses, seminars and workshops for persons involved in the television, film, broadcasting and multimedia industries in order to develop the creative ideas and skills of such persons.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endTotal incomeDonationsCharitable activities incomeTrading incomeInvestment incomeOther incomeTotal expenditureRaising fundsCharitable activities spendingOther spendingStaffReturn received
31 March 2025£1,256,308£1,201,993£0£19,587£0£34,728£1,160,314£0£1,160,314£0723 December 2025
31 March 2024£1,169,552£1,133,720£0£0£6,840£28,992£1,271,348£0£1,271,348£0720 December 2024
31 March 2023£773,609£763,869£0£0£0£9,740£911,470£0£911,470£0720 December 2023
31 March 2022£966,554£0£963,223£0£0£3,331£467,645£0£467,645£0727 February 2023
31 March 2021£276,328£0£242,645£0£420£33,263£241,003£0£241,003£0715 November 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
Office 2, The Social Hub, 15 Candleriggs Square, Glasgow
Website supplied to OSCR
www.trcmedia.org
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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