OSCR Scottish charity profile

Friends of Britannia Panopticon Music Hall Trust (SCIO)

ActiveCharity number SC029031
Registered15 May 1999
Main locationGlasgow City
Legal formSCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC029031
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
A specific local point, community or neighbourhood
Volunteers
51-100 volunteers
Staff
4
Postcode
G1 5HD
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OSCR note: This SCIO was incorporated on the 10 October 2016 as a result of a Change to SCIO application by Friends Of Britannia Panopticon Music Hall Trust, which was an Unincorporated Association registered as a charity since 15 May 1999.

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

preserve and conserve the worlds oldest surviving music hall , we open the building to the public and fundrassie for ongoing operational and conservation costs

Charitable purposes

  • the advancement of education
  • 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

4.1 To advance the conservation and preservation of the Britannia Panopticon Music Hall and ensure the building's future as a viable visitor attraction and a living museum of popular entertainments from the music hall auditorium to the attic area. 4.2 To promote the involvement of the community in this unique building as a learning, archival and educational resource for the wider community and to engender further volunteer support for the day to day running thereof. 4.3 To promote and hold the music hall at all times as a building of historic interest and importance and to secure its permanent preservation for the benefit of the public as an outstanding example of a Victorian Music Hall and a rare survivor of its genre. 4.4 To facilitate the use of its premises on such terms as the Trustees deem fit for any purpose, public or private, and in particular for music hall and other performances, meetings, exhibitions, lectures, dinners and other entertainments. also for shops, restaurants or business premises to enable the foregoing purposes to be carried out effectively as required.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 July 2025£55,847£53,649426 May 2026
31 July 2024£57,379£57,970422 May 2025
31 July 2022£53,122£71,186418 June 2024
31 July 2021£49,351£42,438431 May 2022
31 July 2020£64,423£56,780414 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
113-117 Trongate, Glasgow, Glasgow
Website supplied to OSCR
www.britanniapanopticon.org
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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