01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC030234
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Wider, but within one local authority area
- Volunteers
- 51-100 volunteers
- Staff
- 7
- Postcode
- EH8 7EY
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
To use reminiscence and community history to improve people's engagement and quality of life and to bring different communities together to share resources and learn from one another
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of education
- the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
- any other purpose that may reasonably be regarded as analogous to any of the preceding purposes
Beneficiaries
- Children or young people
- Older People
- People with disabilities or health problems
- People with a particular ethnic or racial origin
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
The objects for which the Company is established are to advance the education of the public on the oral history of the people in the Edinburgh area by promoting, generating and fostering interest in oral history in its broadest sense, including without prejudice to the generality reminiscence work, living memory projects, community history and oral history groups. to organise, promote, generate and foster individual and group work on life experiences and history in the Edinburgh area as people remember it. to give individuals, groups and communities confidence, abilities and facilities to relate, write and present their own history for the benefit and education of the public generally. and to involve individuals, groups and communities in new educational opportunities
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £261,516 | £247,117 | 7 | 8 December 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £277,904 | £269,075 | 7 | 15 January 2025 |
| 31 March 2023 | £298,854 | £340,673 | 7 | 22 December 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | £291,912 | £288,053 | 7 | 15 January 2023 |
| 31 March 2021 | £295,237 | £206,701 | 7 | 7 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
- 25, Piershill Terrace, Edinburgh, Lothian, Lothian
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.livingmemory.org.uk
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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