OSCR Scottish charity profile

Scottish Youth Theatre Trust

ActiveCharity number SC031473
Registered29 March 2001
Main locationGlasgow City
Legal formTrust (founding document is a deed of trust) (other than educational endowment)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC031473
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
Operations cover all or most of Scotland
Volunteers
0 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
AB10 1AL

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

The Scottish Youth Theatre Trust is a charitable fund that receives donations and distributes funds for the benefit of young people’s learning in theatre and associated artistic disciplines in Scotland including the support of Scottish Youth Theatre Ltd. The Trust manages and responsibly invests its capital to grow the value and generate income. The distribution of funds is at the discretion of Trustees and there is no obligation to do this year on year.

Charitable purposes

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

Beneficiaries

  • Children or young people

Activities

  • It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals

Constitutional objectives

(1) the promotion, maintenance, improvement and advancement of public education and the stimulation and education of the public in high standards of theatrical education and drama activities for young people in Scotland under the age of twenty six. (2) the pursuit of theatrical excellence and development of the creative skills of young people through the theatrical crafts. (3) the guidance, teaching, tutoring and training of young people in any of music, opera, ballet, drama, visual arts, film, sound, video, exhibitions, performance and matters of all kinds which are conducive to the promotion, maintenance, improvement, advancement and encouragement of the arts in Scotland. (4) in particular but without prejudice to the generality the provision of support and encouragement to the Scottish Youth Theatre and to participants in its programmes and activities so long as such shall be exclusively charitable, and the provision of similar support and encouragement to any similar or successor body or group as the Trustees shall deem fit from time to time.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 March 2025£3,295£3,490010 December 2025
31 March 2024£2,041£3,475017 December 2024
31 March 2023£1,979£3,413015 December 2023
31 March 2022£1,979£3,413021 December 2022
31 March 2021£2,141£3,888013 October 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
The Anatomy Rooms, Shoe Lane, Marischal College,, Aberdeen
Website supplied to OSCR
Not supplied
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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