01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC032550
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- More than one local authority area in Scotland
- Volunteers
- 51-100 volunteers
- Staff
- 0
- Postcode
- ML3 8LG
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
We achieve the charities purpose by running tuition classes for young people and adults in mandolin and guitar and provide instruments free of charge to participants. Over the years, to promote the instruments and music to young people, we have visited many primary schools. Over the past 20 years we have carried out free workshops to over 8000 primary school children. Through our youth and adult orchestras we perform public concerts to audiences, who, in the most have never heard the music of a guitar and mandolin orchestra before.
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of education
- the advancement of citizenship or community development
- the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
Beneficiaries
- Children or young people
- Older People
- No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
The objects of the association are to promote, improve, develop and maintain public education in music and in particular mandolin, mandola and guitar music and other associated instruments by the public performance of said music
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 December 2024 | £23,404 | £24,405 | 0 | 30 September 2025 |
| 31 December 2023 | £39,939 | £33,706 | 0 | 8 November 2024 |
| 31 December 2022 | £16,650 | £17,111 | 0 | 28 September 2023 |
| 31 December 2021 | £14,883 | £17,199 | 0 | 26 September 2022 |
| 31 December 2020 | £22,918 | £20,378 | 0 | 29 September 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
- C/O 1 Fraser Crescent, Hamilton, Lanarkshire
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.mandolinscotland.org
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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