OSCR Scottish charity profile

Scottish Historic Buildings Trust

Known as SHBT

ActiveCharity number SC034507
Registered13 June 2003
Main locationCity of Edinburgh
Legal formCompany (the charity is registered with Companies House)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC034507
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
Operations cover all or most of Scotland
Volunteers
0 volunteers
Staff
16
Postcode
EH1 2PG

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

To restore historic buildings in Scotland by giving these buildings a new purpose and a sustainable future. The charity contributes to both the preservation of Scotland's architectural history and the communities they serve, balancing heritage restoration with economic viability. Knowledge sharing is embedded in all our restoration projects to enhance the appreciation and understanding of important heritage assets.

Charitable purposes

  • 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

The objects for which the Company is established are to promote and encourage, either on its own or in conjunction with others, the protection and preservation of Scotland's historic, architectural and landscape heritage by any means and in particular by the acquisition of such lands, buildings and monuments of historic or architectural interest as the Directors may select for the purpose of repair and restoration and, sale or lease subject to such .legally valid restrictions as will ensure preservation of such lands, buildings and monuments and to further the study of such heritage and make the information obtained available to the general public.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
30 June 2025£1,206,520£1,171,8551617 December 2025
30 June 2024£1,111,043£983,4891617 December 2024
30 June 2023£905,929£932,4061614 December 2023
30 June 2022£953,631£1,012,9781630 January 2023
30 June 2021£808,472£868,728164 April 2022

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
Riddle's Court, 322 Lawnmarket, Edinburgh
Website supplied to OSCR
www.shbt.org.uk
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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