OSCR Scottish charity profile

The OpenSpace Trust

ActiveCharity number SC036920
Registered21 October 2005
Main locationAberdeen
Legal formCompany (the charity is registered with Companies House)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC036920
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
A specific local point, community or neighbourhood
Volunteers
1-50 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
AB10 1PS

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

To develop and operate the East Kirk of St Nicholas as OpenSpace to provide a new community support in the heart of the City of Aberdeen.

Charitable purposes

  • the advancement of education
  • the advancement of citizenship or community development
  • the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
  • the provision of recreational facilities, or the organisation of recreational activities, with the object of improving the conditions of life for the persons for whom the facilities or activities are primarily intended

Beneficiaries

  • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
  • Other charities or voluntary bodies

Activities

  • It carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

4. The Objects of the Trust ('the Objects') are: (a) to promote social inclusion through use of the Mither Kirk in Aberdeen as an open space for the benefit of the communities of Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire ('the area'). and (b) to advance education for the benefit of the local communities in the area and the public generally, by recognizing, interpreting and promoting the history, culture, arts and heritage of the area. and (c) to protect, conserve and preserve the historic buildings of the Mither Kirk in Aberdeen as an historically significant place of worship. and (d) to advance community development by. (i) developing projects which will benefit the local community in the area and the public generally. and (ii) associating with local statutory authorities and agencies, voluntary organisations and local inhabitants in a common effort to foster, plan, manage and encourage educational, cultural, recreational, health and well-being and/or social facilities or activities, or assist in the provision of such facilities or activities, with the object of improving the conditions of life for the persons for whom the facilities or activities are primarily intended.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 October 2025£25,783£157,982011 May 2026
31 October 2024£578,974£329,283030 July 2025
31 October 2023£185,871£48,573012 March 2024
31 October 2022£40,593£135,22806 March 2023
31 October 2021£251,219£196,556023 May 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
12-16 Albyn Place, Aberdeen
Website supplied to OSCR
www.openspacetrust.org.uk
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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