01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC037183
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Wider, but within one local authority area
- Volunteers
- 1-50 volunteers
- Staff
- 9
- Postcode
- EH8 8DD
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
Working alongside City of Edinburgh Council and Historic Environment Scotland, we are charged with looking after Edinburgh’s UNESCO World Heritage Site. Our purpose is to ensure that World Heritage status is actively used to benefit everyone who lives in, works in or visits the city, while safeguarding the site’s outstanding universal value for future generations. The charity achieves this by providing funding and grants to support the repair and restoration of historic buildings and public spaces. As external experts, we offer both formal and informal advice to the City of Edinburgh Council on its proposals for changes to the streetscape. Edinburgh World Heritage initiates and delivers practical conservation and improvement projects across the city and engages people through education, events and community programmes.
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of education
- the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
- the advancement of environmental protection or improvement
Beneficiaries
- No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
Activities
- It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals
- It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
To preserve, enhance and conserve sites, buildings or lands of archaeological, architectural or historical interest or natural beauty within the Edinburgh World Heritage Site and its environs all for the benefit of the community now and in the future.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £1,219,427 | £824,042 | 9 | 24 December 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £1,159,298 | £785,016 | 9 | 11 October 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £1,135,112 | £632,894 | 9 | 5 December 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | £1,286,868 | £1,114,323 | 9 | 21 December 2022 |
| 31 March 2021 | £1,927,011 | £1,535,299 | 9 | 12 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
- 5 Bakehouse Close, 146 Canongate, Edinburgh
- Website supplied to OSCR
- https://ewh.org.uk/
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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