01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC038422
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Cross Border
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- UK and overseas
- Volunteers
- Not supplied
- Staff
- 0
- Postcode
- CB7 4AQ
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of education
- 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
- Children or young people
- 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
Objects The objects of the Society shall be the education of the public in the study, practice and appreciation of the art of music and the allied arts and in particular (without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing) the promotion of the education of the public in the study, practice and appreciation of the recorder and its repertoire. The SRP operates and is required to register as a charity in a number of jurisdictions. Nothing in the articles will authorise an application of the property of the charity for purposes which are not charitable in accordance with any statutory provision regarding the meaning of the word 'charitable', or the words 'charitable purposes' in force in any part of the United Kingdom and/or the Republic of Ireland and/or the European Union or elsewhere. For the avoidance of doubt, the system of law governing the constitution of the charity is the law of England and Wales, and Scotland.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Total income | Donations | Charitable activities income | Trading income | Investment income | Other income | Total expenditure | Raising funds | Charitable activities spending | Other spending | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 August 2025 | £148,413 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £151,353 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 0 | 23 May 2026 |
| 31 August 2024 | £167,040 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £178,595 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 0 | 21 May 2025 |
| 31 August 2023 | £150,810 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £154,911 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 0 | 9 May 2024 |
| 31 August 2022 | £114,082 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £124,352 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 0 | 24 April 2023 |
| 31 August 2021 | £64,869 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £48,363 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 0 | 31 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
- 50 Forehill, Ely, Cambridgeshire
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.srp.org.uk
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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