01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC039119
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Operations cover all or most of Scotland
- Volunteers
- 1-50 volunteers
- Staff
- 191
- Postcode
- FK8 1RD
OSCR note: Known by name added as per email request
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
Sistema Scotland is a charity which seeks to improve lives and strengthen communities through music and nurturing relationships. This is achieved through our transformational music education and social change programme, Big Noise, where the symphony orchestra becomes a community that supports children and young people to gain vital life skills such as confidence, resilience, team work, pride, creativity, and aspiration. We target and work in communities who have historically faced social and economic barriers to music education.
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
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
To advance education in the arts with an emphasis on classical music and related art forms for children and young persons ordinarily resident in Scotland, at school or who have left school, to promote the development of a child-centred social transformation by the provision to such persons of classical musical education and support
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 June 2025 | £5,449,479 | £5,862,378 | 191 | 25 March 2026 |
| 30 June 2024 | £5,773,016 | £5,417,492 | 191 | 28 February 2025 |
| 30 June 2023 | £5,171,800 | £4,960,534 | 191 | 18 January 2024 |
| 30 June 2022 | £5,630,171 | £4,244,450 | 191 | 16 January 2023 |
| 30 June 2021 | £3,636,203 | £3,436,798 | 191 | 19 January 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
- Raploch Community Campus, Drip Road, Raploch, Stirling
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.makeabignoise.org.uk
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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