01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC039336
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Cross Border
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- UK and overseas
- Volunteers
- Not supplied
- Staff
- 8
- Postcode
- EC1R 0NE
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
Beneficiaries
- Other defined groups
- No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
Activities
- It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
3.1 To advance the education of the public by research into and the promotion of the conservation of items and collections of items of cultural, aesthetic, historic and scientific value. 3.2 To preserve and conserve items and collections of items of cultural, aesthetic, historic and scientific value.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £846,800 | £866,721 | 8 | 22 December 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £693,068 | £748,203 | 8 | 18 December 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £696,048 | £741,468 | 8 | 11 December 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | £782,222 | £738,005 | 8 | 2 March 2023 |
| 31 March 2021 | £763,286 | £730,399 | 8 | 29 September 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
- Institute of Conservation, Studio 32, FBC Clerkenwell, 40 Bowling Green Lane, London
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.icon.org.uk
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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