01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC039576
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Cross Border
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- UK and overseas
- Volunteers
- Not supplied
- Staff
- 1,361
- Postcode
- EC1A 9DE
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of education
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
There shall from henceforth for ever be a Corporation aggregate by the name and style of 'The City and Guilds of London Institute' and such Corporation is hereby instituted exclusively for the purposes of all such branches of Science and the Fine Arts and for the advancement dissemination propagation promotion culture and application of all such branches of Science and the Fine Arts as benefit or are of use to or may benefit or be of use to productive and technical industries especially and to commerce and industry generally or any branch thereof and for the utilization of such means as will promote the several exclusive purposes aforesaid.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 August 2025 | £174,800,000 | £182,400,000 | 1,361 | 28 May 2026 |
| 31 August 2024 | £174,100,000 | £174,600,000 | 1,361 | 21 March 2025 |
| 31 August 2023 | £159,000,000 | £167,900,000 | 1,361 | 19 March 2024 |
| 31 August 2022 | £142,500,000 | £146,900,000 | 1,361 | 9 May 2023 |
| 31 August 2021 | £129,900,000 | £137,400,000 | 1,361 | 19 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
- The City and Guilds of London Institute, Giltspur House, 5-6 Giltspur Street, London
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.cityandguildsfoundation.org
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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