OSCR Scottish charity profile

Field Studies Council

Known as FSC

ActiveCharity number SC039870
Registered17 September 2008
Main locationOutwith Scotland
Legal formCompany (the charity is registered with Companies House)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC039870
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Cross Border
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
UK and overseas
Volunteers
Not supplied
Staff
297
Postcode
SY4 1HW

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

Charitable purposes

  • the advancement of education
  • the advancement of environmental protection or improvement

Beneficiaries

  • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community

Activities

  • It carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

4.1 to promote the benefit of the general public by the pursuit and encouragement of field studies in the arts and the sciences with which such studies are consistent or in the opinion of FSC can be advantageously or usefully carried out. 4.2 to advance the education of the public in every kind of field work in any such arts and sciences, and to establish, equip and maintain in England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland or elsewhere a centre or centres for field studies, research, meetings and lectures, instruction or by any other charitable means as FSC determines. and 4.3 to promote the benefit of the general public by the protection and preservation of the environment including educating the public in the benefits to the environment of sustainable practices.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 December 2024£18,793,939£18,629,42129719 August 2025
31 December 2023£17,529,957£16,691,46029727 September 2024
31 December 2022£17,021,639£16,072,15729721 September 2023
31 December 2021£12,374,759£14,144,1382971 September 2022
31 December 2020£9,485,142£13,089,03629730 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
Preston Montford, Montford Bridge, Shrewsbury, Shropshire
Website supplied to OSCR
www.field-studies-council.org
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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