OSCR Scottish charity profile

National Galleries of Scotland Foundation

ActiveCharity number SC043024
Registered22 March 2012
Main locationCity of Edinburgh
Legal formCompany (the charity is registered with Companies House)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC043024
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
Operations cover all or most of Scotland
Volunteers
0 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
EH4 3DR

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

To support the National Galleries of Scotland in its aims to care for, develop, research and display the nation’s collection of Scottish and international fine art in addition to supporting activities to assist the Audience Offer, enhance audience experiences and build financial resilience

Charitable purposes

  • the advancement of education
  • the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science

Beneficiaries

  • Other charities or voluntary bodies

Activities

  • It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations

Constitutional objectives

The objects of the Foundation are to advance the charitable purposes of National Galleries of Scotland to include the advancement of arts, heritage and culture and the advancement of education by making grants and providing financial support for projects and activities being carried out by the National Galleries of Scotland or projects and activities being supported by the National Galleries of Scotland

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 March 2025£1,437,000£603,000022 January 2026
31 March 2024£3,226,000−£652,000024 October 2024
31 March 2023£612,000£2,245,000024 November 2023
31 March 2022£528,425£155,790031 October 2022
31 March 2021£351,487£312,306030 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
Finance Department, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art Two, 73 Belford Road, Edinburgh
Website supplied to OSCR
Not supplied
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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