OSCR Scottish charity profile

Edinburgh Telephone Choir

ActiveCharity number SC043195
Registered7 June 2012
Main locationCity of Edinburgh
Legal formSCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC043195
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
More than one local authority area in Scotland
Volunteers
1-50 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
EH4 5DT

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

The choir is managed by its Board to provide opportunities to sing together for its members while raising money for good causes. Its core activities are: Weekly rehearsals from September 2024 to May 2025. Two Christmas carol concerts raising funds for charity and other Christmas performances which raise money for choir funds. an annual concert (3 performances) raising funds for charities. There are also periodic performances by an Ensemble group to entertain the residents of care homes.

Charitable purposes

  • the advancement of citizenship or community development
  • the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science

Beneficiaries

  • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
  • Other charities or voluntary bodies

Activities

  • It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
  • It carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

Purposes 4. The organisation's purposes are: 4.1 To provide training and practical experience for singers who desire to learn and take part in choral works and learn appreciation of music. 4.2 To rehearse and perform choral music in public and so to advance the public's knowledge and appreciation of choral music. 4.3 The advancement of citizenship or community development (including rural or urban regeneration and the promotion of civic responsibility, volunteering, the voluntary sector or the effectiveness or efficiency of charities) . 4.4 To help by means of concerts , grants and otherwise such charities and organisations (with charitable status and charitable objects within paragraph 4.3) as shall be chosen by a simple majority of those voting at the Annual General Meeting for each year.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
15 May 2025£14,610£13,798026 January 2026
15 May 2024£14,148£17,787016 September 2024
15 May 2023£16,237£6,711015 January 2024
15 May 2022£6,587£7,395031 January 2023
15 May 2021£2,313£1,67902 November 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
19 Corbiehill Avenue, Edinburgh
Website supplied to OSCR
www.edinburghtelephonechoir.co.uk
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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