OSCR Scottish charity profile

The Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music

Known as ABRSM

ActiveCharity number SC043343
Registered6 August 2012
Main locationOutwith Scotland
Legal formCompany (the charity is registered with Companies House)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC043343
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Cross Border
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
UK and overseas
Volunteers
Not supplied
Staff
199
Postcode
EC2Y 5AU

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

  • 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

The objects of the Board are:- (a) the advancement of the arts sciences and skills of music, speech and drama throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. (b) the promotion of education and instruction III and the study and appreciation of music, speech and drama and the dissemination of knowledge concerning the same.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 January 2025£50,899,000£46,184,00019920 October 2025
31 January 2024£48,890,000£41,909,00019913 September 2024
31 January 2023£45,529,000£38,179,00019929 August 2023
31 January 2022£42,498,000£35,188,00019913 July 2022
31 January 2021£23,397,000£31,352,00019913 October 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
ABRSM, 4 London Wall Pl, London
Website supplied to OSCR
www.abrsm.org
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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