01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC043427
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- UK and overseas
- Volunteers
- 1-50 volunteers
- Staff
- 0
- Postcode
- EH3 8EJ
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
The purpose of the charity is to advance science, education, health, environmental protection and improvement by carrying out scientific research and developing practical solutions to technical problems and by publishing aticles and books relative to these matters
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of education
- the advancement of health
- the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
- 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
2.1. This Article shall be interpreted as if it incorporated an over-riding qualification to the effect that in any case in which an activity permitted under this Article is in its nature capable of being carried on for a purpose which is not a Charitable Purpose, the powers of the Company shall be deemed to be limited to the carrying on of such activity in such manner as will not prejudice the charitable status of the Company.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 April 2025 | £470,369 | £531,169 | 0 | 21 January 2026 |
| 30 April 2024 | £350,764 | £417,858 | 0 | 20 January 2025 |
| 30 April 2023 | £426,486 | £419,341 | 0 | 26 February 2024 |
| 30 April 2022 | £451,946 | £340,388 | 0 | 25 January 2023 |
| 30 April 2021 | £96,491 | £324,429 | 0 | 27 January 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
- Gillespie Macandrew , 5 Atholl Crescent, 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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