01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC044036
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Cross Border
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Scotland and other parts of the UK
- Volunteers
- Not supplied
- Staff
- 1
- Postcode
- G12 8QH
OSCR note: Previous legal name The Textile Conservation Foundation from 29 May 2013 to 13 November 2025.
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
- Children or young people
- Other defined groups
- Other charities or voluntary bodies
Activities
- It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals
- It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
Constitutional objectives
(1) to promote for the public benefit the conservation, restoration and understanding of textiles and related objects including, but not limited to: books, archival materials and modern materials of historic, cultural or artistic value (“Textiles and Related Objects”) (2) To support the provision of a permanent organisation to co-ordinate and improve the knowledge, methods and working standards needed to research, protect and preserve textiles and related objects for the benefit of the public, and the education and training of persons in the conservation of Textiles and Related Objects. (3) To support other persons and organisations in research into methods and techniques for conserving and restoring textiles and related objects and to publishing the results of such research.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Total income | Donations | Charitable activities income | Trading income | Investment income | Other income | Total expenditure | Raising funds | Charitable activities spending | Other spending | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 July 2025 | £227,260 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £179,367 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 1 | 9 December 2025 |
| 31 July 2024 | £130,455 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £153,199 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 1 | 6 February 2025 |
| 31 July 2023 | £183,491 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £144,882 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 1 | 2 November 2023 |
| 31 July 2022 | £193,391 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £203,971 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 1 | 19 December 2022 |
| 31 July 2021 | £177,826 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £148,803 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 1 | 8 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
- University of Glasgow, 8 University Gardens, Glasgow
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.tccfoundation.org.uk
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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