OSCR Scottish charity profile

A.R.Ts Afternoon

ActiveCharity number SC045057
Registered18 August 2014
Main locationCity of Edinburgh
Legal formSCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC045057
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
One or a few bases or facilities serving people who come from a broad area
Volunteers
1-50 volunteers
Staff
5
Postcode
EH6 8RG

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

We are set up to provide arts activities for young people, focussing on high SIMD Areas. Our main activity is running free weekly outreach Drum Clubs, where all instruments are provided. We currently run 8 clubs per week, four afterschool club sessions at four primary schools (p5 - p7), three improvers/ intermediate sessions which run early evenings aimed at ages 11 - 18yrs and one in school session for young people with disabilities. Our youth band Pulse of the Place perform at many events through the year.

Charitable purposes

  • the advancement of education
  • the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
  • the provision of recreational facilities, or the organisation of recreational activities, with the object of improving the conditions of life for the persons for whom the facilities or activities are primarily intended

Beneficiaries

  • Children or young people
  • People with disabilities or health problems
  • People with a particular ethnic or racial origin

Activities

  • It carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

The provision of recreational activities to advance education and learning and to advance the arts principally for children and young people that will support their development, increase their skills and extend their outlook (being successful learners) and extending learning opportunities to adults through establishment of short courses and programmes.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 March 2025£40,920£83,311524 October 2025
31 March 2024£108,229£72,894523 December 2024
31 March 2023£66,624£104,527513 December 2023
31 March 2022£55,855£55,54955 December 2022
31 March 2021£107,572£54,07457 December 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
A.R.Ts Afternoon , c/o. Out of the Blue Drill Hall, 36 Dalmeny Street, Edinburgh
Website supplied to OSCR
www.artsafternoon.org.uk
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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