01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC045646
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Wider, but within one local authority area
- Volunteers
- 1-50 volunteers
- Staff
- 5
- Postcode
- EH6 8RG
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
Strange Town is an Edinburgh-based company that uses theatre and the arts as a creative catalyst to nurture talent and increase access to opportunities in the arts for children and young people. Strange Town creates exciting, challenging and vital work that gives a voice to the people it works with. Strange Town is recognised for developing talent, providing progression routes for children, young people and artists at different ages and stages of careers.
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of education
- the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
Beneficiaries
- Children or young people
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
2.1 The Company's objects are: 2.1.1 to develop the theatre skills of children and young adults of all backgrounds. 2.1.2 to provide a socially inclusive environment within which the children and young adults are able to learn and grow. 2.1.3 to provide children and young adults with facilities, training, education, mentoring, development and encouragement. to offer a pathway into the arts as a career. 2.1.4 to bridge the gap between children's/youth theatre and drama school. 2.1.5 to develop interpersonal and personal skills for use within the community. and 2.1.6 to advance and promote the arts for children and within the young adult community.
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 August 2025 | £635,690 | £19,173 | £607,241 | £9,276 | £0 | £0 | £592,732 | £30,302 | £562,430 | £0 | 5 | 27 May 2026 |
| 31 August 2024 | £493,514 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £510,277 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 5 | 12 May 2025 |
| 31 August 2023 | £526,445 | £25,597 | £492,437 | £8,411 | £0 | £0 | £574,969 | £18,450 | £556,519 | £0 | 5 | 27 May 2024 |
| 31 August 2022 | £447,273 | £24,364 | £418,170 | £4,739 | £0 | £0 | £428,187 | £17,858 | £410,329 | £0 | 5 | 25 May 2023 |
| 31 August 2021 | £432,364 | £25,540 | £406,356 | £468 | £0 | £0 | £396,170 | £14,057 | £382,113 | £0 | 5 | 21 May 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
- c/o Out of the Blue, 36 Dalmeny Street, Edinburgh
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.strangetown.org.uk
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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