OSCR Scottish charity profile

The Runciman Apse Trust

ActiveCharity number SC046772
Registered5 August 2016
Main locationCity of Edinburgh
Legal formSCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC046772
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
A specific local point, community or neighbourhood
Volunteers
0 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
EH1 1TQ

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

Restore historically significant artwork in St Patrick's RC Church, Edinburgh

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 carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

The objects are the advancement of heritage and culture through restoring, reinstating, preserving and presenting to the public in their context the murals painted by Alexander Runciman in the Apse of St Patricks Church, Cowgate, Edinburgh ('the Objects').

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endTotal incomeDonationsCharitable activities incomeTrading incomeInvestment incomeOther incomeTotal expenditureRaising fundsCharitable activities spendingOther spendingStaffReturn received
31 August 2025£4,500£0£0£0£0£0£17,503£0£0£0030 March 2026
31 August 2024£6,587£0£0£0£0£0£1,710£0£0£001 April 2025
31 August 2023£7,948£0£0£0£0£0£23,254£0£0£0026 April 2024
31 August 2022£12,085£0£0£0£0£0£29,369£0£0£009 May 2023
31 August 2021£2,079£0£0£0£0£0£5,489£0£0£003 August 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
St Patrick's RC Church, 40 High Street, Edinburgh
Website supplied to OSCR
www.runcimanapsetrust.com
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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