OSCR Scottish charity profile

Edinburgh Merchant Company Enterprise Fund Limited

ActiveCharity number SC047319
Registered11 April 2017
Main locationCity of Edinburgh
Legal formCompany (the charity is registered with Companies House)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC047319
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
More than one local authority area in Scotland
Volunteers
1-50 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
EH2 2EP

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

to prevent or relieve poverty by assisting individuals with securing or providing employment, training and work experience opportunities. to advance education by creating education opportunities in the areas of entrepreneurship, vocational training and business enterprise. and to advance citizenship and community development by encouraging urban and rural regeneration in areas affected by poverty and low employment.

Charitable purposes

  • the prevention or relief of poverty
  • the advancement of education
  • the advancement of citizenship or community development

Beneficiaries

  • Children or young people

Activities

  • It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals

Constitutional objectives

2.1 The purposes for which the Company is established shall be wholly and exclusively charitable. 2.2 The Company's objects are restricted to those set out in this article 2.2 (subject to article 2.3) and, in particular, the Company's objects are for the benefit of the public in Scotland:- 2.2.1 to prevent or relieve poverty by assisting individuals with securing or providing employment, training and work experience opportunities. 2.2.2 to advance education by creating educational opportunities in the areas of entrepreneurship, vocational training and business enterprise. and 2.2.3 to advance citizenship and community development by encouraging urban and rural regeneration in areas affected by poverty and low employment. 2.3 The Company may (subject to first obtaining the consent of OSCR) add to, remove or alter the Objects. on any occasion when it does so, it must give notice to the Registrar of Companies.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 July 2025£17,993£11,147025 March 2026
31 July 2024£17,932£14,464023 April 2025
31 July 2023£29,683£16,659013 February 2024
31 July 2022£22,371£6,654026 April 2023
31 July 2021£13,293£3,468022 March 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
The Merchants Hall, 22 Hanover Street, 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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