OSCR Scottish charity profile

The Colinton Tunnel

ActiveCharity number SC048476
Registered20 June 2018
Main locationCity of Edinburgh
Legal formSCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC048476
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
Wider, but within one local authority area
Volunteers
1-50 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
EH13 0HE

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

Charity's focus is on the maintenance and upgrade of the 140m long Mural situated in the Colinton Tunnel on the Water of Leith Walkway. We have a programme of annual maintenance and upgrade work on the Mural in order that its quality is sustained against the impacts of weather, environmental and age-related deterioration.

Charitable purposes

  • the advancement of citizenship or community development
  • the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science

Beneficiaries

  • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community

Activities

  • It carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

To advance the arts and heritage and advance citizenship and community development by delivering, supporting and/or co-ordinating a range of projects, events and activities, centred on the Colinton Tunnel and the former Balerno branch railway line, which further any or all of those objectives.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
30 April 2025£5,873£8,916027 January 2026
30 April 2024£10,819£5,099029 January 2025
30 April 2023£9,157£7,76708 January 2024
30 April 2022£4,898£11,836030 January 2023
30 April 2021£39,460£31,502028 January 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
10 Allermuir Road, Colinton, Edinburgh
Website supplied to OSCR
www.colintontunnel.org.uk
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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