OSCR Scottish charity profile

The Public Catalogue Foundation

ActiveCharity number SC048601
Registered3 August 2018
Main locationOutwith Scotland
Legal formCompany (the charity is registered with Companies House)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC048601
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Cross Border
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
Scotland and other parts of the UK
Volunteers
Not supplied
Staff
44
Postcode
ST4 2DE

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

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

2. Objects The objects of the Charity (the 'Objects') are: 2.1 To research, publish and distribute information in relation to, and to promote, publish and provide catalogues of paintings, sculptures and other works of art, including associating with museums, art galleries and organisations affiliated with art, in a common effort to advance and promote arts and education generally. 2.2 To encourage, assist, arrange and provide support for the restoration of paintings, sculptures and works of art held or owned by museums, art galleries and other bodies and organisations making works of art available to the public and to cooperate with, assist and support such museums, art galleries and other bodies in connection with the same. 2.3 To promote, maintain, improve and advance works of art and the arts in general for the benefit of the public, including the arts of painting, drawing, sculpture, photography and design and to promote, maintain and advance public education and appreciation of, and public interest in, the arts generally. 2.4 To promote the efficiency and effectiveness of charities, including without limitation charitable museums, art galleries and other charitable organisations making works of art available to the public and the effective use of charitable resources in the arts sector. and 2.5 To carry out such other charitable objects which the trustees may consider to be ancillary or complimentary to any of the foregoing objects or which may be undertaken in connection or conjunction therewith or which are incidental or conducive to the attainment of any of the foregoing.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endTotal incomeDonationsCharitable activities incomeTrading incomeInvestment incomeOther incomeTotal expenditureRaising fundsCharitable activities spendingOther spendingStaffReturn received
31 March 2025£2,243,479£0£0£0£0£0£2,244,256£0£0£04428 November 2025
31 March 2024£2,290,292£0£0£0£0£0£2,057,959£0£0£04429 October 2024
31 March 2023£1,936,374£0£0£0£0£0£1,659,849£0£0£04424 October 2023
31 March 2022£1,521,874£0£0£0£0£0£1,704,944£0£0£04422 December 2022
31 March 2021£2,003,399£0£0£0£0£0£1,790,368£0£0£04428 October 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
Art UK, c/o Staffordshire University Incubator Unit, 2nd Floor, Mellor Building, College Road, Stoke on Trent
Website supplied to OSCR
www.artuk.org
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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