OSCR Scottish charity profile

The Hugo Burge Foundation

ActiveCharity number SC048981
Registered23 January 2019
Main locationCity of Edinburgh
Legal formSCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC048981
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
Scotland and other parts of the UK
Volunteers
1-50 volunteers
Staff
7
Postcode
TD10 6YL
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OSCR note: Previous legal name Marchmont Makers Foundation from 23 January 2019 to 17 January 2024.

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

The Foundation is dedicated to inspiring creativity in individuals and communities. It does this through supporting and providing creative education, providing creative spaces and acting as a patron of the arts across a wide range of disciplines.

Charitable purposes

  • the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science

Beneficiaries

  • Other charities or voluntary bodies

Activities

  • It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations

Constitutional objectives

The purposes of the SCIO are to provide financial and other related support for the furtherance of such charitable purposes, objects and institutions, in such proportions and manner as the Trustees think fit, with a focus on advancement of arts, heritage, culture and education.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 December 2025£0£07Not supplied
31 December 2024£32,421,762£1,137,479730 September 2025
31 December 2023£369,000£349,000721 June 2024
31 December 2022£334,634£116,922718 August 2023
31 December 2021£249,151£21,808718 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
Lower Power House, Marchmont Estate, Berwickshire
Website supplied to OSCR
https://marchmontmakers.org/
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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