01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC050813
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Operations cover all or most of Scotland
- Volunteers
- 0 volunteers
- Staff
- 0
- Postcode
- EH1 1RF
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
Representatives of Scottish Grantmakers’ member organisations meet on a regular basis to discuss issues of common concern and to share information. Scottish Grantmakers’ charitable objectives are the promotion of the voluntary sector and the effectiveness or efficiency of charities, by: fostering and informing good practice in the administration, governance and leadership of trusts and foundations which are grantmakers in Scotland, affording opportunities to members for discussion, liaison, collaboration, education and networking, and engaging in projects and activities designed to enhance and promote the foregoing purposes.
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of citizenship or community development
Beneficiaries
- Other charities or voluntary bodies
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
3.1 The Charitable Purposes of the SCIO ('the Charitable Purposes') are the promotion of the voluntary sector and the effectiveness or efficiency of charities, by: 3.1.1 fostering and informing good practice in the administration, governance and leadership of trusts and foundations which are grantmakers in Scotland, 3.1.2 affording opportunities to members for discussion, liaison, collaboration, education and networking, and 3.1.3 engaging in projects and activities designed to enhance and promote the foregoing Purposes.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 December 2025 | £0 | £0 | 0 | Not supplied |
| 31 December 2024 | £25,492 | £25,186 | 0 | 1 October 2025 |
| 31 December 2023 | £22,495 | £19,701 | 0 | 30 September 2024 |
| 31 December 2022 | £23,728 | £17,721 | 0 | 30 March 2023 |
| 31 December 2021 | £22,487 | £13,842 | 0 | 6 June 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 Signet Library , Parliament Square, Edinburgh
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.scottishgrantmakers.org
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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