OSCR Scottish charity profile

Scottish Grantmakers

ActiveCharity number SC050813
Registered3 March 2021
Main locationCity of Edinburgh
Legal formSCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
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

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 December 2025£0£00Not supplied
31 December 2024£25,492£25,18601 October 2025
31 December 2023£22,495£19,701030 September 2024
31 December 2022£23,728£17,721030 March 2023
31 December 2021£22,487£13,84206 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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