01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC052621
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Scotland and other parts of the UK
- Volunteers
- 1-50 volunteers
- Staff
- 0
- Postcode
- EH4 1DD
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
The Edinburgh Quartet seeks to sustain and develop chamber music in Scotland through public concerts, commissions from living composers, recordings, and educational and outreach activities.
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of education
- the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
Beneficiaries
- Other defined groups
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
5 The organisation's purposes are: (a) To promote, through the Quartet, the public's access to and appreciation of arts in general and in particular music for string quartet, (b) To promote concerts and other live, broadcast, recorded or streamed performances by the Edinburgh Quartet, in Scotland, UK, and overseas with special emphasis on serving geographically and socially isolated communities as well as ensuring that the string quartet genre continues to be a mainstay of artistic life (c) To support the Quartet's education of pupils, students, and/or adults, especially but not exclusively, with respect to the string quartet, thus inspiring a lifelong appreciation of this art form (d) To mentor musicians in the performance of music, by providing opportunities to perform with the Edinburgh Quartet (e) To encourage and support new musical compositions to be written for performance by the Edinburgh Quartet
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2026 | £0 | £0 | 0 | Not supplied |
| 31 March 2025 | £0 | £1,132 | 0 | 11 December 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £6,750 | £3,495 | 0 | 10 May 2024 |
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
- 1 Learmonth Crescent, Edinburgh
- Website supplied to OSCR
- https://www.edinburghquartet.com/
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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