01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC052638
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- More than one local authority area in Scotland
- Volunteers
- 1-50 volunteers
- Staff
- 1
- Postcode
- EH9 1PL
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
Summerhall Arts aims to support the fragile creative sector in Scotland through providing creative opportunities and professional development to the artists, both performative and visual, of Scotland through a diverse programme of activities including commissions, workshops and space provision. As well as hosting a rich programme of New Writing within the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in August.
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
Beneficiaries
- No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
Activities
- It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals
- It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
Constitutional objectives
The purpose of the SCIO is to advance the visual, performing, written and design arts by commissioning work for and providing financial and other support to creative practitioners, arts organisations and individuals involved in the arts allowing them to reach wider audiences and to produce, and hence participate in, work that might not otherwise be produced
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Total income | Donations | Charitable activities income | Trading income | Investment income | Other income | Total expenditure | Raising funds | Charitable activities spending | Other spending | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 December 2025 | £1,112,336 | £282,830 | £42,696 | £786,810 | £0 | £0 | £1,060,255 | £922,962 | £137,293 | £0 | 1 | Not supplied |
| 31 December 2024 | £120,152 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £7,611 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 1 | 26 September 2025 |
| 30 June 2024 | £23,329 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £21,950 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 1 | 21 February 2025 |
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 Summerhall , Edinburgh
- Website supplied to OSCR
- Not supplied
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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