01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC052842
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Wider, but within one local authority area
- Volunteers
- 0 volunteers
- Staff
- 0
- Postcode
- EH20 9TB
OSCR note: Previous name - Lothian School of Technology from 25/09/2023 to 09/12/2025
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
We support engineering enterprises working to address climate change so they can accelerate the development of commercial clean and green technologies. We do this to help put the world on a more sustainable path. We provide affordable, world class research and development facilities at our campus on the edge of Edinburgh. Where needed we invest in these enterprises to enable them to innovate and succeed faster. We support the development of early-stage engineers through a growing programme of training and internships. This is open to secondary and tertiary level students and employees of our resident enterprises. Around 15% of the workforce is made up of students and apprentices. The Salter Centre was founded by Professor Stephen Salter a brilliant and fearless engineer committed to training young people and encouraging low-carbon technologies that will help put the planet back on an even keel.
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of education
- the advancement of environmental protection or improvement
Beneficiaries
- Other defined groups
Activities
- It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals
- It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
Constitutional objectives
The organisation's purposes are:- (a) to advance environmental protection and improvement by contributing to the reverse of global warming including by:- (i) promoting the sustainable management of natural resources. (ii) investigating, and supporting the investigation of, climate change. and (iii) promoting energy saving measures and the use of renewable energy. and (b) to advance education by supporting the training of engineers in design and practical skills especially in the field of climate change.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 March 2026 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 0 | Not supplied |
| 25 March 2025 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 0 | 18 December 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
- Unit 3 Edgefield Road lndustrial Estate, Loanhead, Midlothian
- Website supplied to OSCR
- Not supplied
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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