OSCR Scottish charity profile

The Dundee Institute of Architects

Known as DIA

ActiveCharity number SC053443
Registered18 June 2024
Main locationDundee City
Legal formSCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC053443
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
Wider, but within one local authority area
Volunteers
1-50 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
DD3 8BL

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

Promote architecture and highest standards of architectural practice. To promote the aesthetics, scientific and practical efficiency of the profession of architecture. Promote education and community development to the benefit of all.

Charitable purposes

  • the advancement of education
  • the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
  • the advancement of environmental protection or improvement

Beneficiaries

  • Other defined groups

Activities

  • It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals
  • It carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

The Charitable Purposes of the Chapter ('the Charitable Purposes') are: 3.1.1 To advance the cause of good architecture within the Membership Area by uniting members of the profession in order to provide the highest standard of architectural practice and to promote the aesthetics, scientific and practical efficiency of the profession of architecture. 3.1.2 To advance education, heritage, art and culture by delivering lectures, exhibitions and other events and by creating or supporting publications of any kind in any media. 3.1.3 To advance community development by representing the architectural profession in relation to key architectural, planning or development matters, at a local, regional or national level. 3.1.4 To promote environmental protection and enhancement by encouraging high standards of architecture throughout the Membership Area. 3.1.5 To uphold, advance and support the objects of the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

1 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
30 September 2025£0£0029 June 2026

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
187 Strathmartine Road, Dundee
Website supplied to OSCR
https://dia-architects.com/
Parent charity
The Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland · SC002753

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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