01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC053447
- 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
- AB25 1BU
OSCR note: This charity has been established to replace Code The City, SC047835 Code The City, SC047835 intends to wind up and pass its assets and liabilities to Code The City SCIO, SC053447
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
Code the City exists to put technology, data, and digital skills into the hands of the community to improve quality of life across Aberdeen and beyond. We're a Scottish registered charity (SC047835) that believes the right people, with the right skills and tools, can tackle real civic challenges. We do this through a programme of regular public events including hack weekends, the Aberdeen Python User Group, Aberdeen Data Meetups, Wiki Meetups, and the annual Scottish Open Data Unconference. We also run educational programmes such as Young City Coders for school age children and digital skills workshops for underrepresented groups. Our work brings together coders, designers, data scientists, historians, service users, and the general public to collaboratively build prototype solutions to local problems using open data.
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of education
- the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
Beneficiaries
- No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
The organisation is established for charitable purposes only, and in particular, the objects are: The advancement of science and the advancement of education in computing science and coding for the public benefit in the City of Aberdeen and such other places as the trustees may decide and in furtherance of this by. 4.1 Promoting the potential of code/data to tackle the challenges of modern life 4.2 Promoting education and instruction in programming and computer science 4.3 Promoting events to deliver coding solutions to social issues 4.4 Working in partnership with other bodies to achieve the purposes
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 June 2026 | £0 | £0 | 0 | Not supplied |
| 30 June 2025 | £8,750 | £4,612 | 0 | 9 April 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
- The Soap Factory, 111 Gallowgate, Aberdeen
- Website supplied to OSCR
- https://codethecity.org
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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