01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC054378
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Wider, but within one local authority area
- Volunteers
- Not supplied
- Staff
- Not supplied
- Postcode
- EH8 9NR
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of education
- the advancement of religion
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
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
The Community's charitable purposes are: 6.1.1 to give right worship to the One God in Three Persons and to establish churches for such worship. 6.1.2 to preserve and teach the Holy Orthodox Faith as defined at clause 5.3. 6.1.3 to receive according to the rites of the Holy Orthodox Church all those who freely decide and sincerely desire to adopt that Faith and to live according to its spiritual and moral teachings. 6.1.4 to undertake charitable work for the benefit of those who need financial assistance, including those suffering persecution. 6.1.5 to provide for the welfare of the poor. 6.1.6 to visit the sick and imprisoned. 6.1.7 to provide Christian burial for those Orthodox who die in Scotland without financial means and who are not in the pastoral care of any other Orthodox Community. 6.1.8 to pray for the living and the dead. and 6.1.9 to advance education through the operation of its schools.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 December 2025 | £0 | £0 | — | Not supplied |
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
- 2 Meadow Lane, Edinburgh
- Website supplied to OSCR
- https://edinburgh-orthodox.org.uk/
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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