Charity Details

Royal Conservatoire of Scotland

SC015855Registered charity from 13 December 1900

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Charity Information:

Address 100 Renfrew Street
Glasgow

Postcode G2 3DB

Website www.rcs.ac.uk

Regulatory Type Standard

Link to Companies House https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/

Object:

The objects for which the Company (also hereinafter called "the Institution") is established are to conduct the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, whether in Glasgow or elsewhere, as a national and international academy and conservatoire for, inter alia, music, dance, film, television and the dramatic arts, to advance learning, knowledge and excellence, by teaching, research, performance and study, in particular, but without limitation, in the fields of music, dance, film, television and the dramatic arts and related fields, to provide instruction in such branches of learning as the Company may think fit and to make provision for research and performance and for the dissemination of knowledge in such manner as the Company may determine, and to act as a cultural centre and artistic stimulus for the community at large and in furtherance thereof.

Operations:

What the charity is set up to do and how it does this:

RCS was incorporated as the Glasgow Athenaeum in December 1900, having been established in 1847 to provide further education for adults in the fields of commerce, science, and the arts. It is now an institution of higher education and was awarded degree awarding powers for taught degrees by the Privy Council on 13 May 1994. The principal activity of RCS is the provision of teaching, learning and research in, and for, the performing arts. Programmes offered range from short courses for young children through to PhD and include all genres of the performing arts and arts education.

Charity Status: Active

Constitutional Form: Company (the charity is registered with Companies House)

Constitutional Form Date: 01 Jan 1992

Main Operating Location: Glasgow City

Number of Staff: 839

Number of Volunteers: 1-50

Purposes: "the advancement of education", "the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science"

Beneficiaries: "Children or young people"

Types Of Activity Undertaken: "It carries out activities or services itself"

Annual Submissions:

Year End	Income	Expenditure	Annual Return Received	Accounts Received	Latest Annual Reports and Accounts
31 Jul 2021	£25,431,000	£25,192,000	17 Nov 2021	Yes
31 Jul 2022	£26,248,000	£27,933,000	28 Nov 2022	Yes
31 Jul 2023	£27,650,000	£27,759,000	23 Nov 2023	Yes
31 Jul 2024	£30,684,000	£28,768,000	03 Mar 2025	Yes
31 Jul 2025	£32,273,000	£30,356,000	09 Dec 2025	Yes	Published accounts can be found on the Companies House website
If an annual return has been received on time (within nine months of the Year End Date), the 'Annual Return Received' box is green . If an annual return is late, the box is red .

Income and Expenditure:

Charity Trustees:

First Name	Last Name
Lois	Fitch
Stuart	Cross
Jeffrey	Sharkey
Umut	Mert
William	English
John	Taylor
Robert	Laidlow
Andrew	Butcher
Caroline	Roxburgh
Sharon	Mair
Dorothy	Miell
Alexander	Lee
Jamie	Mackay
Ruth	Calder
Joanne	Buckley
Tabitha	Dearie
Nacim	Pak-Shiraz
Andrew	Outram
Morag	Campbell
Elizabeth	Jenkinson
Matthew	Rooke
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