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General Teaching Council For Scotland

SC006187Registered charity from 17 October 1966
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Charity Information Operations Annual Submissions Income and Expenditure Charity Trustees
Charity Information:
Address 96 Clermiston Road
Edinburgh
Postcode EH12 6UT
Website www.gtcs.org.uk
Regulatory Type Standard
Object:
The advancement of education.
Operations:
What the charity is set up to do and how it does this:
GTC Scotland is the independent regulator for teachers in Scotland. We work in the public interest to enhance trust in teachers by setting, upholding and promoting high standards. Our role is to regulate teachers and college lecturers. We do this by keeping a public register and setting and regulating the standards for entering and remaining in the teaching profession. Our principal aims and statutory functions are set out in the Public Services Reform (General Teaching Council for Scotland) Order 2011. Our principal aims are: • To contribute to improving the quality of teaching and learning. • To maintain and improve teachers’ professional standards.
Charity Status: Active
Constitutional Form: Statutory corporation (Royal Charter etc)
Constitutional Form Date: 17 Oct 1966
Main Operating Location: City of Edinburgh
Number of Staff: 85
Number of Charity Trustees: 37
Number of Volunteers: 0
Purposes: "the advancement of education"
Beneficiaries: "Children or young people", "Other defined groups", "No specific group, or for the benefit of the community"
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 Mar 2021 £5,942,000 £5,868,000 10 Nov 2021 Yes
31 Mar 2022 £6,061,000 £6,234,000 25 Nov 2022 Yes
31 Mar 2023 £6,029,000 £6,356,000 13 Dec 2023 Yes
31 Mar 2024 £6,060,000 £5,707,000 02 Dec 2024 Yes
31 Mar 2025 £5,883,000 £6,285,000 24 Nov 2025 Yes Visit Charity's 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
Jane Malcolm
Lilian Field
Ailie Rankin
James Lyon
Evelyn McLaren
Michael Paul
Paul Finnegan
Ian Sharpe
Christopher Devlin
Iain Sinclair
Kirsty Mavor
Aileen Kennedy
Susan Leslie
Helen Happer
Adam Abdulbadeea Yousef Elghedafi
Jonathan Vincent
Alexandra Gordon
Andrew McPake
Nuzhat Uthmani
Robert Macmillan
Iain Gibson
Hannah Tweed
Elizabeth Russell
Matthew Moss
Catherine Whitley
Jennifer Seed
Graeme Cowie
Gerry McCormick
Sarah Sinclair
Ann Murdoch
Nazim Hamid
Anne-Marie Harley
Catherine Harker
Omar Kettlewell
Greg Bremner
Stephen Day
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