Charity Details

Archdiocese of St Andrews and Edinburgh

SC008540Registered charity from 06 February 1935

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Charity Information:

Address Gillis Centre
100 Strathearn Road
Edinburgh

Postcode EH9 1BB

Website www.archedinburgh.org

Designated Religious Charity Yes

Regulatory Type Standard

Object:

The advancement of religion

Operations:

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

1. Our charitable objectives are: - • The advancement of the Roman Catholic Religion. • The advancement of education. • The relief of poverty. • The cure or alleviation of human sickness or disease. All of the apostolic work of the Archdiocese is rooted in life with Jesus Christ in both prayer and sacrament. 2. Activities undertaken to achieve these objectives The fulfilment of our charitable aims is undertaken by priests, religious and lay people engaged in a range of apostolic ministry most often aimed at serving those in greatest need. We help provide: • A network of 72 parishes across 10 local authority areas • A network of 68 Catholic primary schools and 10 Catholic high schools • Chaplains to 27 hospitals and three hospices • Chaplains to three prisons and one young offender institution • Chaplains to six universities

Charity Status: Active

Constitutional Form: Trust (founding document is a deed of trust) (other than educational endowment)

Constitutional Form Date: 06 Feb 1935

Main Operating Location: City of Edinburgh

Number of Staff: 92

Number of Volunteers: over 250

Purposes: "the prevention or relief of poverty", "the advancement of education", "the advancement of religion", "the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage"

Beneficiaries: "Other defined groups"

Types Of Activity Undertaken: "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"

Annual Submissions:

Year End	Income	Expenditure	Annual Return Received	Accounts Received	Latest Annual Reports and Accounts
31 Dec 2021	£8,928,000	£7,031,000	26 Sept 2022	Yes
31 Dec 2022	£10,097,000	£6,655,000	25 Sept 2023	Yes
31 Dec 2023	£10,133,000	£8,790,000	13 Aug 2024	Yes
31 Dec 2024	£10,720,000	£10,465,000	15 Aug 2025	Yes	Visit Charity's Website
31 Dec 2025			No	Annual Information due by 30 Sept 2026
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
Stephen	Webster
Patrick	Boylan
Karen	Cockburn
Allan	Chambers
Andrew	Milligan
Leo	Cushley
Robert	McGee
Jeremy	Milne
Scott	Deeley
Guy	Strachan
John	Trower
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