Charity Details

Royal Scottish Country Dance Society ( Edinburgh Branch )

SC016958Registered charity from 01 January 1974

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Charity Information:

The Name the Charity is Known By RSCDS Edinburgh

Address 95 Overton Crescent
East Calder

Postcode EH53 0RJ

Is the supplied address a principal office or a trustee address? Trustee - Charity Trustee

Website www.rscdsedinburgh.org

Parent Charity Name Royal Scottish Country Dance Society

Parent Charity Registration Number SC016085

Parent Charity Country of Registration Scotland

Regulatory Type Standard

Object:

The objects of the Branch shall be to advance the education of the public in the Edinburgh area in traditional Scottish Country Dancing and in furtherance thereof: - a. to preserve and promote the dancing of traditional Scottish Country Dances and modern dances of merit in the traditional style. b. to provide or assist in providing instruction in the dancing of Scottish Country Dances. c. to promote the enjoyment and appreciateion of Scottish Country Dances by suitable means which may include the giving of demonstrations and theatrical performances. d. generally to do such other things as are or maybe be considered by the Branch to be incidental or conducive to the attainment of the foregoing objectws or any one of them.

Operations:

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

We run weekly Scottish country dance classes and regular events promoting Scottish country dancing in Edinburgh for over 100 years.

Charity Status: Active

Constitutional Form: Unincorporated association

Constitutional Form Date: 01 Jan 1974

Main Operating Location: City of Edinburgh

Number of Staff: 0

Number of Volunteers: 1-50

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

Beneficiaries: "Children or young people", "Older People", "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	£16,712	£7,172	29 Sept 2021	Yes
31 Mar 2022	£15,484	£14,393	12 Jan 2023	Yes
31 Mar 2023	£29,908	£28,717	20 Sept 2023	Yes
31 Mar 2024	£31,997	£35,312	26 Dec 2024	Yes
31 Mar 2025	£44,732	£44,944	20 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
Theresa	MacVarish Clark
Vivien	Barclay
Yoshiro	Shibasaki
Elizabeth	Harry
Edward	Bain
Alexander	Dyet
Stephen	Carr
David	Watson
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