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Edinburgh Photographic Society

SC017042Registered charity from 17 November 1972
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Information about this charity:
Charity Information Operations Annual Submissions Income and Expenditure Charity Trustees
Notes:
This SCIO was incorporated on 21 September 2012 as a result of a Change to SCIO application by SC017042 Edinburgh Photographic Society, which was an unincorporated association registered as a charity since 17 November 1972.
Charity Information:
The Name the Charity is Known By EPS
Address 68 Great King Street
Edinburgh
Postcode EH3 6QU
Is the supplied address a principal office or a trustee address? Trustee - Charity Trustee
Website www.epsoc.org.uk
Regulatory Type Standard
Object:
The purpose of the Society is to promote the study, awareness, appreciation and practice of the art, science and applications of photography amongst members of the Society and the general public.
Operations:
What the charity is set up to do and how it does this:
To promote the study, awareness, appreciation and practice of the art, science and application of photography by: a) Holding meetings of the Society for reading and discussing communications bearing upon photographic science or the applications thereof, or upon subjects relating thereto b) Holding courses or lectures, demonstrations, talks and conferences open to members of the Society or to members of the public, or both. c) Holding and promoting exhibitions of an international, national or local character of photographs and pictures produced by photography or any process akin thereto, or of photographic equipment or apparatus.
Charity Status: Active
Constitutional Form: SCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)
Constitutional Form Date: 21 Sept 2012
Previous Constitutional Form: Unincorporated association
Previous Constitutional Form Date: 17 Nov 1972
Main Operating Location: City of Edinburgh
Number of Staff: 0
Number of Volunteers: 1-50
Purposes: "the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science"
Beneficiaries: "No specific group, or for the benefit of the community"
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
01 Sept 2021 £13,423 £24,818 14 Apr 2022 Yes
01 Sept 2022 £33,972 £37,356 13 May 2023 Yes
01 Sept 2023 £43,830 £29,306 31 Jan 2024 Yes
01 Sept 2024 £59,029 £45,694 12 Apr 2025 Yes Download
01 Sept 2025 No Annual Information due by 01 Jun 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
David Lyle
Fiona Spence
Stuart Gilliland
Muriel Binnie
Isobel Lindsay
Sam Fraser
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