Charity Details

The Edinburgh Academy

SC016999Registered charity from 30 May 1908

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Charity Information:

Address The Edinburgh Academy
42 Henderson Row
Edinburgh

Postcode EH3 5BL

Website www.edinburghacademy.org.uk

Regulatory Type Standard

Object:

The objects of The Edinburgh Academy, in substitution for those set out in the Original Charter, shall be (1) the provision of education in Scotland and in particular at The Edinburgh Academy including all aspects of nursery, primary and secondary education and the provision of all facilities to achieve that; and (2) the furtherance of that and the following objects a contribution to the educational life of Scotland in its widest sense and the provision of benefits related to the purposes of The Edinburgh Academy for those who may not be enrolled pupils at the Edinburgh Academy

Operations:

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

Charity Status: Active

Constitutional Form: Educational endowment

Constitutional Form Date: 30 May 1908

Main Operating Location: City of Edinburgh

Number of Staff: 299

Number of Charity Trustees: 15

Number of Volunteers: 1-50

Purposes: "the advancement of education"

Beneficiaries: "Children or young people"

Types Of Activity Undertaken: "It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals"

Annual Submissions:

Year End	Income	Expenditure	Annual Return Received	Accounts Received	Latest Annual Reports and Accounts
31 Jul 2021	£15,109,900	£15,050,278	12 Apr 2022	Yes
31 Jul 2022	£18,673,419	£16,566,238	26 Apr 2023	Yes
31 Jul 2023	£18,825,945	£22,160,622	30 Apr 2024	Yes
31 Jul 2024	£23,182,494	£19,741,735	30 Apr 2025	Yes	Visit Charity's Website
31 Jul 2025			No	Annual Information due by 30 Apr 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:

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