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Guild Of Players

Country
Scotland
Charity number
SC001963
Status
Active
Registered
Nov. 2, 1961
Legal form
Company (the charity is registered with Companies House)

Address

Address
Theatre Royal
58-70 Shakespeare Street
Dumfries
DG1 2JH

Activities

'It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations','It carries out activities or services itself'

'the advancement of education','the advancement of citizenship or community development','the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science'

4. The charity’s objects are: (a) The advancement of the arts, heritage and culture, in particular but not exclusively, through the promotion and support of performance, exhibition, instruction and study of all forms of art and culture and the preservation, maintenance, improvement and operation of theatres, venues and other similar facilities. (b) The advancement of community development by providing, improving and maintaining public amenities, supporting local regeneration, providing education and training opportunities, providing and improving arts and recreational facilities, encouraging volunteering and increasing the involvement of people of all ages and abilities and, in particular, young people, in community activity centred on the arts and so assisting with the regeneration of their communities.

Objectives: The charity’s objects are: (a) The advancement of the arts, heritage and culture, in particular but not exclusively, through the promotion and support of performance, exhibition, instruction and study of all forms of art and culture and the preservation, maintenance, improvement and operation of theatres, venues and other similar facilities. (b) The advancement of community development by providing, improving and maintaining public amenities, supporting local regeneration, providing education and training opportunities, providing and improving arts and recreational facilities, encouraging volunteering and increasing the involvement of people of all ages and abilities and, in particular, young people, in community activity centred on the arts and so assisting with the regeneration of their communities. (c) To pursue such objects as may by law be deemed charitable and, in particular, to promote the well being of the community resident in Dumfries and the wider area of Dumfries and Galloway by associating Local Authorities, local artistic organisations and residents in a common effort to advance education and to foster a community spirit for the achievement of the aforesaid purposes. 5. The charity’s objects are restricted to those set out in article 4 (but subject to article 6). 6. The charity may (subject to first obtaining the consent of OSCR) add to, remove or alter the statement of the charity’s objects in article 4. on any occasion when it does so, it must give notice to the registrar of companies and the amendment will not be effective until that notice is registered on the register of companies.

Areas of operation

Main operating location
Dumfries And Galloway
Geographical spread
Wider, but within one local authority area

Finances

Period end Income Expenditure Employees
March 31, 2025 £443,449 £485,444 10
March 31, 2024 £416,820 £469,210 9
March 31, 2023 £331,131 £409,661 9
March 31, 2022 £354,621 £268,099 9
March 31, 2021 £270,977 £152,901 6