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Stills Ltd

Country
Scotland
Charity number
SC014136
Status
Active
Reporting
Up to date Last filed Dec. 18, 2025. Filing history
Registered
Nov. 2, 1977
Legal form
Company (the charity is registered with Companies House)

Address

Address
Stills
23 Cockburn Street
Edinburgh
EH1 1BP

Contact

Website
stills.org
Screenshot of the Stills Ltd website

Activities

'It carries out activities or services itself'

'the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science'

The charity is designed to promote the art of photography through a series of exhibitions in our gallery, talks and events, a Creative Learning programme, provision of photography facilities and services (including a Dark Room, Digital Photography Lab and Photography courses) and access to an extensive library of books on the art of photography. Stills is open to all members of the public and the Exhibitions, Library and the majority of Creative Learning projects are provided free-of-charge.

Beneficiaries: 'No specific group, or for the benefit of the community'

Objectives: (a) To promote a public understanding of photography as an art with particular emphasis on the inherent potentials of this medium amongst the public. (b) To establish a public centre and gallery for the presentation and understanding of photography within a context. (c) To organise and conduct public exhibitions of photography. (d) To acquire a permanent collection of photographs and reference material for the public benefit. (e) To conduct an educational programme by means of lectures, seminars, research, practical workshop sessions and publications. (f) To create a research Fellowship in photography.

Geography

Main operating location
City of Edinburgh
Geographical spread
Wider, but within one local authority area

Finances

Period end Filed Income Expenditure Employees
March 31, 2025 Dec. 18, 2025On time £483,335 £480,843 12
March 31, 2024 Dec. 11, 2024On time £491,232 £470,831 12
March 31, 2023 Dec. 7, 2023On time £439,750 £454,867 13
March 31, 2022 Dec. 6, 2022On time £349,602 £367,374 14
March 31, 2021 Nov. 11, 2021On time £435,054 £294,140 13

Due dates are 9 months after the year end, OSCR's deadline, so they don't allow for any extension OSCR has granted.