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Scottish Cremation Society Ltd

Country
Scotland
Charity number
SC015310
Status
Active
Reporting
Up to date Last filed Sept. 24, 2026. Filing history
Registered
July 30, 1954
Legal form
Company (the charity is registered with Companies House)

Address

Address
The Scottish Cremation Society
4th Floor The Reel House
7 West Regent Street
Glasgow
Lanarkshire
G2 1RW

Contact

Activities

'It carries out activities or services itself'

'the advancement of health','the advancement of citizenship or community development','the advancement of environmental protection or improvement','any other purpose that may reasonably be regarded as analogous to any of the preceding purposes'

To promote and carry out inexpensive and at the same time, sanitary methods of disposal of the dead, which shall best tend to render the remains innocuous and shall minimise pollution of the environment, including cremation and, if found by research and testing to be efficacious in these respects, resomation and any other method of disposal of the dead which is inexpensive, sanitary, advances public health and minimises pollution of the environment. and 2.2 To publish information on all matters tending to promote and explain cremation, resomation and any other method (include future methods) of disposal of the dead as described in article 2.1 above in the form of publications, lectures and other methods of communication in a manner to further promote inexpensive sanitary and pollution minimised methods of disposal of the dead. The services provided and the charges for the services are intended to allay funeral poverty.

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

Objectives: 2.1 To promote and carry out inexpensive and at the same time sanitary methods of disposal of the dead, which shall best tend to render the remains innocuous and shall minimise pollution of the environment, including cremation and, if found by research and testing to be efficacious in these respects, resomation and any other method of disposal of the dead which is inexpensive, sanitary, advances public health and minimises pollution of the environment. and 2.2 To publish information on all matters tending to promote and explain cremation, resomation and any other method (including future methods) of disposal of the dead as described in article 2.1 above in the form of publications, lectures and other methods of communication in a manner to further promote inexpensive sanitary and pollution minimised methods of disposal of the dead.

Geography

Main operating location
Glasgow City
Geographical spread
More than one local authority area in Scotland

Finances

Period end Filed Income Expenditure Employees
Dec. 31, 2025 Sept. 24, 2026On time £1,086,972 £1,139,823 9
Dec. 31, 2024 Sept. 24, 2025On time £1,227,806 £1,159,986 9
Dec. 31, 2023 Sept. 17, 2024On time £1,252,795 £1,139,719 9
Dec. 31, 2022 Sept. 21, 2023On time £1,159,664 £1,116,034 9
Dec. 31, 2021 Sept. 21, 2022On time £1,228,040 £1,112,106 8
Dec. 31, 2020 Sept. 22, 2021 £1,204,878 £1,064,236 8

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