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Scottish Parent Teacher Council

Also known as: Connect

Country
Scotland
Charity number
SC019168
Status
Active
Reporting
Up to date Last filed Nov. 26, 2025. Filing history
Registered
July 26, 1994
Legal form
Company (the charity is registered with Companies House)

Address

Address
The Melting Pot
15 Calton Road
Edinburgh
EH8 8DL

Contact

Website
connect.scot
Screenshot of the Scottish Parent Teacher Council website

Activities

'It carries out activities or services itself'

'the advancement of education','any other purpose that may reasonably be regarded as analogous to any of the preceding purposes'

Our Vision is a Scotland where every child and young person thrives through empowered parental engagement. Our Mission is to advance effective parental and family engagement, inclusion, and representation in every early years and school community for the thriving future of Scotland's children and young people. We are an independent charity funded by membership. We do not receive any local authority or government grant funding for our core services. We are pleased to work with partners on specific projects that support parental engagement in education and that deliver results for children and young people. Our Members are a mixture of Parent Councils, Parent Teacher/Staff Associations and other parent groups who pay for membership or have membership paid for them by their local authority. Being a Member of Connect has a wide range of benefits. You can find out more about membership here: https://connect.scot/membership

Beneficiaries: 'Children or young people','Other defined groups'

Objectives: The company's objects are:- To advance effective parental and family engagement, inclusion, and representation in every early years and school community for the thriving future of Scotland’s children and young people.

Geography

Main operating location
City of Edinburgh
Geographical spread
Operations cover all or most of Scotland

Finances

Period end Filed Income Expenditure Employees
July 31, 2025 Nov. 26, 2025On time £340,944 £319,929 8
July 31, 2024 Feb. 3, 2025On time £257,688 £218,177 6
July 31, 2023 Nov. 17, 2023On time £245,054 £204,421 6
July 31, 2022 Dec. 2, 2022On time £232,609 £200,185 6
July 31, 2021 Dec. 3, 2021On time £227,813 £232,651 7

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