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Vision Mechanics

Country
Scotland
Charity number
SC023585
Status
Active
Reporting
Up to date Last filed Sept. 17, 2026. Filing history
Registered
April 18, 1995
Legal form
Company (the charity is registered with Companies House)

Address

Address
81 Great Junction Street
Leith
Edinburgh
EH6 5HZ

Contact

Website
visionmechanics.org
Screenshot of the Vision Mechanics website

Activities

'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'

The charity was set up in 1995 to continue the work of the Edinburgh Puppet partnership of Symon Macintyre and Kim Bergsagel on a more structured basis. The principal activity of the charity is to promote, on a non-profit making basis, puppetry in all its forms to as broad and varied an audience as possible. to create visual and stimulating theatre. and, through workshops and training, to introduce puppetry as an expressive art form.

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

Objectives: To advance the education of the public in the arts and in particular the art of puppetry through performances and other related activities

Geography

Main operating location
City of Edinburgh
Geographical spread
UK and overseas

Finances

Period end Filed Income Expenditure
Nov. 30, 2025 Sept. 17, 202618 days late £155,010 £145,184
Nov. 30, 2024 Aug. 22, 2025On time £152,929 £167,311
Nov. 30, 2023 Aug. 27, 2024On time £73,984 £86,816
Nov. 30, 2022 Aug. 28, 2023On time £148,122 £257,864
Nov. 30, 2021 Aug. 5, 2022On time £352,722 £263,518
Nov. 30, 2020 Aug. 6, 2021 £163,575 £128,980

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