Scottish Book Trust
- Country
- Scotland
- Charity number
- SC027669
- Status
- Active
- Registered
- March 26, 1998
- Legal form
- Company (the charity is registered with Companies House)
Address
- Address
- Sandeman House
Trunk's Close
55 High Street
Edinburgh
EH1 1SR
Contact
- Website
scottishbooktrust.com
Activities
'It carries out activities or services itself'
'the advancement of education','the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science','any other purpose that may reasonably be regarded as analogous to any of the preceding purposes'
Our charity’s mission is to ensure people living in Scotland have equal access to books, and all thebenefits that come from reading and writing. We are embedded in urban and rural communities and place a particular emphasis on supporting the diversity of Scotland’s languages and lifestyles, and tackling the link between poverty, illiteracy, the attainment gap, and poor social and health outcomes. We also aim to ensure that Scotland’s wide-ranging literary talent, both emerging and established, is nurtured and supported. Our programme offers a mix of both universal and highly targeted programmes specifically aimed at those most in need eg Bookbug, Reading Schools and Reading is Caring. We work with a very wide variety of stakeholder including all 32 Local Authorities, hundreds of community organisations, publishers, agents, and writers.
Objectives: The objects of the company are to advance education and the arts, in particular through education of the public in Scotland by encouraging writing for pleasure, creativity and the reading, study, appreciation and the knowledge of books and all forms of literature. The company’s objects are restricted to those set out in article 4 (but subject to article 6). The company may (subject to first obtaining the consent of OSCR) add to, remove or alter the statement of the company’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
- City of Edinburgh
- Geographical spread
- Operations cover all or most of Scotland
Finances
| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £5,966,731 | £6,158,866 | 70 |
| March 31, 2024 | £5,906,887 | £5,808,069 | 69 |
| March 31, 2023 | £6,123,133 | £5,819,264 | 72 |
| March 31, 2022 | £5,806,668 | £5,482,692 | 62 |
| March 31, 2021 | £4,840,064 | £4,324,540 | 62 |
Nearby
- Edinburgh's Netherbow 0.0 mi
- Carrubbers Christian Centre 0.0 mi
- Edinburgh Old Town Association 0.0 mi
- Cockburn Association 0.0 mi
- Traditional Music Forum SCIO 0.0 mi