Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 0

Support Score: 0

No PartB

(no info on trustees)

No supporters identified

Overall GiG Score: 0

DICTIONARIES OF THE SCOTS LANGUAGE

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

Financial Data

Income & Spending ?

Period ending	31/03/18	31/03/19	31/03/20	31/03/21	31/03/22	31/03/23
Total income	£214,174	£205,699	£257,451	£204,143	£230,289	£233,617
Total spending	£203,964	£175,278	£155,539	£230,440	£217,300	£172,340
Surplus/deficit	£10,210	£30,421	£101,912	-£26,297	£12,989	£61,277

Established: 22 years

https://dsl.ac.uk

Listed activities

It carries out activities or services itself

GiG Classification

Museums, parks, historical sites

Purposes

The advancement of education
The advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science

Where it operates

Operations cover all or most of Scotland, main operating location: City of Edinburgh

Who it helps

No specific group, or for the benefit of the community

Who supports them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees

Sorry we have no information about the Trustees.

Legal constitution

Charity registered in Scotland on 08/04/2002, number: SC032910

Filing Record

5 returns made; all on time

Main office

, EH2 3JP

Objectives

4 The organisation’s purposes are for the advancement of education and heritage. To achieve these purposes, we: 4.1 Maintain and develop Dictionaries of the Scots Language Online as the nation’s authority on the meaning, history, and forms of the vocabulary of Scots from the beginnings to the present day. 4.2 Produce smaller lexicographical publications and datasets to meet the needs of particular groups, the needs of the Scottish Government, and for fundraising purposes. 4.3 Contribute our lexical and lexicographical expertise to publicly-funded projects that aim to support and encourage speakers, readers, writers, learners, teachers, and students of Scots.