While we are on it, please can it be applied to Universities?
As an example: Edinburgh University had £909million income last year, leaving £87m after financial investments, capital investments etc, and are sat on financial investments of £171m.
They do not pay business rates.
In Scotland, the top 20 charities by income and resources are dominated by Universities:
University Of Edinburgh
University Of Glasgow Court
University Of Strathclyde
University Of Dundee
University Of Aberdeen
University Of St Andrews
Heriot-Watt University
The Glasgow Housing Association Limited
Culture & Sport Glasgow
Edinburgh Napier University
Glasgow Caledonian University
The Church Of Scotland
University Of Stirling
Court of the University of the West of Scotland
The Robert Gordon University
Historic Environment Scotland
University of the Highlands and Islands
Mercy Corps Europe
SRUC
Glasgow School Of Art
I just lost a piece of work as a University (in England) didn’t want to pay the rates we as a small charity charge for our training services, at significantly less than that University charges itself out at, for work their staff do not have the expertise to deliver, and while sat on £700m of financial investments….