01 Identity
Registration and reporting
- Registration status
- Registered
- Reporting status
- Submission Received
- Charity type
- Other
- Registered
- 5 June 1992
- Removed
- Not supplied
- Financial period
- 1 January 2025 – 31 December 2025
- Latest income
- £5,063
- Latest expenditure
- £1,870
- Gift Aid
- No
- Owns or uses land
- No
- In administration
- No
- Insolvent
- No
- CIO
- No
Public contact address: Carole Johnson, 15A Albany Street, Edinburgh, EH1 3PY
02 Activities
What the charity does
The provision of financial assistance in cases of hardship to members and former members of H M Diplomatic Service and to widows, children and dependents of members, through the provision of loans and grants.
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Charity Annual Return History
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2025
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2025
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 October 2026
- Date Annual Return Received
- 19 July 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £5,063
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £1,870
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2024
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 October 2025
- Date Annual Return Received
- 10 September 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £5,663
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £196
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2023
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 October 2024
- Date Annual Return Received
- 11 July 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £6,950
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £3,120
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2022
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 October 2023
- Date Annual Return Received
- 22 March 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £4,595
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £1,620
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2021
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 October 2022
- Date Annual Return Received
- 14 October 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £3,630
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £1,620
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Charity Area Of Operation
- Geographic Area Type
- Region
- Geographic Area Description
- Throughout England And Wales
- Welsh Ind
- No
- Geographic Area Type
- Country
- Geographic Area Description
- Scotland
- Parent Geographic Area Type
- Continent
- Parent Geographic Area Description
- Europe
- Welsh Ind
- No
05 Official extract
Charity Classification
- Classification Code
- 301
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Makes Grants To Individuals
- Classification Code
- 101
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- General Charitable Purposes
- Classification Code
- 206
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- Other Defined Groups
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Charity Event History
- Charity Name
- FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE WELFARE FUND
- Charity Event Order
- 1
- Event Type
- Standard registration
- Date Of Event
- 1992-06-05T00:00:00
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Charity Governing Document
- Governing Document Description
- SCHEME DATED 14 JANUARY 1992
- Charitable Objects
- 1)RELIEF OF POVERTY AMONGST MEMBERS AND FORMER MEMBERS OF HER MAJESTY'S DIPLOMATIC SERVICE AND AMONGST THE WIDOWS, CHILDERN AND AMONGST THE WIDOWS, CHILDERN AND DEPENDENTS OF SUCH MEMBERS AND FORMER MEMBERS. 2)RELIEF OF POVERTY AMONGST MEMBERS AND FORMER MEMBERS OF HER MAJESTY'S HOME CIVIL SERVICE WHO ARE SERVING OR WHO HAVE SERVED WITH THE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE OR DIPLOMATIC SERVICE POST OVERSEAS AND AMONGST THE WIDOWS, CHILDREN AND DEPENDENTS OF SUCH MEMBERS OR FORMER MEMBERS.
- Area Of Benefit
- NOT DEFINED
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Charity Other Names
- Charity Name Id
- 684543
- Charity Name Type
- Working name
- Charity Name
- FCDO Welfare Fund
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Charity Policy
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- Policy Name
- Risk management
- Policy Name
- Complaints handling
- Policy Name
- Volunteer management
- Policy Name
- Paying staff
- Policy Name
- Investment
- Policy Name
- Conflicting interests