01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC000729
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Scotland and other parts of the UK
- Volunteers
- 1-50 volunteers
- Staff
- 4
- Postcode
- KY12 8AW
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
The Hero Fund was established in 1908 to recognise acts of heroism and provide welfare support and financial assistance, if necessary, to people who have suffered injury, or to the families of people who have been killed in the heroic endeavour to save human life in peaceful pursuits in the United Kingdom, Ireland and the Channel Isles and the surrounding waters. Once a case of heroism is recognised a financial assessment is undertaken and, if appropriate, grants are awarded according to need. Grants may continue to be awarded or re-introduced throughout a beneficiary’s lifetime subject to individual circumstances.
Charitable purposes
- the prevention or relief of poverty
- the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
Beneficiaries
- Children or young people
- Older People
- Other defined groups
Activities
- It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals
Constitutional objectives
To recognise, support and where appropriate provide financial assistance to injured civilian heroes and their families and the partners and children of heroes who have lost their own lives in the United Kingdom or Ireland whilst attempting to save the life of another.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Total income | Donations | Charitable activities income | Trading income | Investment income | Other income | Total expenditure | Raising funds | Charitable activities spending | Other spending | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 December 2025 | £241,673 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £255,556 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 4 | 30 June 2026 |
| 31 December 2024 | £217,036 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £247,576 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 4 | 18 August 2025 |
| 31 December 2023 | £222,677 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £245,370 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 4 | 24 July 2024 |
| 31 December 2022 | £212,269 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £235,031 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 4 | 25 July 2023 |
| 31 December 2021 | £445,032 | £246,142 | £0 | £0 | £198,890 | £0 | £225,294 | £27,149 | £198,145 | £0 | 4 | 5 September 2022 |
Figures are those reported by the charity and supplied in the OSCR bulk download. Blank facts remain distinct from zero.
04 Contact record
Principal office or trustees address
- Address supplied to OSCR
- Andrew Carnegie House, Pittencrieff Street, Dunfermline
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.carnegiehero.org.uk
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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