OSCR Scottish charity profile

Scottish Benevolent Fund for DWP Staff

ActiveCharity number SC001479
Registered6 April 1925
Main locationGlasgow City
Legal formOther

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 4 November 2026
OSCR charity number
SC001479
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
Operations cover all or most of Scotland
Volunteers
1-50 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
G82 1SJ

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

Provide financial assistance to staff in DWP Scotland who are experiencing financial distress..

Charitable purposes

  • the prevention or relief of poverty

Beneficiaries

  • Other defined groups

Activities

  • It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals

Constitutional objectives

The Society is established for the purpose of providing by voluntary subscription a Fund out of which the Committee of Management may a. grant assistance to: (1) The Staff of the DE Group serving in Scotland. (2) Members of the Society serving elsewhere than in Scotland or in another Department. (3) Past members of the Society or their dependants (Note: A past member is an officer whose membership of the Society was terminated solely by reason of his/her retiral or death) b. subscribe to the funds or assist in the establishment of charitable institutions from which members of the Fund, past members or their dependant could benefit. c. Take any other steps which may be deemed necessary to further the objects of the Society.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endTotal incomeDonationsCharitable activities incomeTrading incomeInvestment incomeOther incomeTotal expenditureRaising fundsCharitable activities spendingOther spendingStaffReturn received
31 December 2025£35,449£0£0£0£0£0£44,187£0£0£0027 August 2026
31 December 2024£48,309£0£0£0£0£0£34,147£0£0£0011 August 2025
31 December 2023£29,062£0£0£0£0£0£31,586£0£0£0017 September 2024
31 December 2022£32,911£0£0£0£0£0£24,263£0£0£0014 September 2023
31 December 2021£48,814£0£0£0£0£0£28,189£0£0£0024 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
Department of Work and Pensions, Dumbarton Jobcentre, Work Services Directorate, 15 Meadowbank Street, Dumbarton
Website supplied to OSCR
Not supplied
Parent charity
Not supplied
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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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