01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC001577
- 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
- IV2 5JN
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
The purposes of the said Relief and Extension Fund for Methodism in Scotland are:- 1) The liquidation of debts yet remaining on Methodist Churches, Chapels or Manses in Scotland or debts that may yet be contracted with the sanction of the connexional property committee. 2) The purchase or erection of new or additional places of worship and of sites for such objects, and 3) The acquisition of Manses or investment of money to meet house rents thus making provision for the residences of ordained ministers where at present only Probationers are stationed and from time to time in other places as occasion may arise.
Charitable purposes
- the prevention or relief of poverty
- the advancement of religion
Beneficiaries
- Other defined groups
Activities
- It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
Constitutional objectives
for the liquidation of debts yet remaining on Wesleyan Methodist Churches, Chapels or Manses in Scotland or debts that may yet be contracted with the sanction of the said Wesleyan Chapel Committee. The purchase or erection of new or additional places or worship and of sites for such objects. The aquisition of manses or investment of money to meet house rents, thus making provision for the residence of ordained ministers where at present only probationers are stationed and from time to time in other places as occasion may arise.
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 | £12,008 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £64,559 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 0 | 25 July 2026 |
| 31 December 2024 | £22,831 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £16,888 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 0 | 13 May 2025 |
| 31 December 2023 | £15,562 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £723 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 0 | 7 July 2024 |
| 31 December 2022 | £49,228 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £20,813 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 0 | 12 June 2023 |
| 31 December 2021 | £12,046 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £11,411 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 0 | 22 June 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
- 17 Wester Elm Drive, Inverness
- Website supplied to OSCR
- Not supplied
- Parent charity
- Methodist Church · 1132208
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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