OSCR Scottish charity profile

Scottish Shipping Benevolent Association

ActiveCharity number SC004018
Registered23 April 1932
Main locationGlasgow City
Legal formUnincorporated association

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC004018
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
Scotland and other parts of the UK
Volunteers
0 volunteers
Staff
2
Postcode
G2 1AP

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

We look after beneficiaries not only in our charity but other charities

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

  • Other defined groups

Activities

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

Constitutional objectives

(1) To provide relief by way of grants and allowances to deserving and needy members of the Association and the deserving relatives of deceased members who were dependent on them for support and (2) To give assistance in special circumstances, provided that funds permit, and in the sole and absolute discretion of the Board of Directors, to deserving and needy persons who are not members, but who have been engaged shore-based in the business of ship owning, ship management, ship agency and/or ship broking in Scotland of their dependants.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 December 2025£83,100£106,643218 August 2026
31 December 2024£85,027£92,959216 April 2025
31 December 2023£81,538£100,69928 April 2024
31 December 2022£82,508£101,05725 April 2023
31 December 2021£65,743£90,222210 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
Scottish Shipping Benevolent Association, c/o CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP, 1 West Regent Street,, Glasgow
Website supplied to OSCR
www.scottishshippingcharity.org
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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