OSCR Scottish charity profile

Royal Society for Home Support

ActiveCharity number SC004365
Registered13 March 1899
Main locationCity of Edinburgh
Legal formStatutory corporation (Royal Charter etc)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC004365
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
Operations cover all or most of Scotland
Volunteers
1-50 volunteers
Staff
2
Postcode
EH3 9QG
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OSCR note: Previous legal name Royal Society for Home Relief to Incurables, Edinburgh from 13 March 1899 to 04 September 2024.

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

The Society aims to assist in cases of financial hardship experienced by individuals unable to work due to incurable illness

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

  • People with disabilities or health problems

Activities

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

Constitutional objectives

5.1 The charitable objects of the Society shall be to provide financial support and assistance to adults with a medical condition that is permanent or likely to be permanent or is potentially life-limiting who are living at home in the vicinity of the EH postcode area, subject always to Clause 5.1.3 hereof, who are under State Pension Age and who have been required to either give up their paid employment or who have lost their paid employment as a result of their condition.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 December 2025£192,728£159,667216 June 2026
31 December 2024£13,700£157,969224 June 2025
31 December 2023£133,640£145,14524 July 2024
31 December 2022£126,172£155,20124 September 2023
31 December 2021£137,544£152,588228 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
Quay 2, Fountainbridge, Edinburgh
Website supplied to OSCR
Not supplied
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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