01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- 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
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
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 December 2025 | £192,728 | £159,667 | 2 | 16 June 2026 |
| 31 December 2024 | £13,700 | £157,969 | 2 | 24 June 2025 |
| 31 December 2023 | £133,640 | £145,145 | 2 | 4 July 2024 |
| 31 December 2022 | £126,172 | £155,201 | 2 | 4 September 2023 |
| 31 December 2021 | £137,544 | £152,588 | 2 | 28 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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