01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC005999
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Operations cover all or most of Scotland
- Volunteers
- 0 volunteers
- Staff
- 0
- Postcode
- G46 6UE
OSCR note: This SCIO was incorporated on 21st July 2016 as a result of a Change to SCIO application by Northern Region Jewish Chaplaincy (SC005999), which was an Unincorporated Association registered as a charity since 5th May 1973.
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
Its purposes are: • To provide a Jewish chaplaincy service in Scotland to Jewish students or members of Jewish Student Societies in tertiary education. • To appoint or employ Jewish chaplain(s) or, in their absence, appropriate support worker(s). • To provide, facilitate and support the wellbeing of Jewish students. • To provide Jewish education for Jewish students. • To retain, develop and strengthen Jewish identity in Jewish students. • To develop individual Jewish leadership and promotion of Jewish Student Societies. • To promote knowledge and mutual understanding between Jewish and other communities. In order to fulfil these goals, our organisation supports and raises funds to provide Chaplaincy services and activities to students in Scotland through a rabbinical team.
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of education
- the advancement of religion
- the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
- the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
Beneficiaries
- Children or young people
- People with a particular ethnic or racial origin
- Other defined groups
- Other charities or voluntary bodies
Activities
- It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals
- It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
The organisation’s purpose is the advancement of religion: 4.1 to provide a Jewish chaplaincy service in Scotland to Jewish Students or members of Jewish Student Societies in tertiary education including 4.1.1 appoint or employ Jewish Chaplain(s) or in their absence appropriate support worker(s) 4.1.2 provide, facilitate and support the wellbeing of said students 4.1.3 provide Jewish education for said students 4.1.4 retain, develop and strengthen Jewish identity of Students 4.1.5 develop individual Jewish leadership and promotion of Jewish Student Societies 4.1.6 promote knowledge and mutual understanding between Jewish and other communities.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 June 2025 | £26,346 | £26,693 | 0 | 13 April 2026 |
| 30 June 2024 | £24,974 | £14,723 | 0 | 31 March 2025 |
| 30 June 2023 | £31,495 | £29,591 | 0 | 31 March 2024 |
| 30 June 2022 | £45,469 | £30,977 | 0 | 21 March 2023 |
| 30 June 2021 | £20,055 | £19,258 | 0 | 12 February 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
- Flat 1, 222 Fenwick Road, Glasgow
- Website supplied to OSCR
- http://jscs.scot/
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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