01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC006384
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Scotland and other parts of the UK
- Volunteers
- 0 volunteers
- Staff
- 1
- Postcode
- EH3 6AJ
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
The objective of the Benevolent Fund for Nurses in Scotland is to support nurses in their own homes within the communities to which they belong. The fund works with other agencies in providing financial help with equipment and home adaptations and in providing quarterly and single grants. The fund seeks to care for those who have given care to so many others.
Charitable purposes
- the prevention or relief of poverty
Beneficiaries
- Other defined groups
Activities
- It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals
Constitutional objectives
The objects of the Company are to promote and advance for public benefit, such purposes as are charitable in law and in particular the prevention or relief of poverty for registered nurses and midwives, or student nurses and midwives in necessitous circumstances, who have a substantial connection with Scotland.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 December 2025 | £288,317 | £290,756 | 1 | 1 July 2026 |
| 31 December 2024 | £290,087 | £292,336 | 1 | 30 June 2025 |
| 31 December 2023 | £286,518 | £284,194 | 1 | 16 September 2024 |
| 31 December 2022 | £283,218 | £284,153 | 1 | 15 June 2023 |
| 31 December 2021 | £254,394 | £257,504 | 1 | 4 July 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
- Mitchell Edwards, Chartered Certified Accountants, 24a Ainslie Place, Edinburgh
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.bfns.org.uk
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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