01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC006702
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Scotland and other parts of the UK
- Volunteers
- 1-50 volunteers
- Staff
- 6
- Postcode
- EH2 3DN
OSCR note: This SCIO was incorporated as on 21 December 2011 as a result of a Change to SCIO application by SC006702 The Royal Edinburgh Repository and Self-Aid Society, which was an unincorporated association registered as a charity since 31 December 1977.
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
The principal objectives are to assist men and women of limited means or needy circumstances to achieve an independent livelihood by promoting the sale of their own work primarily in the Society's shop.
Charitable purposes
- the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
Beneficiaries
- Older People
- People with disabilities or health problems
Activities
- It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
The Society's purpose is the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Total income | Donations | Charitable activities income | Trading income | Investment income | Other income | Total expenditure | Raising funds | Charitable activities spending | Other spending | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 December 2025 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 6 | Not supplied |
| 31 December 2024 | £193,020 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £248,596 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 6 | 9 September 2025 |
| 31 December 2023 | £193,341 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £254,746 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 6 | 11 September 2024 |
| 31 December 2022 | £192,520 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £239,522 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 6 | 30 August 2023 |
| 31 December 2021 | £195,395 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £228,146 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 6 | 29 April 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
- 23a Castle Street, 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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