OSCR Scottish charity profile

Rowett Research Institute

ActiveCharity number SC007269
Registered16 April 1924
Main locationAberdeen
Legal formCompany (the charity is registered with Companies House)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC007269
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
Scotland and other parts of the UK
Volunteers
1-50 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
AB24 3FX

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

Provide grants to parent organisation in line with charitable objectives

Charitable purposes

  • the advancement of education
  • the advancement of health
  • the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science

Beneficiaries

  • People with disabilities or health problems
  • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community

Activities

  • It carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

3.1. The Objects for which the Institute is established are the advancement of education and the advancement of health for the public benefit, in particular through the provision of funding to the University of Aberdeen: a) To advance understanding of the mechanisms underlying nutrition in human beings. and b) To conduct or support research into the underlying mechanisms of nutritionally related disorders and diseases using relevant technologies and to have the outputs of this research exploited and used by the most appropriate means to improve the health and wellbeing of human beings.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 July 2025£413,829£1,794,606011 March 2026
31 July 2024£1,809,168£3,377,253031 January 2025
31 July 2023£269,989£376,641029 May 2024
31 July 2022£251,000£343,00008 December 2022
31 July 2021£4,310,000£356,000028 January 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
University of Aberdeen, University Office, King's College, Aberdeen
Website supplied to OSCR
www.abdn.ac.uk
Parent charity
The University of Aberdeen · SC013683

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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