OSCR Scottish charity profile

Educational Institute of Scotland Benevolent Funds

ActiveCharity number SC007852
Registered22 May 1912
Main locationCity of Edinburgh
Legal formTrust (founding document is a deed of trust) (other than educational endowment)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC007852
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
Operations cover all or most of Scotland
Volunteers
0 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
EH3 6BH

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

Provide financial support to members, retired members and dependents of deceased members of the Educational Institute of Scotland.

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

  • Children or young people
  • Older People
  • People with disabilities or health problems
  • Other defined groups

Activities

  • It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals

Constitutional objectives

To provide relief in cases of necessity to members, to former members and to widows, widowers or other dependants of members or former members.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 August 2025£371,775£570,751015 July 2026
31 August 2024£259,550£767,33906 February 2025
31 August 2023£338,493£623,42701 February 2024
31 August 2022£350,336£347,511028 February 2023
31 August 2021£306,543£192,98309 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
46 MORAY PLACE EDINBURGH SCOTLAND, Edinburgh, 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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