01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC009009
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- A specific local point, community or neighbourhood
- Volunteers
- 1-50 volunteers
- Staff
- 0
- Postcode
- AB24 3QY
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
The charity is set up to support the library and collections of the University of Aberdeen, through bursaries to researchers and students.
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of education
Beneficiaries
- Other defined groups
Activities
- It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
Constitutional objectives
The objects of the society shall be:- (a) to encourage gifts of books, prints, manuscripts and other items of interest to Aberdeen University Library ('the Library') and donations of money. (b) to provide funds from which to acquire for the Library rare and valuable books and other items, such as Aberdeen University might not be able to purchase from its own resources. (c) to promote interest in the Library, whether by organising, or providing funds to the Library for the purpose of organising exhibitions, lectures and publications or cataloguing or conserving material held by the Library etc. and (d) to make funds available to the Aberdeen University Development Trust to help fund (1) the building and equipping of exhibition areas within the Library, (2) providing research facilities for scholars studying the Library's special collections and (3) providing other such facilities which promote the Library and its use.
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 | £20,692 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £570 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 0 | 30 October 2026 |
| 31 December 2024 | £20,692 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £570 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 0 | 29 September 2025 |
| 31 December 2023 | £20,585 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £21,470 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 0 | 20 September 2024 |
| 31 December 2022 | £22,366 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £14,162 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 0 | 11 August 2023 |
| 31 December 2021 | £48,962 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £79,907 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 0 | 28 June 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, School of Social Science, Edward Wright Building, Dunbar Street, Aberdeen
- Website supplied to OSCR
- https://www.abdn.ac.uk/library/using-libraries/friends-of-the-library-129.php
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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