OSCR Scottish charity profile

The Sons of the Rock Society SCIO

Known as forthgiving

ActiveCharity number SC009124
Registered29 May 1988
Main locationStirling
Legal formSCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC009124
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
More than one local authority area in Scotland
Volunteers
1-50 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
FK15 0EH
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OSCR note: This SCIO was incorporated on 20 April 2022 as a result of the conversion of a charitable company (Incorporated Glasgow Stirlingshire & Sons Of The Rock Society - SC013391)

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

Forthgiving is a local philanthropic trust offering financial support to people in crisis throughout the Forth Valley Area. We work with statutory organisations and voluntary sector organisations to identify individuals who are experiencing a crisis of some kind. We can provide financial support directly to individuals in crisis in a way that preserves their dignity and lets them know that we care.

Charitable purposes

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

Activities

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

Constitutional objectives

4. The organisation’s purposes are: 4.1 to address the welfare and relieve the needs of individuals, families and communities in necessitous circumstances in the Stirling, Falkirk and Clackmannanshire districts of Central Scotland (“the said districts”) by promoting and advancing their social and educational needs. and 4.2 to advance the education and welfare of the inhabitants of the said districts by providing discretionary awards, grants, bursaries and/or scholarships therefor. and 4.3 to advance and promote the education of the general public, and in particular the inhabitants of the said districts, in the heritage, history and culture of the said districts, including the activities of the former Incorporated Glasgow, Stirlingshire & Sons of the Rock Society

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endTotal incomeDonationsCharitable activities incomeTrading incomeInvestment incomeOther incomeTotal expenditureRaising fundsCharitable activities spendingOther spendingStaffReturn received
31 March 2025£19,763£0£0£0£0£0£24,819£0£0£0010 October 2025
31 March 2024£13,955£0£0£0£0£0£21,425£0£0£001 October 2024
31 March 2023£11,230£0£0£0£0£0£8,343£0£0£009 October 2023
31 August 2022£14,021£0£0£0£0£0£12,649£0£0£0023 April 2023
31 August 2021£10,536£0£0£0£0£0£14,262£0£0£0011 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
Forthgiving, c/o Barty's, A Branch of Wright, Johnston & Mackenzie LLP, 61 High Street, Dunblane, Perthshire
Website supplied to OSCR
www.forthgiving.org.uk
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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