01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- 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
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
The Sons of the Rock Society SCIO (trading as Forthgiving) is a Stirling-based philanthropic trust. Its charitable purposes are threefold: relieving the welfare needs of individuals, families and communities in necessitous circumstances across Stirling, Falkirk and Clackmannanshire. advancing education and welfare through discretionary awards, grants, bursaries and scholarships. and promoting public education in the heritage, history and culture of these districts, including the legacy of the Sons of the Rock Society. In practice, Forthgiving provides direct financial support to people facing crisis throughout the Forth Valley, working in partnership with local organisations across the Stirling, Clackmannanshire, and Falkirk areas to target its grant funds where they are most needed. It also funds community organisations supporting disadvantaged residents. Donors giving £50 or more annually can become members of the Society.
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
| 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 March 2026 | £12,783 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £22,291 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 0 | 16 September 2026 |
| 31 March 2025 | £19,763 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £24,819 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 0 | 10 October 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £13,955 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £21,425 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 0 | 1 October 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £11,230 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £8,343 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 0 | 9 October 2023 |
| 31 August 2022 | £14,021 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £12,649 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 0 | 23 April 2023 |
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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