01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC009910
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Operations cover all or most of Scotland
- Volunteers
- 0 volunteers
- Staff
- 0
- Postcode
- G1 3DX
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
Financial and pastoral assistance is provided to members and to other qualifying parties. The Fund provides both regular and occasional grants to individuals.
Charitable purposes
- the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
Beneficiaries
- Other defined groups
Activities
- It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals
Constitutional objectives
The object of the Association is the relief of those who are or have been or whose family members are or have been associated with the Theatrical and Variety Artistes Professions and who are in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, bereavement, financial hardship or other disadvantage. The object shall be achieved through the granting of pecuniary benefits in the form of grants to those in necessitous circumstances who are members of the Association, or the widows/widowers/surviving civil partners, children or dependants of such members, or to non-members of the Association who are or have been associated with the Theatrical and Variety Artistes Professions, and such grants shall be made in such a way and to such extent as the Council may from time to time determine.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £21,660 | £15,342 | 0 | 25 June 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £25,757 | £18,660 | 0 | 5 July 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £18,108 | £27,248 | 0 | 8 September 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | £17,490 | £33,443 | 0 | 31 December 2022 |
| 31 March 2021 | £17,310 | £34,363 | 0 | 30 December 2021 |
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
- Centrum House, 38 Queen Street, Glasgow
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.ssbf.co.uk
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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