01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC011647
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- More than one local authority area in Scotland
- Volunteers
- 0 volunteers
- Staff
- 0
- Postcode
- FK1 1XR
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
Income simply divided equally between Erskine Hospital and the Scottish National Institution for the War Blinded now Sight Scotland
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of health
- any other purpose that may reasonably be regarded as analogous to any of the preceding purposes
Beneficiaries
- Older People
- People with disabilities or health problems
Activities
- It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
Constitutional objectives
I direct my Trustees to set aside and invest in their name the whole residue of my Estate and to pay over the annual income therefrom to and equally between the Scottish National Institution for the War Blind, P.O. Box 304, Thirty eight Albany Street, Edinburgh, and the Princess Louise Scottish Hospital (Erskine Hospital) Bishopton, Renfrewshire. Declaring also that should either or both of the said Institutions be wound up or substantially change its activities my Trustees shall have absolute discretion either to continue to make payments to the Institution or to replace such Institutions by another one carrying out substantially the same work as the original work of its predecessor.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 April 2025 | £1,705 | £3,431 | 0 | 27 November 2025 |
| 5 April 2024 | £2,028 | £2,733 | 0 | 15 January 2025 |
| 5 April 2023 | £1,872 | £6,268 | 0 | 22 February 2024 |
| 5 April 2022 | £1,505 | £2,323 | 0 | 7 February 2023 |
| 5 April 2021 | £1,664 | £2,577 | 0 | 11 March 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
- Russel + Aitken (Falkirk + Alloa) Ltd Solicitors, Unit 5 The Courtyard, Callendar Business Park, Falkirk
- Website supplied to OSCR
- Not supplied
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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