OSCR Scottish charity profile

Fishermens Benevolent Society Fraserburgh & District

ActiveCharity number SC011820
Registered2 October 1951
Main locationAberdeenshire
Legal formUnincorporated association

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC011820
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
AB43 9ET

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

To provide a group life scheme which pays out benefits upon death to fishermen that are part of the scheme.

Charitable purposes

  • the prevention or relief of poverty

Beneficiaries

  • Other defined groups

Activities

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

Constitutional objectives

The Society is established for the relief or widows and orphans or dependent parents of (or other persons dependent upon) fishermen forming the crews of vessels entered in the Society who may be lost at sea or who may die on shore from accident received whilst in the pursuit of their calling or who through illness or injury may become incapacitated from duty while in the employment of a Member provided such persons are in necessitous circumstances.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 December 2024£19,242£4,998012 December 2025
31 December 2023£8,640£4,055012 December 2025
31 December 2022£25£4,930012 December 2024
31 December 2021£10,450£4,861018 June 2024
31 December 2020£7,299£4,850018 June 2024

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
61 High Street, Fraserburgh
Website supplied to OSCR
Not supplied
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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