01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC012486
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- UK and overseas
- Volunteers
- 0 volunteers
- Staff
- 0
- Postcode
- EH1 1RF
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
The Faculty of Advocates 1985 Charitable Trust offers an annual grant to or for the benefit of widows, widowers, children, or former dependents of deceased members of Faculty who by reason of poverty, illness, disability, or age who need financial relief or support. Trustees are empowered to assist beneficiaries in various ways including periodical allowances or grants for medical treatment and care or paying subscriptions and making donations to institutions responsible for the care of beneficiaries. Trustees have the ability by their constitution to provide funding to living members of faulty or their dependents who need financial support due to incapacitating disability, illness, or age, but these conditions are restrictive.
Charitable purposes
- the prevention or relief of poverty
- 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
Constitutional objectives
for the benefit of any one or more ofsuch widows, widowers, children or former dependants of deceased members of the Faculty of Advocates as are by reason of poverty, indigence, illness, disability or age in need of relief or support
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 October 2025 | £232,159 | £243,249 | 0 | 31 July 2026 |
| 31 October 2024 | £217,358 | £234,141 | 0 | 31 July 2025 |
| 31 October 2023 | £223,073 | £265,651 | 0 | 30 July 2024 |
| 31 October 2022 | £238,621 | £197,709 | 0 | 9 June 2023 |
| 31 October 2021 | £204,962 | £180,549 | 0 | 8 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
- The Signet Library , Parliament Square, Edinburgh
- Website supplied to OSCR
- Not supplied
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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