OSCR Scottish charity profile

Scottish Musicians Benevolent Fund

ActiveCharity number SC012597
Registered3 December 1959
Main locationOutwith Scotland
Legal formTrust (founding document is a deed of trust) (other than educational endowment)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC012597
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
Scotland and other parts of the UK
Volunteers
0 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
WC1X 9JS

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

Fund has transferred the majority of its assets to the Musicians Benevolent Fund which carries out activities to support musicians and their dependents based in Scotland.

Charitable purposes

  • the prevention or relief of poverty
  • the advancement of education
  • the advancement of health
  • 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
  • It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
  • It carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

To relieve necessitous scottish professional musicians and their dependents

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 December 2025£0£0029 July 2026
31 December 2024£0£0014 May 2025
31 December 2023£0£0022 May 2024
31 December 2022£0£0017 May 2023
31 December 2021£0£0019 May 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
7-11 Britannia Street, London
Website supplied to OSCR
https://www.helpmusicians.org.uk/
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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