01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC013679
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- UK and overseas
- Volunteers
- 0 volunteers
- Staff
- 0
- Postcode
- G62 7JL
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
The objects of The Buchanan Society are to assist the poor who bear by birth, adoption, or marriage the surname Buchanan and those of the recognised septs: MacAuslan (all spellings), MacWattie and Risk. The Society provides educational and financial hardship grants to those who qualify and where grant applications are agreed by the Society’s Directors. Normally grant applications are considered at meetings of the Board of Directors but with more urgent applications decisions are made by the Office Bearers and ratified at the next Board meeting. A grant applicant does not have to be a member of the Society.
Charitable purposes
- the prevention or relief of poverty
- the advancement of education
Beneficiaries
- Children or young people
- Older People
- People with disabilities or health problems
- Other defined groups
Activities
- It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals
Constitutional objectives
The objects for which the society was constituted, in terms of the Seal of Cause, are (1) To assist the poor of the Clan and Septs, and (2) to further the Education of Members of the Clan and Septs showing promise.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 December 2024 | £65,510 | £65,784 | 0 | 24 September 2025 |
| 31 December 2023 | £52,261 | £62,974 | 0 | 19 August 2024 |
| 31 December 2022 | £53,079 | £72,762 | 0 | 28 September 2023 |
| 31 December 2021 | £50,090 | £65,350 | 0 | 2 October 2022 |
| 31 December 2020 | £50,574 | £57,277 | 0 | 30 September 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
- 22 Clochbar Avenue, Milngavie
- Website supplied to OSCR
- buchanansociety.com
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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