OSCR Scottish charity profile

Earl Haig Fund (Scotland)

Known as Earl Haig Fund Poppy Scotland

ActiveCharity number SC014096
Registered26 November 1956
Main locationCity of Edinburgh
Legal formCompany (the charity is registered with Companies House)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC014096
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
Operations cover all or most of Scotland
Volunteers
over 250 volunteers
Staff
78
Postcode
EH7 4HR

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

The Earl Haig Fund Scotland is part of the Royal British Legion group of charities, supporting those in Scotland who have served in the Armed Forces and their dependants. It raises funds and relies on the commitment of individual volunteers, volunteer groups and other ex-service organisations to meet these needs. The Fund supports both former and serving members of the Armed Forces, as well as their families, by addressing issues connected to their service and assisting those facing challenges in transitioning from military to civilian life.

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

  • Older People
  • People with disabilities or health problems
  • Other charities or voluntary bodies

Activities

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

Constitutional objectives

To relieve suffering, hardship and distress and to promote the relief of need and to promote education among (a) Men or women who have at any time served with any branch of the naval, military and air forces of the Crown and allied nursing services and who are resident in Scotland or were born in Scotland or were domiciled there when they joined the forces of the Crown and@) Wives, widows, husbands, widowers, children and dependants of any of the aforementioned persons who are resident in Scotland or were domiciled there at the time of the death of the member of the forces of the Crown or allied nursing services with whom they were connected by making grants of money loans, guarantees and generally by any other financial methods and generally by aiding, assisting and promoting the benefit of all such persons in any manner which is charitable.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
30 September 2025£6,656,000£6,390,0007826 June 2026
30 September 2024£4,947,000£6,885,0007825 June 2025
30 September 2023£4,430,000£6,805,0007819 June 2024
30 September 2022£5,699,000£7,113,0007829 June 2023
30 September 2021£7,382,000£8,000,0007828 November 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
New Haig House, Logie Green Road, Edinburgh
Website supplied to OSCR
www.poppyscotland.org.uk
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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