01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC015479
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- More than one local authority area in Scotland
- Volunteers
- 0 volunteers
- Staff
- 0
- Postcode
- G2 5SG
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
The Society awards grants providing financial assistance to individuals of Highland descent entering into a course of study in Glasgow or the West of Scotland. The Trustees invite applications annually from students at University and appraise these applications before confirming grant awards
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of education
Beneficiaries
- Other defined groups
Activities
- It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals
Constitutional objectives
The objects of the Society shall be the advancement, improvement, promotion, development and maintenance of the education of persons of Highland extraction or descent undertaking academic or vocational study at an educational institution located within the 'G' postcode area by way of the provision of financial support in the form of grants , donations or gifts to such persons and/or institutions . For the purposes of this Article , a person of 'Highland extraction or descent' means a person who was (or one of whose parents was) born or brought up in one of the former Scottish counties of Argyll, Inverness, Ross and Cromarty, Sutherland or Caithness.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 December 2024 | £7,135 | −£145 | 0 | 30 September 2025 |
| 31 December 2023 | £6,480 | £6,079 | 0 | 24 September 2024 |
| 31 December 2022 | £6,128 | £4,903 | 0 | 27 August 2024 |
| 31 December 2021 | £5,491 | £4,908 | 0 | 27 August 2024 |
| 31 December 2020 | £5,717 | £6,497 | 0 | 13 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
- Alexander Sloan C A, 180 St. Vincent Street, Glasgow
- Website supplied to OSCR
- Not supplied
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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