01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC016483
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Operations cover all or most of Scotland
- Volunteers
- 1-50 volunteers
- Staff
- 0
- Postcode
- EH1 2YT
OSCR note: Previous Name - Royal Scots Dragoon Guards Regimental Trust from 13/03/1961 to 28/11/2022
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
The Charity Trustees shall hold and apply the Charity’s Property (the “The Charity’s Property”) in such manner as they think for any purposes which appear to them in their absolute discretion directed to the improvement, efficiency, benefit or welfare of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards (the “Regiment”), or any unit thereof, or the Regimental Association of the Regiment. The Charity Trustees may seek to assist beneficiaries of the Charity (“Beneficiaries”) in poverty or at risk of poverty by providing grants or loans or such other assistance as they consider fit. They may seek to improve the prospects of Beneficiaries by contributing to the costs of their education. improve the health and living conditions of Beneficiaries who are injured or disabled. preserve and protect objects and artefacts forming part of the Charity’s Property which bear significance to the armed forces and people associated with the armed forces.
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of citizenship or community development
Beneficiaries
- Other defined groups
- Other charities or voluntary bodies
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
The trustees shall hold and apply the Trust Property in such manner as they think fit for any purpose which appear to them in their absolute discretion directed to the improvement, efficiency, benefit or welfare of the Regiment, or any unit thereof, or the Regimental Association of the Regiment.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Total income | Donations | Charitable activities income | Trading income | Investment income | Other income | Total expenditure | Raising funds | Charitable activities spending | Other spending | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 April 2025 | £163,623 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £147,500 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 0 | 4 January 2026 |
| 5 April 2024 | £148,404 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £167,087 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 0 | 16 July 2024 |
| 5 April 2023 | £174,108 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £143,828 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 0 | 22 December 2023 |
| 5 April 2022 | £142,030 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £127,446 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 0 | 21 December 2022 |
| 5 April 2021 | £137,825 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £122,189 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 0 | 23 November 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
- HOME HQ SCOTS DG, The Castle, 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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