OSCR Scottish charity profile

Female Society for Relief of Aged and Indigent Old Women

Known as Aberdeen Female Society

ActiveCharity number SC016491
Registered5 February 1892
Main locationAberdeen
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
SC016491
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
A specific local point, community or neighbourhood
Volunteers
0 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
AB10 1BR

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

Provide financial support to female persons living in Aberdeen by way of twice a year annuities and individual grants

Charitable purposes

  • the prevention or relief of poverty

Beneficiaries

  • Older People

Activities

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

Constitutional objectives

The prevention and relief of poverty.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 October 2025£30,031£11,13404 August 2026
31 October 2024£47,292£20,640031 July 2025
31 October 2023£43,146£21,810026 March 2024
31 October 2022£51,217£16,936015 February 2023
31 October 2021£6,822£16,479021 March 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
Burnett & Reid LLP,, Suite A, 1 Albyn Place, Aberdeen
Website supplied to OSCR
Not supplied
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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