01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC017117
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Wider, but within one local authority area
- Volunteers
- 0 volunteers
- Staff
- 0
- Postcode
- EH44 6QU
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
The fund exists to assist necessitous Borders GPs and their families. Applications for support from the fund can be made by GPs themselves, their colleagues or practice managers with consent of the GP in need. All such requests are carefully considered by the fund trustees and assessed on an individual basis.
Charitable purposes
- the prevention or relief of poverty
- the advancement of education
- the advancement of health
- the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
- any other purpose that may reasonably be regarded as analogous to any of the preceding purposes
Beneficiaries
- Children or young people
- Older People
- People with disabilities or health problems
Activities
- It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals
Constitutional objectives
The purposes of the Benevolent Fund are the following:- 1.To make grants in the deserving cases to necessitous men or women engaged in the practice of medicine in the area of the Borders Health Board of to their own widow or dependants. 2.To pay the expenses of administration of the trust hereby created.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 February 2025 | £5,937 | £1,073 | 0 | 13 November 2025 |
| 28 February 2024 | £5,673 | £11,022 | 0 | 29 October 2024 |
| 28 February 2023 | £5,521 | £11,016 | 0 | 27 October 2023 |
| 28 February 2022 | £4,927 | £1,038 | 0 | 23 November 2022 |
| 28 February 2021 | £5,078 | £15,742 | 0 | 7 October 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
- St Ronan's Health Centre, Buchan Place, Innerleithen, Scottish Borders
- Website supplied to OSCR
- Not supplied
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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