01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC032276
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- UK and overseas
- Volunteers
- 0 volunteers
- Staff
- 0
- Postcode
- EH1 3YY
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
The Society's role is to improve access to public registers and private muniments relating to Scotland by publishing volumes and calendars of such documents. We aim to publish a volume annually and provide a copy to each member. Publications are available for purchase to the general public. The Society is now making available e-books of volumes which are otherwise out of print.
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
Beneficiaries
- No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
The objects of the Society shall be: 2.1 to promote the study and advance the knowledge and understanding of the historical records of Scotland by commissioning and editing works of appropriate significance. and 2.2 to publish such texts of original documents and of calendars and indices of public records and private muniments relating to Scotland as are deemed by the Council to be of particular value to historians and genealogists.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 December 2024 | £5,801 | £4,200 | 0 | 10 September 2025 |
| 31 December 2023 | £7,201 | £6,988 | 0 | 4 September 2024 |
| 31 December 2022 | £6,292 | £4,829 | 0 | 28 September 2023 |
| 31 December 2021 | £5,220 | £6,777 | 0 | 15 September 2022 |
| 31 December 2020 | £4,682 | £1,075 | 0 | 30 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
- c/o National Records of Scotland, HM General Register House, 2 Princes Street, Edinburgh
- Website supplied to OSCR
- http://www.scottishrecordsociety.org.uk/
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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