01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC035554
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Overseas only
- Volunteers
- 1-50 volunteers
- Staff
- 0
- Postcode
- EH11 1SF
OSCR note: This SCIO was incorporated on 8 February 2016 as a result of a Change to SCIO application by Soko Fund SC035554, which was an trust registered as a charity since 17 November 2003.
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
The Soko Fund was set up to support women's education in Malawi. We do this by providing scholarships for students through our partner universities in Malawi,
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of education
Beneficiaries
- Other defined groups
Activities
- It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
Constitutional objectives
To provide financial support for post school students in Malawi, normally women, to undertake a course of study, normally of a vocational nature, at an institution of higher education in Malawi. The recipients of such financial support will, in addition to meeting the entry requirements of the course and institution of higher education, have provided evidence of particular hardship which would otherwise prevent them from taking the place.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2025 | £39,505 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £37,839 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 0 | 28 June 2026 |
| 30 September 2024 | £31,826 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £43,878 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 0 | 27 June 2025 |
| 30 September 2023 | £43,215 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £41,563 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 0 | 29 June 2024 |
| 30 September 2022 | £26,137 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £47,042 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 0 | 26 June 2023 |
| 30 September 2021 | £53,369 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £47,516 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 0 | 29 June 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
- 4/1 Harrison Place, Edinburgh
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.thesokofund.org
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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