OSCR Scottish charity profile

Unison Welfare

ActiveCharity number SC038305
Registered4 June 2007
Main locationOutwith Scotland
Legal formUnincorporated association

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC038305
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Cross Border
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
Scotland and other parts of the UK
Volunteers
Not supplied
Staff
12
Postcode
NW1 2AY

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

Charitable purposes

  • the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage

Beneficiaries

  • Other defined groups

Activities

  • It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals
  • It carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

3. (a) The object of Unison Welfare shall be to afford in cases of poverty or distressed circumstances, assistance to the Beneficiaries. (b) In furtherance of the foregoing object the Board of Trustees may:- (i) make grants of money or goods or make interest free or reduced interest loans or give other direct financial assistance to Beneficiaries (ii) lease acquire endow maintain or pay for (A) convalescent accommodation (B) residential care accommodation for the benefit of:- (1) in the case of convalescent accommodation:- i. (I) Beneficiaries who are recuperating from an illness (II) Beneficiaries who are in need of a temporary rest and change of air for the benefit of their health (III) Beneficiaries who by reason of age or other special needs require a holiday but who owing to lack of means would not otherwise be able to afford such a holiday (2) in the case of residential care accommodation:- (I) Beneficiaries who have retired and who by reason of incapacity or handicap require personal care and attention (II) the dependents or partners of the Beneficiaries referred to (I) above. (c) The Board of Trustees may at its discretion refuse to award assistance in any case or may refuse to admit any person or pay for any person's admission to convalescent accommodation or residential care accommodation and shall not be bound to assign any reason for so doing. (d) The Board of Trustees shall decide in its absolute discretion whether any person is or was a dependant or partner of a member. 4. (a) The Board of Trustees may, out of the property held by it and the income thereof make such provision for the attainment of the objects set out in Rule 3 as it may from time to time determine. (b) The Board of Trustees may do all acts or things which they may deem necessary or desirable for attaining the objects of Unison Welfare.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 December 2024£1,779,278£1,996,1811228 September 2025
31 December 2023£1,635,701£1,809,3441210 July 2024
31 December 2022£2,146,802£1,915,165121 June 2023
31 December 2021£2,257,431£2,030,3921211 July 2022
31 December 2020£2,114,807£1,759,9051230 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
UNISON Centre, 130 Euston Road, London
Website supplied to OSCR
unison.org.uk/welfare
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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