OSCR Scottish charity profile

Order of Friars Minor

ActiveCharity number SC039191
Registered22 January 2008
Main locationOutwith Scotland
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
SC039191
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Cross Border
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
UK and overseas
Volunteers
Not supplied
Staff
0
Postcode
IG8 0RB

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

Charitable purposes

  • the advancement of religion

Beneficiaries

  • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community

Activities

  • It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
  • It carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

The Trustees shall hold the Trust Fund and the income thereof upon trust to apply the same either as capital or income for such charitable purposes which advance the religious and other charitable work for the time being carried on by or under the direction of or supported by the Order as the Trustees with the approval of the Superior shall from time to time think fit and if at any time the Order shall cease to exist or shall cease to carry on or direct any charitable work in England then for such lawful charitable purposes connected with the advancement of the Roman Catholic Religion as the Trustees shall decide.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 March 2025£1,655,420£22,972,669022 December 2025
31 December 2023£1,700,364£1,123,990030 September 2024
31 December 2022£1,173,495£1,181,269028 September 2023
31 December 2021£1,319,474£786,221027 September 2022
31 December 2020£802,623£803,298029 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
557 High Road, Woodford Green, Essex
Website supplied to OSCR
www.friar.org
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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