01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC041067
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- More than one local authority area in Scotland
- Volunteers
- 0 volunteers
- Staff
- 0
- Postcode
- G1 2AD
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
The purpose of these funds is (i) to provide grants to members, or those who would be eligible to be members, of the Royal Faculty (past or present) and the spouses/civil partners/dependants of such members/potential members, whom the Council consider to be in need of assistance and (ii) to advance the education of individuals in studying or researching Scots law or in qualifying or training as lawyers in Scotland. The committee meets at least twice a year to decide whether to continue with existing grants and also whether to award grants to new applicants.
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
Constitutional objectives
1. The Trustees shall pay or apply the income of the Trust Property for the following purposes and may pay or apply any of the capital of the Trust Property as they may from time to time determine for the following purposes: (a) making grants to (i) such persons as are or shall have been Members of the Royal Faculty of Procurators in Glasgow for such period of time as the Trustees shall from time to time consider in all the circumstances to be appropriate and who the Trustees consider to be in need of assistance. and (ii) such persons as are or shall have been the spouses or dependants of persons falling within (i) above and who the Trustees consider to be in need of assistance, declaring that the foregoing purposes shall apply not only in relation to such persons as are or shall have been Members of the Royal Faculty of Procurators in Glasgow but also to those who are or would have been eligible to be such a Member. For the avoidance of doubt, the Trustees shall be the sole judges as to whether a person is in need of assistance. (b) to advance the education of individuals in studying or researching Scots law or in qualifying or training as lawyers in Scotland.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 December 2025 | £32,026 | £53,925 | 0 | 15 July 2026 |
| 31 December 2024 | £33,548 | £41,708 | 0 | 9 September 2025 |
| 31 December 2023 | £33,636 | £37,812 | 0 | 27 September 2024 |
| 31 December 2022 | £37,187 | £39,887 | 0 | 9 August 2023 |
| 31 December 2021 | £38,412 | £38,875 | 0 | 13 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
- Mitchells Roberton, George House, 36 North Hanover Street, Glasgow
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.rfpg.org
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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