01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC042756
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Scotland and other parts of the UK
- Volunteers
- 0 volunteers
- Staff
- 0
- Postcode
- G2 5SG
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
The Society for the Education of the Deaf is a long-established Scottish Charity providing educational grants to assist deaf and deaf/blind people. We welcome grant applications from anywhere is Scotland. We consider grant applications from individuals towards BSL courses or similar education courses for the deaf. We also have our ‘Small Grants’ Scheme, allowing organisations to apply for grants of up to £2,000 towards a project which directly benefits the deaf community
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of education
- the promotion of equality and diversity
- the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
Beneficiaries
- People with disabilities or health problems
- Other defined groups
- Other charities or voluntary bodies
Activities
- It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals
- It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
Constitutional objectives
The company's objects are the promotion of equality, the relief of those in need and the advancement of education, for persons who are deaf, without speech, or both, or otherwise disadvantaged with regard to their ability to communicate with others ('the beneficiaries') and in particular (but without prejudice to that generality) by taking over and assuming the whole assets and liabilities and generally the whole undertaking of the entity know as 'The Glasgow Society for the Education of Deaf and Dumb' (a charitable body, charity number SC003804) constituted by the Glasgow Deaf and Dumb Institution Order Confirmation Act 1921
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £49,592 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £22,021 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 0 | 26 September 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £46,052 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £29,229 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 0 | 10 September 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £151,072 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £20,688 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 0 | 16 December 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | £35,361 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £21,558 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 0 | 28 December 2022 |
| 31 March 2021 | £37,606 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £20,317 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 0 | 11 January 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
- c/o Alexander Sloan, 180 ST. Vincent Street, Glasgow
- Website supplied to OSCR
- Not supplied
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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