01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC045161
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- A specific local point, community or neighbourhood
- Volunteers
- 0 volunteers
- Staff
- 0
- Postcode
- EH9 1JX
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
To preserve the ethos and memory of the Edinburgh woman surgeon Elsie Inglis (1864-1917) and her Scottish Women's Hospitals of The Great War, The Trust's annual commissioned bronze Dr Elsie Inglis-Scottish Women's Hospitals' 3 inch diameter Medal encouraging Scots school-leavers and undergraduates to read Medicine
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of education
- the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
Beneficiaries
- No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
3.1 the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science, through the establishment of a monument or statue commemorating the women who volunteered during World War I to provide medical support, 3.2 the advancement of the education of the public in the role of women in medicine, and particularly Scottish women medical volunteers during World War I, principally through exhibitions and developing educational materials for use in schools and other educational establishments and promoting and arranging school exchanges between Edinburgh and French schools. 3.3 the relief of poverty and the advancement of education through the establishment of an annual financial award to be made to an individual studying medicine at the Medical School of the University of Edinburgh, in memory of the women who volunteered during World War I to provide medical support.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £2,460 | £2,380 | 0 | 11 December 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £1,900 | £1,900 | 0 | 20 December 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £710 | £0 | 0 | 9 December 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | £1 | £400 | 0 | 16 December 2022 |
| 31 March 2021 | £1,000 | £400 | 0 | 13 October 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
- 3a Fingal Place, Edinburgh
- Website supplied to OSCR
- Not supplied
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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