01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC046456
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- UK and overseas
- Volunteers
- 0 volunteers
- Staff
- 0
- Postcode
- DD4 0RD
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
The SCIO’s Purposes, as set out in its Constitution, are: 1) To advance the Christian faith. 2) To prevent or relieve poverty. and 3) The relief of those in need by reason of age, ill health, disability, financial hardship or any other disadvantage. The policies adopted in furtherance of the Purposes of the Charity are to make charitable donations, provide loans, make assets available or other actions as the Trustees determine appropriate. The Trustees determine grant making based on prayerful discernment with a focus on close compatibility with the Charity’s Objectives (preferably more than one) and a desire to support where there is real immediate need and therefore where grant making will have an immediate impact.
Charitable purposes
- the prevention or relief of poverty
- the advancement of religion
- the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
Beneficiaries
- No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
- 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
4 The organisation’s purposes are: 4.1 To advance the Christian faith as defined in the Statement of Faith attached as Appendix A. 4.2 To prevent or relieve poverty. and 4.3 The relief of those in need by reason of age, ill health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 April 2026 | £0 | £0 | 0 | Not supplied |
| 30 April 2025 | £980,734 | £535,523 | 0 | 8 January 2026 |
| 30 April 2024 | £918,553 | £990,551 | 0 | 23 October 2024 |
| 30 April 2023 | £12,586,291 | £185,310 | 0 | 2 November 2023 |
| 30 April 2022 | £141,916 | £241,060 | 0 | 17 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
- Kirkside, Kirkton of Tealing, By Dundee, Angus
- Website supplied to OSCR
- Not supplied
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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