01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC046571
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Cross Border
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Scotland and other parts of the UK
- Volunteers
- Not supplied
- Staff
- 15
- Postcode
- EH2 1DD
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
Charitable purposes
- the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
Beneficiaries
- Children or young people
- Older People
- 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
3.1 The Charity's objects ('Objects') are specifically restricted to the following: 3.1.1 To assist people who are serving or who have served in the British armed forces, including UK merchant seafaring veterans, and their dependants by advancing any lawful charitable purpose at the discretion of the trustees and in particular, but not exclusively, to make grants to other charities who assist serving and former members of the armed forces and their dependants who are in need. Nothing in the articles shall authorise an application of the property of the Charity for purposes which are not charitable in accordance with section 7 of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 and/or section 2 of the Charities Act (Northern Ireland) 2008.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 June 2025 | £17,294,000 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £17,808,000 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 15 | 23 December 2025 |
| 30 June 2024 | £13,718,958 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £12,563,853 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 15 | 27 March 2025 |
| 30 June 2023 | £10,620,643 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £10,454,000 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 15 | 30 January 2024 |
| 30 June 2022 | £9,022,660 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £8,697,032 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 15 | 13 January 2023 |
| 30 June 2021 | £6,661,469 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £6,591,481 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 15 | 10 December 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
- Rm 5 Thistle Court, 1/2 Thistle St, Edinburgh
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.veteransfoundation.org.uk
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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