OSCR Scottish charity profile

The Royal United Kingdom Beneficent Association

Known as Independent Age

ActiveCharity number SC047184
Registered17 February 2017
Main locationOutwith Scotland
Legal formStatutory corporation (Royal Charter etc)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC047184
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Cross Border
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
Scotland and other parts of the UK
Volunteers
Not supplied
Staff
111
Postcode
W14 8RR

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

  • Older People

Activities

  • It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals
  • It carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

The objects of the charity are primarily to assist and provide relief to older people in need by reason of ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage. The Charity may also assist and provide relief to others in need by reason of ill-health, disability, social or financial hardship.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endTotal incomeDonationsCharitable activities incomeTrading incomeInvestment incomeOther incomeTotal expenditureRaising fundsCharitable activities spendingOther spendingStaffReturn received
31 December 2025£0£0£0£0£0£0£0£0£0£0111Not supplied
31 December 2024£8,155,000£0£0£0£0£0£15,280,000£0£0£011119 September 2025
31 December 2023£7,609,000£0£0£0£0£0£12,570,000£0£0£011112 September 2024
31 December 2022£7,794,000£0£0£0£0£0£13,387,000£0£0£011117 August 2023
31 December 2021£7,346,000£0£0£0£0£0£12,469,000£0£0£011130 September 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
18 Avonmore Road, London
Website supplied to OSCR
www.independentage.org
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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