OSCR Scottish charity profile

Women's Fund for Scotland

ActiveCharity number SC049217
Registered11 April 2019
Main locationCity of Edinburgh
Legal formSCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC049217
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
Operations cover all or most of Scotland
Volunteers
0 volunteers
Staff
1
Postcode
EH9 1SE

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

To invest in groups and projects in Scotland that support women and girls over the age of 12.

Charitable purposes

  • the prevention or relief of poverty
  • the advancement of education
  • the advancement of health
  • the advancement of citizenship or community development
  • the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
  • the advancement of public participation in sport
  • the promotion of equality and diversity
  • the advancement of environmental protection or improvement
  • 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
  • People with a particular ethnic or racial origin
  • Other charities or voluntary bodies

Activities

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

Constitutional objectives

1.1to promote equality and diversity for women and girls in Scotland by increasing awareness of the value of investing in women and girls, raising funds for such investment and coordinating with other funders working for the same aims. 1.2to advance citizenship and community development for women and girls throughout Scotland by assisting community groups working with them with funding and other resources and by advancing women?s leadership and innovation. 1.3to prevent and relieve poverty among women and girls. 1.4 to advance education and increase skills and confidence among women and girls. 1.5to advance physical and mental health among women and girls 1.6to advance arts, culture or science among women and girls. 1.7to advance participation in sport by women and girls. 1.8to advance environmental protection or improvement by women and girls. and . to relieve women and girls in need by virtue of age, mental and physical health, disability or poverty.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
1 April 2025£169,863£198,39119 December 2025
1 April 2024£138,221£160,240112 December 2024
1 April 2023£101,526£143,08519 November 2023
1 April 2022£123,302£127,411126 October 2022
1 April 2021£196,187£170,72411 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
17-21 East Mayfield, EDINBURGH
Website supplied to OSCR
https://www.womensfundscotland.org/
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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