01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC051879
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Wider, but within one local authority area
- Volunteers
- 1-50 volunteers
- Staff
- 0
- Postcode
- AB15 4DQ
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
Achievements and Performance During the past twelve months a number of projects have been completed in respect of the maintenance and preservation of Freemasons’ Hall. These have included repointing work, repairing and repainting external windows frames on the front elevation. Other minor works were also completed. Freemasons’ Hall continues to receive items of historic masonic interest from various sources. These items are gratefully received and acknowledged and where appropriate, displayed or archived. Freemasons’ Hall hosted a wedding and reception during the year, using all available Halls in the building, for which we received a donation. During the year, several tours were provided on request. These included visitors from overseas and some local organisations. A number of members’ organisations, operating within Freemasons’ Hall Aberdeen, have made donations to local and national charitable associations.
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
- 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
Activities
- It does none of these
Constitutional objectives
7 Purposes 7.1 The charitable purposes of the SCIO are: 7.1.1 the advancement of heritage by 7.1.1.1 preserving and maintaining Freemasons' Hall. and 7.1.1.2 collecting, cataloguing and displaying the artefacts and archives of local Masonic organisations. 7.1.2 the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage by the provision of grants or support in kind to individuals or to other charitable or benevolent organisations as the Board may from time to time in its sole discretion see fit.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 July 2026 | £0 | £0 | 0 | Not supplied |
| 31 July 2025 | £41,602 | £46,334 | 0 | 19 March 2026 |
| 31 July 2024 | £33,420 | £31,250 | 0 | 2 May 2025 |
| 31 July 2023 | £25,000 | £1,800 | 0 | 24 April 2024 |
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
- 88 Desswood Place, Aberdeen
- Website supplied to OSCR
- Not supplied
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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