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Faculty Of Advocates - Faculty Funds

SC010773Registered charity from 03 March 1976
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Charity Information Operations Annual Submissions Income and Expenditure Charity Trustees
Charity Information:
Address Advocates Library
Parliament House
Edinburgh
Postcode EH1 1RF
Website www.advocates.org.uk
Regulatory Type Standard
Object:
The Faculty Funds shall be held by the Faculty in such manner and under such conditions as the Faculty may in its sole discretion determine for the following purposes: 1. The provision and maintenance of the Advocates' Library as the National Law Library of Scotland in accordance with the traditions of that Library and in particular as provided for in the National Library of Scotland Act 1925 and of such other law libraries as may be required to facilitate access by the public to qualified and independent advice on the law, of Scotland and for the efficient administration of the Courts and of inferior tribunals. 2. The maintenance of the College of Justice in Scotland. 3. The provision of facilities for the training and examination of persons in the law of Scotland and for the maintenance in the public interest of proper standards of professional conduct among members of Faculty. 4. The furtherance of the sound development and administration of the law in Scotland including the provision of accommodation in reasonable proximity to the Courts or elsewhere in which the public may obtain advice on that law. 5. The preservation of buildings, books, manuscripts, papers, paintings and other objects of importance to the history of the law and its administra-in Scotland, and making reasonable provision for the examination by the public of such buildings, books, manuscripts, papers, paintings and objects. 6. Such other purposes ancillary to the foregoing as are charitable purposes within the meaning of the Taxes Acts.
Operations:
What the charity is set up to do and how it does this:
It is set up for the advancement of education, arts, heritage, culture and science as well as the advancement of human rights, conflict resolution or reconciliation.
Charity Status: Active
Constitutional Form: Other
Constitutional Form Date: 03 Mar 1976
Main Operating Location: Midlothian
Number of Staff: 67
Number of Volunteers: 0
Purposes: "the advancement of education", "the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science", "the advancement of human rights, conflict resolution or reconciliation"
Beneficiaries: "No specific group, or for the benefit of the community"
Types Of Activity Undertaken: "It carries out activities or services itself"
Annual Submissions:
Year End Income Expenditure Annual Return Received Accounts Received Latest Annual Reports and Accounts
31 Oct 2021 £4,378,764 £4,213,189 27 Jul 2022 Yes
31 Oct 2022 £4,239,191 £3,684,299 03 Aug 2023 Yes
31 Oct 2023 £6,407,492 £4,462,019 19 May 2025 Yes
31 Oct 2024 £5,726,232 £5,075,873 30 Oct 2025 Yes Download
31 Oct 2025 No Annual Information due by 31 Jul 2026
If an annual return has been received on time (within nine months of the Year End Date), the 'Annual Return Received' box is green   . If an annual return is late, the box is red   .
Income and Expenditure:
Charity Trustees:
First Name Last Name
No charity trustee information available
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