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Royal Medical Society Trust

SC011518Registered charity from 10 August 1896
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Charity Information Operations Annual Submissions Income and Expenditure Charity Trustees
Charity Information:
Address 5/5 Bristo Square
Edinburgh
Postcode EH8 9AL
Website No Link Provided
Regulatory Type Standard
Object:
The Society hereby declares the objective of the Trust to be:- (a) The financial support of the Society and in particular and without prejudice to the foregoing generality provision for the maintenance of the Society's premises, its historical library and furnishings and equipment and also for assistance in meeting its secretarial expenses and promoting symposia, lectures and other such meetings of educational value, by means of annual grants which should not exceed a percentage, to be determined as hereinafter provided, of the total annual income received by the Society from its members' subscriptions, declaring that the percentage shall be determined annually by the Trustees within four months of their receiving copies or the Society's Accounts, and the Sum allocated, which shall not exceed three-quarters or the Trust's total income save in cases where the Trustees are satisfied that exceptional expenditure is required to safeguard the fabric or the Society' s promises, shall be paid out by the Trust's Treasurers or Treasurer as soon as practicable thereafter (b) The financing or assisting in the financing of visits of members of the Society to other medical centres elsewhere in the United Kingdom or abroad for educational purposes (c) The provision or travelling scholarships to be awarded at the Trustees' discretion on merit to members or the Society to enable them to broaden their educational experience elsewhere in the United Kingdom or abroad, it being an essential requirement that any member awarded such a scholarship will be required to submit a written report to the Trustees on the experience gained.
Operations:
What the charity is set up to do and how it does this:
The royal medical society trust is set up to generate funds to support the work of the royal medical society and also to support Travel and Study opportunities of undergraduate and postgraduate members as per the rules of bequests to the charity.
Charity Status: Active
Constitutional Form: Educational endowment
Constitutional Form Date: 10 Aug 1896
Main Operating Location: City of Edinburgh
Number of Staff: 1
Number of Volunteers: 1-50
Purposes: "the advancement of education"
Beneficiaries: "Children or young people"
Types Of Activity Undertaken: "It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals", "It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations"
Annual Submissions:
Year End Income Expenditure Annual Return Received Accounts Received Latest Annual Reports and Accounts
31 Aug 2021 £35,683 £33,550 29 May 2022 Yes
31 Aug 2022 £39,542 £45,875 30 May 2023 Yes
31 Aug 2023 £35,938 £50,860 27 May 2024 Yes
31 Aug 2024 £51,123 £56,355 04 Jun 2025 Yes Download
31 Aug 2025 No Annual Information due by 31 May 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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