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Stair Society

SC015283Registered charity from 21 August 1936
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Charity Information:
Address Edinburgh Law School
Old College
South Bridge
Edinburgh
Postcode EH8 9YL
Is the supplied address a principal office or a trustee address? Trustee - Charity Trustee
Website www.stairsociety.org
Regulatory Type Standard
Object:
The object of the Society shall be to encourage the study and advance the knowledge of the history of Scots Law especially by the publication of original documents in both printed and electronic formats, by the republishing and editing in both printed and electronic formats of works of sufficient rarity or importance and by the grant of scholarships and other awards.
Operations:
What the charity is set up to do and how it does this:
We aim to encourage the study and increase knowledge of the history of Scots law. We do this principally by publishing critical editions of key historical texts, or commentaries on aspects of the history of the development of Scots law from earliest times to date. Our publications are highly regarded as important contributions to the study and teaching of the history of Scots law. We supplement this activity by holding an annual public lecture on an aspect of legal history by a prominent academic or practitioner, and in 2025 we also arranged a legal moot for students on a legal question rooted in a mid Victorian legal locus.
Charity Status: Active
Constitutional Form: Unincorporated association
Constitutional Form Date: 21 Aug 1936
Main Operating Location: East Lothian
Number of Staff: 0
Number of Volunteers: 0
Purposes: "the advancement of education"
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 Mar 2022 £25,394 £27,124 14 Dec 2022 Yes
31 Mar 2023 £28,127 £48,441 18 Dec 2023 Yes
31 Mar 2024 £26,699 £38,555 09 Dec 2024 Yes
31 Mar 2025 £29,917 £55,685 16 Dec 2025 Yes Visit Charity's Website
31 Mar 2026 No Annual Information due by 31 Dec 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
Stephanie Dropuljic
Hector MacQueen
John Ford
Leslie Dodd
Jonathan Ainslie
Jamie McGowan
Neil MacLeod
Graham Burnside
Alisdair MacPherson
Sarah Wolffe
Emma Boffey
Kenneth Campbell
Rebecca Mason
Ernest Metzger
Gillian Black
From 09 March 2026, OSCR is required by law to publish the names of a charity’s trustees as part of its Scottish Charity Register entry. We are also required to publish each charity’s annual report and accounts as received from this date, which may include the names of certain individuals. The only exceptions to publication are where a charity or one of its charity trustees applies for this information to be excluded, and OSCR is satisfied that publishing it would jeopardise the safety or security of a person or premises.

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