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Charity Details:

The Royal Society for the Support of Women of Scotland

SC016095Registered charity from 29 July 1952
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Address 14 Rutland Square
Edinburgh
Postcode EH1 2BD
Website www.rssws.org
Regulatory Type Standard
Object:
To provide support and aid to women who are resident in Scotland and are of good character and are single and require assistance by reason of financial hardship, age or ill health in the interest of the general public benefit, AND WE do hereby declare that (in accordance with the rule or practice adopted by the Society) the class of single women forming proper objects of the bounty of the Society shall consist of women who are unmarried, widowed, divorced or separated (by formal separation agreement or in terms of a Court decree) from their spouses or civil partners and who are not "co-habitant" as defined in section 25 of the Family Law (Scotland) Act 2006 including any statutory modifications or reenactment thereof for the time being in force. For the avoidance of doubt, women who have entered into a formal contract of civil partnership and are not separated from their civil partner shall not be held to be single. AND WE do further declare that support and aid may be provided to women resident outwith Scotland who were beneficiaries of the Society at the time of the granting of these presents.
Details of the charity's operations
Charity Status: Active
Last Updated: 31 Mar 2025
Constitutional Form: Statutory corporation (Royal Charter etc)
Constitutional Form Date: 29 Jul 1952
Geographical Spread: Scotland and other parts of the UK
Main Operating Location: City of Edinburgh
Purposes: "the prevention or relief of poverty","the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage"
Beneficiaries: "Older People"
Types of activity undertaken: "It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals"
Notes: Previous legal name of charity - Royal Society For The Relief Of Indigent Gentlewomen Of Scotland
Annual Information Submission History
Year End Income Expenditure Annual Return Received Accounts Received Latest Accounts
31 Mar 2021 £1,422,444 £1,492,539 16 Dec 2021 Yes
31 Mar 2022 £1,403,208 £1,464,718 02 Dec 2022 Yes
31 Mar 2023 £1,203,351 £1,990,729 07 Dec 2023 Yes
31 Mar 2024 £1,147,918 £1,737,996 01 Oct 2024 Yes Visit Charity's Website
31 Mar 2025 No Annual Information due by 31 Dec 2025
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