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Edinburgh Society Of Organists Benevolent Fund

SC017308Registered charity from 19 July 1976
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Charity Information Operations Annual Submissions Income and Expenditure Charity Trustees
Charity Information:
Address 9 Scone Gardens
Edinburgh
Postcode EH8 7DQ
Is the supplied address a principal office or a trustee address? Trustee - Charity Trustee
Website No Link Provided
Parent Charity Name Edinburgh Society of Organists
Parent Charity Registration Number SC013728
Parent Charity Country of Registration Scotland
Regulatory Type Standard
Object:
7hc objects for which the Society is established are to advance the education of the public in the art of music with special 'reference to liturgical and organ music, and to that end membership of the society shall be open upon application to members of' the public without restriction as to race, creed or colour, who is interested in choral or organ or any other kind of music and in particular (a)to bring into closer fellowship organists and choirmasters (professional or amature) of all denominations, and their assistants and pupils (b)to arrange for lectures and recitals and to afford facilities for discussion on all matters relating to organists and music. (c)To create maintain, as circumstances permit, a benevolent fund
Operations:
What the charity is set up to do and how it does this:
Providing financial support to current or past members of the ESO and their widows or dependents
Charity Status: Active
Constitutional Form: Unincorporated association
Constitutional Form Date: 19 Jul 1976
Main Operating Location: City of Edinburgh
Number of Staff: 0
Number of Volunteers: 0
Purposes: "the prevention or relief of poverty"
Beneficiaries: "Other defined groups"
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 Mar 2022 £1 £0 23 Dec 2022 Yes
31 Mar 2023 £8 £0 05 Dec 2023 Yes
31 Mar 2024 £68 £0 30 Sept 2024 Yes
31 Mar 2025 £88 £0 12 Dec 2025 Yes Not published by OSCR
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
Caroline Cradock
Martyn Strachan
Russell Duncan
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