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Charity Details:

R S E Scotland Foundation

SC024636Registered charity from 21 March 1996
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Address 22-26 George Street
Edinburgh
Postcode EH2 2PQ
Website https://rse.org.uk/
Parent Charity Name Royal Society of Edinburgh
Parent Charity Registration Number SC000470
Parent Charity Country of Registration Scotland
Regulatory Type Standard
Object:
To advance the education of the public in Scotland in science engineering and technology and in furtherance thereof:- (a) To research and explore developing areas of learning and human knowledge and to disseminate by whatever means the results of such research, particularly in Scotland. (b) To promote the greater public understanding of all sciences, engineering and technology and their part in increasing the wealth and quality of life of the people of Scotland. (c) To encourage for the benefit of the people of Scotland collaboration between the academic and business communities in Scotland. (d) To preserve and conserve the architectural, scientific and cultural heritage of Scotland and to collect, for the purposes of preservation, conservation and exhibition, for the benefit of the people of Scotland, writings, instruments, artefacts, specimens of natural history and any other material which, in the opinion of the Trustees relates to the cultural and scientific heritage of Scotland. (e) To call upon the broad intellectual resources of the Fellowship of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and such other Societies and organisations as appropriate in the promotion of the foregoing purposes.
Details of the charity's operations
Charity Status: Active
Last Updated: 31 Mar 2025
Constitutional Form: Trust (founding document is a deed of trust) (other than educational endowment)
Constitutional Form Date: 21 Mar 1996
Geographical Spread: Operations cover all or most of Scotland
Main Operating Location: City of Edinburgh
Purposes: "the advancement of education","the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science"
Beneficiaries: "No specific group, or for the benefit of the community"
Types of activity undertaken: "It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals","It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations","It carries out activities or services itself"
Annual Information Submission History
Year End Income Expenditure Annual Return Received Accounts Received Latest Accounts
31 Mar 2021 £782,323 £1,102,297 03 Dec 2021 Yes
31 Mar 2022 £883,139 £1,088,606 03 Nov 2022 Yes
31 Mar 2023 £956,353 £774,702 06 Dec 2023 Yes
31 Mar 2024 £1,052,571 £951,705 23 Dec 2024 Yes SC024636 RSE Scotland Foundation Financial Statements and Trustees' Annual Report 31 March 24 (signed)_Redacted
31 Mar 2025 No Annual Information due by 31 Dec 2025
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