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Japan Society Of Scotland

SC037309Registered charity from 28 March 2006
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Charity Information Operations Annual Submissions Income and Expenditure Charity Trustees
Charity Information:
Address 23 Main Street
Low Valleyfield
Dunfermline
Fife
Postcode KY12 8TF
Is the supplied address a principal office or a trustee address? Trustee - Charity Trustee
Website https://japansocietyscotland.uk/
Regulatory Type Standard
Object:
The Society’s object is to promote Scotland – Japan relations, specifically: - (a) to promote learning and advance education in the subject of and with regard to Japan; (b) to promote the study of Japan and its people in all their aspects, traditional and modern, and to make the results of such study more accessible to the general public; (c) to promote the study of Scotland and its culture by Japanese people and to further educational exchanges between Scotland and Japan; (d) the advancement of public education in Japanese and Scottish culture and arts by means of, but not limited to, the provision of grants and awards and the establishment of scholarships.
Operations:
What the charity is set up to do and how it does this:
To promote Scotland/Japan relations and increase knowledge and interest in Japan amongst Scots.
Charity Status: Active
Constitutional Form: Unincorporated association
Constitutional Form Date: 28 Mar 2006
Main Operating Location: City of Edinburgh
Number of Staff: 0
Number of Volunteers: 1-50
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 Submissions:
Year End Income Expenditure Annual Return Received Accounts Received Latest Annual Reports and Accounts
31 Dec 2021 £3,300 £2,257 25 Jan 2022 Yes
31 Dec 2022 £7,898 £5,505 17 Jan 2023 Yes
31 Dec 2023 £8,273 £6,407 07 Jan 2024 Yes
31 Dec 2024 £4,424 £13,313 16 Jan 2025 Yes
31 Dec 2025 £6,121 £9,732 23 Jan 2026 Yes Visit Charity's Website
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
Helen Parker
Alexander Donald
Malcolm Farquhar
Fraser Mitchell
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