Charity Details

St John Scotland

SC047485Registered charity from 07 June 2017

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This charity has been established as a successor to The Priory of Scotland of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem (SC000262). The Priory of Scotland of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem (SC000262) does not intend to wind up but will remain in order to collect any legacies or donations, which will then be passed to St John Scotland (SC047485).

Charity Information:

The Name the Charity is Known By Also referred to as The Priory of Scotland of the Order of St John/The Priory of Scotland of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem

Address St John's House
21 St John Street
Edinburgh

Postcode EH8 8DG

Website https://www.stjohnscotland.org.uk/

Regulatory Type Standard

Link to Companies House https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/

Object:

(a) Advancement of citizenship or community development) encouragement of all that makes for the spiritual and moral strengthening of mankind in accordance with the first great principle of the Order embodied in the Motto "Pro Fide". ii) recommendation to the Grand Prior of the award of Medals, Badges or Certificates of Honour for special services in the cause of humanity especially for saving or attempting to save life at imminent personal risk; iii) encouragement of research into the history of the Order in Scotland and the formation, by gift or otherwise, of a Library and Museum of objects connected with the history of the Order in Scotland; iv) maintenance of contact and the development of collaboration with kindred Establishments and Orders of St John. (b) The Relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage) provision, maintenance encouragement and promotion of all work of humanity and charity for the relief of persons in sickness, distress, suffering or danger, without distinction of race, class or creed and in the extension of the second great principle of the Order embodied in the Motto "Pro Utilitate Hominum". ii) the rendering of aid to the sick, wounded, disabled or suffering and the promotion of such permanent organisation during times of peace as may be at once available in times of civil emergencies or war, including the training and provision of technical reserves for the medical services of the Armed Forces or any Civil Defence Organisations; (c) The Advancement of health) provision of assistance in the maintenance and development of the St John Eye Hospital in Jerusalem and the clinics and research projects connected therewith.

Operations:

What the charity is set up to do and how it does this:

Our purpose is to develop community health resilience in order to save lives across Scotland, through the provision of core services: Patient Transport, Public Access Defibrillators, CPR training and effective collaboration with partners and other agencies. Our organisational aims are: for SJS to be a well recognised and effective Scottish Charity, developing and supporting community health resilience through our active local volunteers and by collaborative working throughout Scotland; for our volunteers to provide excellent service and to feel valued by their communities and St John Scotland; to remain committed to playing our part in the world-wide work of St John while retaining our primary focus on Scotland, and; to demonstrate our commitment to the history, values and ethos of Order of St John in all that we do.

Charity Status: Active

Constitutional Form: Company (the charity is registered with Companies House)

Constitutional Form Date: 07 Jun 2017

Main Operating Location: City of Edinburgh

Number of Staff: 4

Number of Volunteers: over 250

Purposes: "the advancement of health", "the advancement of citizenship or community development", "the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage"

Beneficiaries: "Other charities or voluntary bodies"

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 Mar 2022	£949,449	£1,239,368	08 Dec 2022	Yes
31 Mar 2023	£1,476,844	£1,438,575	06 Dec 2023	Yes
31 Mar 2024	£1,128,111	£1,404,895	08 Nov 2024	Yes
31 Mar 2025	£1,052,236	£1,645,180	22 Dec 2025	Yes	Published accounts can be found on the Companies House website
31 Mar 2026			No	No
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
Gregory	Campbell
Lesley	Macdonald
Roderick	Neilson
Elizabeth	Roads
Neil	Gardner
Simon	Mackintosh
Robert	Peden
Alan	Horn
Thomas	Scott
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