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Freemasons' Hall Aberdeen SCIO

SC051879Registered charity from 27 July 2022
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Charity Information:
Address 88 Desswood Place
Aberdeen
Postcode AB15 4DQ
Is the supplied address a principal office or a trustee address? Trustee - Charity Trustee
Website No Link Provided
Regulatory Type Standard
Object:
7 Purposes 7.1 The charitable purposes of the SCIO are: 7.1.1 the advancement of heritage by 7.1.1.1 preserving and maintaining Freemasons' Hall; and 7.1.1.2 collecting, cataloguing and displaying the artefacts and archives of local Masonic organisations; 7.1.2 the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage by the provision of grants or support in kind to individuals or to other charitable or benevolent organisations as the Board may from time to time in its sole discretion see fit.
Operations:
What the charity is set up to do and how it does this:
Achievements and Performance During the past twelve months a number of projects have been completed in respect of the maintenance and preservation of Freemasons’ Hall. These have included repointing work, repairing and repainting external windows frames on the front elevation. Other minor works were also completed. Freemasons’ Hall continues to receive items of historic masonic interest from various sources. These items are gratefully received and acknowledged and where appropriate, displayed or archived. Freemasons’ Hall hosted a wedding and reception during the year, using all available Halls in the building, for which we received a donation. During the year, several tours were provided on request. These included visitors from overseas and some local organisations. A number of members’ organisations, operating within Freemasons’ Hall Aberdeen, have made donations to local and national charitable associations.
Charity Status: Active
Constitutional Form: SCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)
Constitutional Form Date: 27 Jul 2022
Main Operating Location: City of Edinburgh
Number of Staff: 0
Number of Volunteers: 1-50
Purposes: "the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science", "the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage"
Beneficiaries: "No specific group, or for the benefit of the community"
Types Of Activity Undertaken: "It does none of these"
Annual Submissions:
Year End Income Expenditure Annual Return Received Accounts Received Latest Annual Reports and Accounts
31 Jul 2023 £25,000 £1,800 24 Apr 2024 Yes
31 Jul 2024 £33,420 £31,250 02 May 2025 Yes
31 Jul 2025 £41,602 £46,334 19 Mar 2026 Yes Download
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
Henry Petrie
Alan Duck
Charles Hogg
Ian Williamson
Roger Legge
Michael Taylor
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