Scottish Solicitors Benevolent Fund
- Country
- Scotland
- Charity number
- SC000258
- Status
- Active
- Registered
- July 5, 1962
- Legal form
- Trust (founding document is a deed of trust) (other than educational endowment)
Address
- Address
- 89 Glasgow Road
Edinburgh
EH12 8LJ
Contact
- Website
slas.co.uk
Activities
'It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals'
'the prevention or relief of poverty'
The charity has two separate functions. Firstly, it holds funds which are paid as grants to help solicitors or retired solicitors or people related to them and who are in financial difficulty. Secondly, the charity receives a sum each year (currently £7500) from the Tod Foundation - a separate charity - which it uses to give grants to help solicitors in need of respite and want to use the grant to fund a holiday or break which must be in Scotland.
Beneficiaries: 'Other defined groups'
Objectives: The Trustees shall hold the fund for the purpose of the Trust. For the benefit of the beneficiaries who are solicitors in Scotland or their dependants or any substantial body of such solicitor or dependants.
Geography
- Main operating location
- Glasgow City
- Geographical spread
- Operations cover all or most of Scotland
Finances
| Period end | Income | Expenditure |
|---|---|---|
| Oct. 31, 2025 | £19,558 | £32,538 |
| Oct. 31, 2024 | £41,044 | £18,414 |
| Oct. 31, 2023 | £26,980 | £24,586 |
| Oct. 31, 2022 | £11,356 | £18,505 |
| Oct. 31, 2021 | £24,358 | £17,723 |
| Oct. 31, 2020 | £11,398 | £17,022 |