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Friends Of Aberdeen University Library

Country
Scotland
Charity number
SC009009
Status
Active
Registered
Jan. 26, 2005
Legal form
Unincorporated association

Address

Address
University Of Aberdeen
The Sir Duncan Rice Library
Bedford Road
Aberdeen
AB24 3AA

Activities

'It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations'

'the advancement of education'

It exists to support the University of Aberdeen Library by supporting the purchase of collections and other resources for use by the Library, and providing bursaries and expenses to scholars so that they can make use of, research and highlight our collections to the wider public and academic community.

Beneficiaries: 'Other defined groups'

Objectives: The objects of the society shall be:- (a) to encourage gifts of books, prints, manuscripts and other items of interest to Aberdeen University Library ('the Library') and donations of money. (b) to provide funds from which to acquire for the Library rare and valuable books and other items, such as Aberdeen University might not be able to purchase from its own resources. (c) to promote interest in the Library, whether by organising, or providing funds to the Library for the purpose of organising exhibitions, lectures and publications or cataloguing or conserving material held by the Library etc. and (d) to make funds available to the Aberdeen University Development Trust to help fund (1) the building and equipping of exhibition areas within the Library, (2) providing research facilities for scholars studying the Library's special collections and (3) providing other such facilities which promote the Library and its use.

Geography

Main operating location
Aberdeen
Geographical spread
A specific local point, community or neighbourhood

Finances

Period end Income Expenditure
Dec. 31, 2024 £20,692 £570
Dec. 31, 2023 £20,585 £21,470
Dec. 31, 2022 £22,366 £14,162
Dec. 31, 2021 £48,962 £79,907
Dec. 31, 2020 £72,043 £8,325