# Earl Haig Fund (Scotland)

## Details

- **Country:** Scotland
- **Charity number:** SC014096
- **Known as:** Earl Haig Fund Poppy Scotland
- **Status:** Active
- **Legal form:** Company (the charity is registered with Companies House)
- **Registered:** Nov. 26, 1956
- **Register:** https://www.oscr.org.uk/about-charities/search-the-register/charity-details?number=SC014096


## Contact

- **Address:** New Haig House, Logie Green Road, Edinburgh
- **Postcode:** EH7 4HR
- **Website:** www.poppyscotland.org.uk



## Activities

**Activities:** 'It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals','It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations'

**Purposes:** 'the prevention or relief of poverty','the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage'

**What the charity does:** To provide support for current and former members of the Armed Forces and their dependents in Scotland by raising funds and relying the commitment of individual volunteers, groups of volunteers and other ex-Service organisations to meet these challenges.

**Objectives:** To relieve suffering, hardship and distress and to promote the relief of need and to promote education among (a) Men or women who have at any time served with any branch of the naval, military and air forces of the Crown and allied nursing services and who are resident in Scotland or were born in Scotland or were domiciled there when they joined the forces of the Crown and@) Wives, widows, husbands, widowers, children and dependants of any of the aforementioned persons who are resident in Scotland or were domiciled there at the time of the death of the member of the forces of the Crown or allied nursing services with whom they were connected by making grants of money loans, guarantees and generally by any other financial methods and generally by aiding, assisting and promoting the benefit of all such persons in any manner which is charitable.





## Areas of operation

- **Main operating location:** City of Edinburgh
- **Geographical spread:** Operations cover all or most of Scotland



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees | Accounts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept. 30, 2024 | £4947000 | £6885000 |  -  | 84 |  |
| Sept. 30, 2023 | £4430000 | £6805000 |  -  | 88 |  |
| Sept. 30, 2022 | £5699000 | £7113000 |  -  | 91 |  |
| Sept. 30, 2021 | £7382000 | £8000000 |  -  | 57 |  |
| Sept. 30, 2020 | £7449000 | £7119000 |  -  | 59 |  |





## Linked charities

- [Royal British Legion Scotland New Pitsligo Branch](/sc/SC029013) (SC029013)