# The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards Charity

## Details

- **Country:** Scotland
- **Charity number:** SC016483
- **Status:** Active
- **Legal form:** Trust (founding document is a deed of trust) (other than educational endowment)
- **Registered:** March 13, 1961
- **Register:** https://www.oscr.org.uk/about-charities/search-the-register/charity-details?number=SC016483


## Contact

- **Address:** HOME HQ SCOTS DG, The Castle, Edinburgh
- **Postcode:** EH1 2YT



## Activities

**Activities:** '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'

**Purposes:** 'the advancement of citizenship or community development'

**What the charity does:** The Charity Trustees shall hold and apply the Charity’s Property (the “The Charity’s Property”) in such manner as they think for any purposes which appear to them in their absolute discretion directed to the improvement, efficiency, benefit or welfare of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards (the “Regiment”), or any unit thereof, or the Regimental Association of the Regiment. The Charity Trustees may seek to assist beneficiaries of the Charity (“Beneficiaries”) in poverty or at risk of poverty by providing grants or loans or such other assistance as they consider fit. They may seek to improve the prospects of Beneficiaries by contributing to the costs of their education. improve the health and living conditions of Beneficiaries who are injured or disabled. preserve and protect objects and artefacts forming part of the Charity’s Property which bear significance to the armed forces and people associated with the armed forces.

**Objectives:** The trustees shall hold and apply the Trust Property in such manner as they think fit for any purpose which appear to them in their absolute discretion directed to the improvement, efficiency, benefit or welfare of the Regiment, or any unit thereof, or the Regimental Association of the Regiment.





## Geography

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



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees | Accounts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 5, 2025 | £163623 | £147500 |  -  | 0 | [PDF](/sc/SC016483/files/2025-04-05-accounts.pdf) (5.9 MB) |
| April 5, 2024 | £148404 | £167087 |  -  |  -  |  |
| April 5, 2023 | £174108 | £143828 |  -  |  -  |  |
| April 5, 2022 | £142030 | £127446 |  -  |  -  |  |
| April 5, 2021 | £137825 | £122189 |  -  |  -  |  |