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Scottish Record Society

Country
Scotland
Charity number
SC032276
Status
Active
Registered
Oct. 19, 2001
Legal form
Unincorporated association

Address

Address
c/o National Records of Scotland
HM General Register House
2 Princes Street
Edinburgh
EH1 3YY

Activities

'It carries out activities or services itself'

'the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science'

The Society's role is to improve access to public registers and private muniments relating to Scotland by publishing volumes and calendars of such documents. We aim to publish a volume annually and provide a copy to each member. Publications are available for purchase to the general public. The Society is now making available e-books of volumes which are otherwise out of print.

Objectives: The objects of the Society shall be: 2.1 to promote the study and advance the knowledge and understanding of the historical records of Scotland by commissioning and editing works of appropriate significance. and 2.2 to publish such texts of original documents and of calendars and indices of public records and private muniments relating to Scotland as are deemed by the Council to be of particular value to historians and genealogists.

Areas of operation

Main operating location
City of Edinburgh
Geographical spread
UK and overseas

Finances

Period end Income Expenditure
Dec. 31, 2024 £5,801 £4,200
Dec. 31, 2023 £7,201 £6,988
Dec. 31, 2022 £6,292 £4,829
Dec. 31, 2021 £5,220 £6,777
Dec. 31, 2020 £4,682 £1,075