01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC000112
- Status
- Not Submitted
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- A specific local point, community or neighbourhood
- Volunteers
- Not supplied
- Staff
- 0
- Postcode
- AB10 1RD
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
Charitable purposes
- the prevention or relief of poverty
- the advancement of education
- the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
- any other purpose that may reasonably be regarded as analogous to any of the preceding purposes
Beneficiaries
- Other defined groups
Activities
- It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals
Constitutional objectives
I direct my Trustees after the death of the said Reverend James Shepherd, to apply the free revenue or income of my said means and estate according to their own discretion for the benefit of gentlewomen resident in Aberdeen who fulfil these conditions,- (one) they must be widows or daughters of deceased merchants, shopkeepers or other men of business who resided in Aberdeen for at least twenty five years. and (two) their circumstances must be such that through no fault of their own they are in need of financial assistance to enable them to live in reasonable comfort, having regard to the social position they occupied or formerly occupied, and to any claims that may in my Trustees' opinion be incumbent on them for the suitable education of their children or otherwise.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 April 2024 | £0 | £0 | 0 | Not supplied |
| 5 April 2023 | £236 | £99 | 0 | 5 January 2024 |
| 5 April 2022 | £6 | £99 | 0 | 30 November 2023 |
| 5 April 2021 | £31 | £99 | 0 | 25 May 2022 |
Figures are those reported by the charity and supplied in the OSCR bulk download. Blank facts remain distinct from zero.
04 Contact record
Principal office or trustees address
- Address supplied to OSCR
- 7 Golden Square, Aberdeen
- Website supplied to OSCR
- Not supplied
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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