OSCR Scottish charity profile

John Murray Trust

ActiveCharity number SC000132
Registered22 December 1954
Main locationSouth Ayrshire
Legal formTrust (founding document is a deed of trust) (other than educational endowment)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC000132
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
More than one local authority area in Scotland
Volunteers
0 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
KA21 5BT

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

Prevention and relief of poverty, advancement of health, relief of those in need by reason of age, ill health, disability or other disadvantage- particular regard to towns of Saltcoats and Given

Charitable purposes

  • the prevention or relief of poverty
  • the advancement of health
  • the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage

Beneficiaries

  • Other defined groups

Activities

  • It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations

Constitutional objectives

The prevention of relief of poverty, the advancement of health, the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability or other disadvantage with trustees having particular regard to applying the charitable purpose of the trust by making payments to individuals, organisations or charities in the towns of Saltcoats and Girvan.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
5 April 2025£5,782£10,04604 January 2026
5 April 2024£9,067£21,51206 January 2025
5 April 2023£9,340£21,93909 January 2024
5 April 2022£8,031£15,120021 January 2023
5 April 2021£6,722£29,48804 January 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
20 Montgomerie Crescent, Saltcoats, Ayrshire
Website supplied to OSCR
Not supplied
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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