01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC000218
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Wider, but within one local authority area
- Volunteers
- 0 volunteers
- Staff
- 0
- Postcode
- TD6 9JP
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
make donations
Charitable purposes
- 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
Subject to the provisions of Purpose 6 hereof the Trustees shall, from the date, of the Interlocutor of the Court of Session approving and settling this Scheme, hold the whole trust property in their hands with the exception of the said heritage, and they shall hold the net proceeds of the said heritage as and when the same shall be realised, for the purpose of paying grants of money or providing gifts or services out of the income thereof to destitute, friendless or otherwise deserving ladies who have been reduced from a better position in life, priority being given to ladies otherwise eligible in the following groups: (i) Widows and daughters of Ministers of the Church of Scotland or of persons otherwise occupied in the service of the Church of Scotland, or (ii) Residents in the Parishes of Lilliesleaf, Bowden and Ashkirk.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 April 2025 | £6,151 | £3,064 | 0 | 5 January 2026 |
| 5 April 2024 | £5,853 | £4,040 | 0 | 21 October 2024 |
| 5 April 2023 | £5,075 | £6,016 | 0 | 15 December 2023 |
| 5 April 2022 | £4,685 | £4,254 | 0 | 4 January 2023 |
| 5 April 2021 | £4,508 | £6,796 | 0 | 30 December 2021 |
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
- Riddell, Lilliesleaf, Nr Melrose, Roxburghshire
- Website supplied to OSCR
- Not supplied
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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