01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC000266
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- A specific local point, community or neighbourhood
- Volunteers
- 0 volunteers
- Staff
- 0
- Postcode
- DG6 4UR
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
Supporting matters associated with the cultural, educational, and public benefit of Gatehouse of Fleet, encompassing the Parishes of Girthon and Anwoth, and promoting the interests of the town and its people.
Charitable purposes
- the prevention or relief of poverty
- the advancement of education
- the advancement of citizenship or community development
- the advancement of environmental protection or improvement
- any other purpose that may reasonably be regarded as analogous to any of the preceding purposes
Beneficiaries
- No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
- Other charities or voluntary bodies
Activities
- It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals
- It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
Constitutional objectives
The objects of the Murray Usher Foundation are so far and so far only as the same may be legally charitable and are to expend the Trust Fund from time to time and whether income or capital on such public charitable or benevolent purposes as the Trustees in their absolute discretion may decide or to make payment to such Charitable bodies or organisations which are constituted for Charitable purposes only and so long as such other charitable bodies or organisations have been accepted by the Board of Inland Revenue or other competent authority as a body established for Charitable purposes only for the purposes of taxation.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 April 2025 | £31,597 | £63,740 | 0 | 4 September 2025 |
| 5 April 2024 | £32,132 | £41,476 | 0 | 7 November 2024 |
| 5 April 2023 | £30,614 | £39,945 | 0 | 16 October 2023 |
| 5 April 2022 | £93,942 | £88,395 | 0 | 2 November 2022 |
| 5 April 2021 | £29,007 | £28,515 | 0 | 7 October 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
- Beechwood, Tongland Road, Kirkcudbright, Dumfries and Galloway
- Website supplied to OSCR
- Not supplied
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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