01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC000282
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Scotland and other parts of the UK
- Volunteers
- 0 volunteers
- Staff
- 0
- Postcode
- KY6 2AH
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
The Miss A M Pilkington Charitable Trust exists to support charitable groups primarily operating or residing within Fife and Tayside. However, organisations that operate more widely may still apply. They offer grants of £2,000 although, exceptionally, will consider larger sums. The Trustees meet in May and November and donations are paid out in June and December each year. The deadlines for applications are 30 April for the May meeting and 31 October for the November meeting. At each meeting the Trustees discuss the charities that have applied for funding within the past 6 months, as well as any organisations they have made a previous pledge to and arrange for funds to be drawn to their bank account from the investments held by Investec / Rathbones, and make payments in June, and December each year to those they have either approved a one off donation, or a multiple year pledge to.
Charitable purposes
- the prevention or relief of poverty
- the advancement of education
- the advancement of religion
- the advancement of health
- the saving of lives
- the advancement of citizenship or community development
- the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
- the provision of recreational facilities, or the organisation of recreational activities, with the object of improving the conditions of life for the persons for whom the facilities or activities are primarily intended
- the advancement of environmental protection or improvement
- the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
- the advancement of animal welfare
Beneficiaries
- 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 Trustees shall hold and apply the Trust Funds under their charge both as to capital and income for charitable purposes only within the meaning of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1970 and any provisions for the time being in force amending or superseding the same and the Trustees shall make payments therefrom at such time or times and of such amount or amounts as they in their sole discretion may determine to or for behoof of any person fund institution or society who is qualified to benefit by a gift for charitable purposes only and that whether they are situate or established in Scotland or elsewhere declaring that the Trustees need not allocate the whole income of any particular year but may add part or the whole of the income as they in their sole discretion should think fit to the capital of the Trust or to an income reserve fund or funds. (THIRD) The Trustees may if they in their sole discretion unanimously so decide, after meeting all liabilities, dispose of the whole Trust Funds remaining in their hands by distributing these funds to or among any suitable object or objects qualified to receive gifts for charitable purposes only and thus bring the Trust to an end.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 April 2026 | £0 | £0 | 0 | Not supplied |
| 5 April 2025 | £96,198 | £150,094 | 0 | 1 December 2025 |
| 5 April 2024 | £99,879 | £111,410 | 0 | 9 September 2024 |
| 5 April 2023 | £94,682 | £101,104 | 0 | 17 July 2023 |
| 5 April 2022 | £86,051 | £126,827 | 0 | 3 August 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
- EQ Accountants Limited, Pentland House, Saltire Centre, Glenrothes, Fife
- Website supplied to OSCR
- Not supplied
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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