OSCR Scottish charity profile

Len Thomson Charitable Trust

ActiveCharity number SC000981
Registered1 March 1989
Main locationCity of Edinburgh
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
SC000981
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
A specific local point, community or neighbourhood
Volunteers
0 volunteers
Staff
1
Postcode
EH3 9EE

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

The Trustees support those organisations that they feel require most support and whose purposes fall within the spectrum of the Trust Deed. By supporting the projects in the favoured areas, the Trustees hope to benefit society in general by making cash donations.

Charitable purposes

  • 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 advancement of public participation in sport
  • 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 or gifts to organisations

Constitutional objectives

For the benefit of or in furtherance of such purposes, objects or institutions charitable in law for the purposes of Sections 505 and 506 of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988 and that in such proportions and manner as the Trustees shall from time to time in their absolute discretion think fit: Provided always that in exercising their discretion the Trustees shall give primary consideration to the wishes of those persons who gift or lend funds to the Trust but this proviso shall impose no binding obligation on the Trustees.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
30 June 2025£9,575£41,596122 September 2025
30 June 2024£9,399£11,443117 March 2025
30 June 2023£5,022£54,113118 October 2023
30 June 2022£7,603£68,761122 February 2023
30 June 2021£5,154£12,148110 February 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
Princes Exchange, 1 Earl Grey Street, Edinburgh
Website supplied to OSCR
Not supplied
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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