01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC000987
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Wider, but within one local authority area
- Volunteers
- 0 volunteers
- Staff
- 0
- Postcode
- EH1 3LR
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
The trustees make grants to charities that combat all forms of substance abuse to promote temperance work. they make grants to charities that promote the Reformed church and church life in Scotland. they pay scholarships to post-graduate students in the Reformed tradition at Schools of Divinity at Scottish universities. they make grants to all ministry candidates in the Church of Scotland and the Free Church. the trust also funds a post-doctoral fellowship.
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of religion
- the advancement of health
Beneficiaries
- Children or young people
- Older People
- People with disabilities or health problems
- People with a particular ethnic or racial origin
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 the Trust Fund and the income of it to pay and apply the same to or for the benefit of or in furtherance of (a) advancing the cause of temperance through the promotion of temperance work and the combatting of all forms of substance abuse, and (b) promoting Reformed theology and Reformed church life especially in Scotland and the social mission of charities with historical or contemporary links to the Reformed tradition, considered in its diverse forms, and (c) such similar charitable purposes or charitable institutions in such proportions and manner as the Trustees shall think fit.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 December 2025 | £0 | £0 | 0 | Not supplied |
| 31 December 2024 | £276,533 | £288,932 | 0 | 19 August 2025 |
| 31 December 2023 | £278,316 | £236,548 | 0 | 26 June 2024 |
| 31 December 2022 | £267,699 | £239,655 | 0 | 22 August 2023 |
| 31 December 2021 | £245,467 | £255,492 | 0 | 1 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
- Glenorchy House, 20 Union 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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