OSCR Scottish charity profile

Tait Trust

ActiveCharity number SC001122
Registered1 May 1962
Main locationScottish Borders
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
SC001122
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
A specific local point, community or neighbourhood
Volunteers
0 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
TD9 9DH

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

For payment from the remainder of said rents of annuities of not less than TEN POUNDS or exceeding the sum of TWENTY POUNDS in any one case to such persons as the said firm, as Trustees foresaid, may in their absolute discretion deem the most eligible to widows and unmarried daughters not under sixty years of age while they remain unmarried and continue to reside in Hawick or the surrounding district within a radius of 5 miles or thereby, who, through no fault of their own or of these whose duty it is to make provision for them are in necessitous circumstances, a preference being given to deserving indigent widows and daughters of natives of Hawick, or of persons who have resided not less than twenty five years in Hawick, not more than one member of a family being eligible at the same time.

Charitable purposes

  • the prevention or relief of poverty

Beneficiaries

  • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community

Activities

  • It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals

Constitutional objectives

For payment from the remainder of said rents of annuities of not less than TEN POUNDS or exceeding the sum of TWENTY POUNDS in any one case to such persons as the said firm, as Trustees foresaid, may in their absolute discretion deem the most eligible to widows and unmarried daughters not under sixty years of age while they remain unmarried and continue to reside in Hawick or the surrounding district within a radius of 5 miles or thereby, who, through no fault of their own or of these whose duty it is to make provision for them are in necessitous circumstances, a preference being given to deserving indigent widows and daughters of natives of Hawick, or of persons who have resided not less than twenty five years in Hawick, not more than one member of a family being eligible at the same time.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
5 April 2026£0£00Not supplied
5 April 2025£2,878£174015 July 2025
5 April 2024£78£174013 May 2024
5 April 2023£64£174020 June 2023
5 April 2022£56£17407 November 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
13 High Street, Hawick, 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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