OSCR Scottish charity profile

Gemmell Bequest Fund

ActiveCharity number SC001344
Registered18 July 1924
Main locationGlasgow City
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
SC001344
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
More than one local authority area in Scotland
Volunteers
0 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
EH3 8BP

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

Funds have been invested and income is generated from the investments. The income from the investments is used to cover some of the administration costs and the balance used to make donations. During the year the trustee decides on which donations to make and the level of donation.

Charitable purposes

  • 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

Activities

  • It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations

Constitutional objectives

For the foundation and endowment of a Chair in the Faculty of Medicine or in the Faculty of Science in the University of Glasgow the chair to be named and known in all time coming as The Samson Gemmell Chair.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 August 2025£36,441£43,805030 October 2025
31 August 2024£44,680£43,026018 November 2024
31 August 2023£35,583£41,67603 November 2023
31 August 2022£43,041£33,66301 March 2023
31 August 2021£26,217£26,91501 December 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
Brodies LLP, Captial Square, 58 Morrison 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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