OSCR Scottish charity profile

David Johnston Trust

ActiveCharity number SC001574
Registered25 March 1907
Main locationDumfries And Galloway
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
SC001574
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
A specific local point, community or neighbourhood
Volunteers
0 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
DG1 2NS

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

provide grants to individuals and in furtherance of the Johnston Mission

Charitable purposes

  • the prevention or relief of poverty
  • the advancement of religion

Beneficiaries

  • Older People

Activities

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

Constitutional objectives

to establish a mission in Dumfries for the furtherance of evangelistic work among the lapsed masses in Dumfries and Maxwelltown

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 October 2025£5,551£4,560029 July 2026
31 October 2024£4,780£8,44407 March 2025
31 October 2023£140,212£145,479025 April 2024
31 October 2021£4,795£7,766025 April 2024
31 October 2020£4,910£5,420025 April 2024

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
8 Bank Street, Dumfries, Dumfries-shire
Website supplied to OSCR
Not supplied
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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