OSCR Scottish charity profile

William Mackenzie Trust

ActiveCharity number SC001598
Registered8 September 1962
Main locationWestern Isles
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
SC001598
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
A specific local point, community or neighbourhood
Volunteers
1-50 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
HS1 2JF

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

The principal objects of the Trust are to assist aged and infirm persons residing within the former Burgh of Stornoway to enable them to continue to reside in their own homes and avoid the necessity for their removal to a public or other institution, such assistance to be in addition to, and not in substitution for, any welfare service which is offered out of public funds. Funds not utilised by the needs of the primary beneficiaries are offered to the Vestry of St Peter's Episcopal Church, Stornoway, as secondary beneficiaries. On 28 July 2015 a supplemental Deed has varied the boundary to which the Trust can provide assistance to that of the HS1 postcode area and has removed the now redundant elements of the original Deeds provisions on beneficiaries who are now no longer with us. Otherwise the Trust continues to operate along the same founding principles established by the late Malcolm A Mackenzie.

Charitable purposes

  • the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage

Beneficiaries

  • Older People
  • People with disabilities or health problems

Activities

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

Constitutional objectives

(a) To assist and relieve aged and infirm persons in need by appointing or funding a suitable person or persons to cany out or assist with such general household duties and od,er work as said aged and infirm persons are unable physically to perform, with the intention of enabling such persons to continue to reside in their own homes. declaring that, widlOut prejudice to d,e foregoing generality, such assistance shall normally be in addition to, and not in substitution for, any service provided for out of public funds. declaring also d,at the Trustees may and should co-operate with and assist, financially or odlelwise, any charitable institution which assists and looks after d,e interests and well-being of such persons. (b) To assist and relieve persons in need suffering from any illness, disease, accident, disability or infirmity brought about through no fault of d,eir own, by: (i) providing a grant or grants of money to any such person who is as a result unable to follow any trade, employment or occupation and whose income is, in the sole judgement of the Trustees, considered to be inadequate for d,at person's needs and maintenance. and/or (ii) providing, purchasing or making over to any such person who is as a result compelled to give up his or her normal trade, employment or occupation, such tools and materials and a grant or grants of money towards capital sufficient to set up such person in a craft or new trade, employment or occupation. (c) To assist and relieve any disabled or odlerwise permanendy incapacitated person by providing them with any artificial limb or od,er surgical or medical appliance or fitment which is essential to or will provide a significant benefit to such person, subject always to the condition that in each and every case it must be shown to the satisfaction of the TtUstees that the limb, appliance or fitment applied for will be more beneficial to the applicant dlan that which dle applicant would be entided to receive from, or at dle expense of, the National Healdl Service or any other welfare service provided from public funds.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
5 April 2025£39,168£51,130029 July 2026
5 April 2024£39,650£51,13405 December 2024
5 April 2023£41,974£53,568013 September 2023
5 April 2022£41,307£53,54605 October 2022
5 April 2021£36,953£36,95305 January 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
26 Lewis Street, Stornoway, Isle Of Lewis
Website supplied to OSCR
Not supplied
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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