01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC001671
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- A specific local point, community or neighbourhood
- Volunteers
- 0 volunteers
- Staff
- 0
- Postcode
- EH46 7EQ
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
From the Trust's investment income small annual grants are provided to women in need aged over 50 who were born in and permanently line in Leith or Edinburgh and who are on a low income.
Charitable purposes
- the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
Beneficiaries
- Older People
Activities
- It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals
Constitutional objectives
for well-doing industrious and deserving women married or single or widows of the poorer classes not otherwise sufficiently provided for.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 May 2025 | £47,418 | £45,569 | 0 | 26 January 2026 |
| 15 May 2024 | £46,348 | £37,330 | 0 | 29 April 2025 |
| 15 May 2023 | £42,174 | £43,215 | 0 | 27 May 2024 |
| 15 May 2022 | £43,510 | £43,724 | 0 | 17 August 2023 |
| 15 May 2021 | £40,487 | £46,495 | 0 | 9 February 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
- 3 Lyne View, West Linton
- Website supplied to OSCR
- Not supplied
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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