01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC002264
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Operations cover all or most of Scotland
- Volunteers
- 0 volunteers
- Staff
- 0
- Postcode
- EH3 8RY
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
The charity structure allows for applications to be considered on their merits at their Trustee meetings, where the Trustees undertake a review of the investment portfolio managed on the Trustees behalf with their advisors and consider what funds can be made available to support grants and campaigns. The Trustees focus their efforts toward Scottish and UK charities with a primary focus on Health, Research and Youth. All applications received are collated by the Trust's legal advisors and presented to the Trustees for consideration.
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of health
Beneficiaries
- Children or young people
- Other charities or voluntary bodies
Activities
- It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
Constitutional objectives
The Trustees shall pay or apply the free annual income of the Fund or so much thereof as they in their sole and absolute discretion may decide, from time to time, (one) for the advancement of knowledge in medicine and surgery, and, in connection therewith, for the granting of bursaries, and scholarships, the creation and endowment of lectureships and University Charits, the carrying-out of research work in all its branches, in any part of the world, the purchase of all necessary equipment therefor and the publication in a manner, decided on as suitablel by the Trustees, so far as possible shall endeavour to makethe City of Edinburgh the chief centre of interest under this Trust purpose:
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 April 2025 | £30,910 | £63,947 | 0 | 7 October 2025 |
| 5 April 2024 | £36,046 | £63,585 | 0 | 9 December 2024 |
| 5 April 2023 | £28,441 | £63,831 | 0 | 20 December 2023 |
| 5 April 2022 | £31,342 | £67,306 | 0 | 21 December 2022 |
| 5 April 2021 | £39,525 | £61,614 | 0 | 1 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
- c/o Morton Fraser MacRoberts LLP, Level 5, 9 Haymarket Square, 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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