OSCR Scottish charity profile

Cruickshank Trust Fund

Known as The Cruickshank Trust

ActiveCharity number SC002496
Registered1 January 1902
Main locationAberdeenshire
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
SC002496
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
A specific local point, community or neighbourhood
Volunteers
0 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
EH9 3JG

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

To promote education in Scotland in the applied use of Agricultural Science by means of the provision of grants, equipment, prizes or other incentives.

Charitable purposes

  • the advancement of education
  • 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 carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

Declaring that the Trust Fund shall be administered in such manner as the aforesaid Trustees may in their sole discretion think proper for the purposes of promoting education in Scotland in the applied use of Agricultural Science and that by means of the provision of grants, equipment, prizes or other incentives in connection with any one or more of the Agricultural Departments of the Universities of Scotland, Colleges of Agriculture in Scotland or Institutes in Scotland carrying out research in Agricultural Science.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endTotal incomeDonationsCharitable activities incomeTrading incomeInvestment incomeOther incomeTotal expenditureRaising fundsCharitable activities spendingOther spendingStaffReturn received
31 July 2025£13,447£0£0£0£0£0£8,504£0£0£0019 March 2026
31 March 2024£9,497£0£0£0£0£0£9,544£0£0£0023 December 2024
31 March 2023£9,552£0£0£0£0£0£10,050£0£0£0030 November 2023
31 March 2022£10,014£0£0£0£0£0£9,444£0£0£0016 December 2022
31 March 2021£10,020£0£0£0£0£0£5,625£0£0£0013 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
SRUC, West Mains Road, Edinburgh
Website supplied to OSCR
www.sruc.ac.uk
Parent charity
SRUC · SC003712

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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