OSCR Scottish charity profile

Hamish & Doris Crichton Charitable Trust

ActiveCharity number SC002576
Registered15 November 1981
Main locationCity of Edinburgh
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
SC002576
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
More than one local authority area in Scotland
Volunteers
0 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
EH3 9EE

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

The Trust makes awards to registered charities, mainly in the area of animal welfare but with other benefit areas being considered at their discretion.

Charitable purposes

  • the advancement of education
  • the advancement of environmental protection or improvement
  • the advancement of animal welfare
  • any other purpose that may reasonably be regarded as analogous to any of the preceding purposes

Beneficiaries

  • Other charities or voluntary bodies

Activities

  • It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations

Constitutional objectives

The Trust Funds shall be held for the benefit of (First) any charitable institution or institutions, wherever situated, established for charitable purposes only within the meaning of the law for the time being in force (hereinafter referred to as the 'Charitable Beneficiaries') and (Second) any widow of mine. as follows.- (a) As regards the Income of the Trust Funds the Trustees shall make payment of the whole Income in such amounts or amount and at such time or times and to or for behoof of such of the Charitable Beneficiaries or any widow of mine all as the Trustees in their sole discretion may determine. But declaring that the Trustees in their sole discretion shall have power during the period commencing at the date hereof and terminating twenty one years thereafter, to add the whole or part of the Income to the Capital of the Trust Funds.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
14 February 2026£0£00Not supplied
14 February 2025£11,067£26,020014 November 2025
14 February 2024£10,738£52,906019 April 2024
14 February 2023£10,978£48,150031 October 2023
14 February 2022£10,925£13,373031 October 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
Princes Exchange, 1 Earl Grey Street, 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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