01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC003724
- 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 6AD
OSCR note: This SCIO was incorporated on 24th August 2016 as a result of a Change to SCIO application by Widowers Childrens Home Trust (SC003724), which was a Trust registered as a charity since 16th July 1914.
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
Donates to ex-residents of the Widowers' Children's Home and provides grants to other charities who provide services to children and young people in Scotland
Charitable purposes
- the prevention or relief of poverty
- the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
Beneficiaries
- Children or young people
- People with disabilities or health problems
- Other defined groups
- Other charities or voluntary bodies
Activities
- It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals
- It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
Constitutional objectives
The Charitable Purposes of the SCIO ('the Charitable Purposes') are: 3.1.1 to provide financial assistance and other benefits, from time to time, to former residents and/or former employees of the former Widowers' Children's Home, Edinburgh who are in need by way of ill health, financial hardship or other disadvantage. 3.1.2 to provide financial assistance to charities registered in Scotland, in particular those that are concerned with the care and welfare of children. and 3.1.3 to provide relief by way of grants or other means to individual children and young adults up to the age of 25 or the families of such individuals for the purpose of education, training, treatment for mental or physical disabilities or ill health, the provision of equipment for the benefit of such individuals and the provision of holidays and the like.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2026 | £30,474 | £209,456 | 0 | 29 July 2026 |
| 31 March 2025 | £40,093 | £234,131 | 0 | 20 November 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £42,574 | £109,839 | 0 | 12 November 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £41,326 | £96,969 | 0 | 31 October 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | £41,746 | £101,321 | 0 | 8 December 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
- MHA, Chartered Accountants, 6 St Colme 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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