OSCR Scottish charity profile

Miss Bessie G Brown Bequest - Brown Bequest

ActiveCharity number SC003922
Registered5 June 1946
Main locationDumfries And Galloway
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
SC003922
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
A specific local point, community or neighbourhood
Volunteers
0 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
DG7 1NA

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

The prevention and relief of poverty. The relief of those in need by reason of age, ill health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage.

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
  • any other purpose that may reasonably be regarded as analogous to any of the preceding purposes

Beneficiaries

  • Older People
  • People with disabilities or health problems

Activities

  • It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals

Constitutional objectives

The prevention and relief of poverty. The relief of those in need by reason of age, ill health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage. Any other purpose that may reasonably be regarded as analogous to any of the other preceding purposes.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
5 April 2025£9,777£12,196010 December 2025
5 April 2024£9,649£15,41009 December 2024
5 April 2023£8,753£10,28506 December 2023
5 April 2022£7,609£9,939020 December 2022
5 April 2021£6,873£9,616017 January 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
135 King Street, Castle Douglas
Website supplied to OSCR
Not supplied
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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