OSCR Scottish charity profile

Dr John Calder Fund

Known as The Dr John Calder Trust

ActiveCharity number SC004299
Registered19 June 1986
Main locationAberdeen
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
SC004299
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
Wider, but within one local authority area
Volunteers
0 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
AB24 1RQ
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OSCR note: This charity intends to wind up and transfer its assets and liabilities to Dr John Calder SCIO, SC050820 which is a SCIO.

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

Funds have been invested. Revenue from these investments is used to make donations. Trustees meet regularly to discuss and decide which donations are made and the level.

Charitable purposes

  • the advancement of education

Beneficiaries

  • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community

Activities

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

Constitutional objectives

To assist widows left with young children in straitened circumstances but of a class superior to those dealt with by the Parish Council.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
5 April 2025£38,957£42,757022 December 2025
5 April 2024£22,018£10,715013 December 2024
5 April 2023£20,034£45,97603 January 2024
5 April 2022£72,883£34,742021 December 2022
5 April 2021£28,330£34,433022 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
St Machar's Cathedral, 18 The Chanonry , Aberdeen
Website supplied to OSCR
Not supplied
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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