OSCR Scottish charity profile

Capital Charitable Trust

ActiveCharity number SC004332
Registered4 January 1956
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
SC004332
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
A specific local point, community or neighbourhood
Volunteers
0 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
EH3 8HE

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

All benefactions are to be retained as capital and the income is to be distributed at the Trustees' discretion to charitable institutions or bodies or committees on charitable work in Great Britain or to individuals who, in the opinion of the Trustees, are deserving of financial assistance on the grounds of poverty. The Trustees have controlled discretion to invest the funds of the Trust.

Charitable purposes

  • the prevention or relief of poverty

Beneficiaries

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

Activities

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

Constitutional objectives

The prevention and relief of poverty.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
5 April 2026£20,837£20,684026 June 2026
5 April 2025£21,894£39,786018 November 2025
5 April 2024£18,598£8,208031 July 2024
5 April 2023£19,477£40,848028 February 2024
5 April 2022£245,007£234,996022 February 2023

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
Caledonian Exchange, 19a Canning Street, Edinburgh, 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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