OSCR Scottish charity profile

William Mccunn's Trust

ActiveCharity number SC005058
Registered15 May 1917
Main locationGlasgow City
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
SC005058
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
Operations cover all or most of Scotland
Volunteers
0 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
G1 2AD

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

The charity pays grants to medical students in the Universities of Glasgow, St Andrews, Dundee, Edinburgh and Aberdeen who are going through financial hardship. The trustees meet once a year to peruse applications and distribute grants.

Charitable purposes

  • the advancement of education
  • the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
  • the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage

Beneficiaries

  • Other defined groups

Activities

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

Constitutional objectives

The advancement of education. The advancement of, arts, heritage, culture, or science. The relief of those in need by reason of age, ill health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 December 2025£6,671£14,899023 June 2026
31 December 2024£6,748£12,242023 July 2025
31 December 2023£5,966£11,166018 July 2024
31 December 2022£7,130£11,58505 June 2023
31 December 2021£5,668£14,607029 September 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
Mitchells Roberton, George House, 36 North Hanover Street, Glasgow
Website supplied to OSCR
Not supplied
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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