OSCR Scottish charity profile

George Macleod Charitable Trust

ActiveCharity number SC005103
Registered8 December 1989
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
SC005103
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
Scotland and other parts of the UK
Volunteers
0 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
EH3 8RY

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

The primary purpose of the Trust is to apply the funds of the Trust for such charitable purposes as the trustees may from time to time decide upon an in particular for the advancement of peace espoused by George MacLeod. The Trustees will only consider applications from individuals or groups who in their opinion most clearly demonstrate an intention to further the primary purpose of the Trust. The application will also have to prove that the individual/group will be achieved in a tightly controlled and cost-effective fashion.

Charitable purposes

  • the prevention or relief of poverty
  • the advancement of religion
  • the advancement of citizenship or community development
  • the advancement of human rights, conflict resolution or reconciliation
  • the advancement of environmental protection or improvement
  • any other purpose that may reasonably be regarded as analogous to any of the preceding purposes

Beneficiaries

  • Children or young people
  • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
  • 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

For payment or application of the whole free income (or even the capital) of the Trust Fund from time to time in the Trustees' charge to or for such charitable purposes as the Trustees may from time to time decide and in making such decision the Trustees should bear in mind (but without fettering their decision) my interest in work for the advancement of peace, all in such manner and in such proportions as the Trustees shall in their sole discretion think fit.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
5 February 2026£0£00Not supplied
5 February 2025£4,923£5,504024 June 2025
5 February 2024£1,863£1,696011 November 2024
5 February 2023£2,491£2,325023 October 2023
5 February 2022£1,213£1,28405 July 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
9 Haymarket Square, Edinburgh
Website supplied to OSCR
www.georgemacleodtrust.co.uk
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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