OSCR Scottish charity profile

Wemyss Charitable Trust

ActiveCharity number SC005789
Registered21 July 1923
Main locationFife
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
SC005789
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
A specific local point, community or neighbourhood
Volunteers
0 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
KY12 8HH

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

For the relief of poverty, hardship and regeneration initiatives in the local area of Wemyss and Kirkcaldy

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

Beneficiaries

  • Other defined groups

Activities

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

Constitutional objectives

Declaration of Trust were particularly empowered to acquire suitable houses for the occupation of widows and other dependants or men who lost their lives in the war of nineteen hundred and fourteen to nineteen hundred and eighteen.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 May 2025£40,761£17,814012 January 2026
31 May 2024£92,724£3,247013 January 2025
31 May 2023£22,125£15,50009 January 2024
31 May 2022£24,830£5,007010 January 2023
31 May 2021£32,326£22,925010 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
Torrie House, Newmills, Dunfermline
Website supplied to OSCR
Not supplied
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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