01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC006002
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Operations cover all or most of Scotland
- Volunteers
- 0 volunteers
- Staff
- 1
- Postcode
- EH54 8AF
OSCR note: The SCIO was incorporated on the 23 March 2016, as a result of a Change to SCIO application by The Lintel Trust, which was a Trust registered as a charity since 08 August 1979.
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
We have been supporting Scottish housing associations, housing co-operatives and community projects with a link to housing since 1979. We cover our running costs by providing a paid for fund management service. We rely on fundraising to enable us to continue distributing small grants. All additional income raised through either business activities or service provision is awarded to community projects through our Small Grant fund. Our key activities are: Fund Management Best Practice and Learning Small Grants Community Benefits in Procurement Advice on request
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of education
- the advancement of citizenship or community development
- 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 or gifts to organisations
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
4.1.1 to advance citizenship and community development and promote for the benefit of the community in Scotland social housing and community-based projects, through the provision of financial assistance and other forms of support to providers of social housing. community and voluntary organisations. social enterprises that have a close link to, or are supported by providers of social housing. and organisations that further community benefits purposes. 4.1.2 to advance and promote the education of all organisations, bodies and persons involved in the provision of social housing and of all tenants, associated members and users within the voluntary and social housing movement in Scotland through the provision of financial support for training and apprenticeships. and 4.1.3 to relieve those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage and to engage in any one or more of the following activities for the benefit of the community to provide a public benefit in Scotland by: 4.1.3.1 providing support and assistance to providers of social housing. community and voluntary organisations. social enterprises that have a close link to, or are supported by providers of social housing. and organisations that further community benefits purposes for the benefit of homeless people, people with physical disabilities, mental health problems or learning difficulties, older people and people from minority ethnic groups who are in need of housing and associated amenities. and 4.1.3.2 promoting participation in the voluntary and social housing movement and housing issues. 4..2 The organisation shall have the power to advance any of the above purposes or objects by the giving of grants or loans or the provision of credit or other forms of assistance, financial or otherwise, to persons undertaking projects, initiatives and/or activities which further any of the above purposes or objects and which are wholly charitable within the meaning of the Taxes Acts and section 7 of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £188,990 | £165,464 | 1 | 28 August 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £163,326 | £158,946 | 1 | 26 November 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £165,590 | £158,429 | 1 | 4 December 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | £188,115 | £197,938 | 1 | 19 December 2022 |
| 31 March 2021 | £188,115 | £197,938 | 1 | 15 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
- Lintel Trust, Fairways Business Park, 6 Deer Park Avenue, Livingston
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.linteltrust.org.uk
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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