OSCR Scottish charity profile

Dr Helen M Russell Trust For The Ballantyne Prize

ActiveCharity number SC006179
Registered11 June 1970
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
SC006179
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
A specific local point, community or neighbourhood
Volunteers
0 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
BN3 7AU

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

The Ballantyre Prize should be awarded by the Council every three years or at other shorter or longer intervals as the Council may decide, the first award being made in Nineteen hundred and seventy three and associated with the fiftieth anniversary of Dr.Ballantyne's death. The prize is to be awarded for outstanding work on the 'Pedigree of Disease' or some allied subject relating to genetics and including work on disease in animals and plants as well as in man, the prizeman to be selected by the Council. If in the opinion of the Council there has been no suitably outstanding work in that field to justify the award of the Prize in any year in which it should be awarded the Council may in its discretion either award it as a prize for outstanding work in some other field or decide to postpone consideration of the making of an award.

Charitable purposes

  • the advancement of health

Beneficiaries

  • Other charities or voluntary bodies

Activities

  • It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations

Constitutional objectives

The Ballantyre Prize should be awarded by the Council every three years or at other shorter or longer intervals as the Council may decide, the first award being made in Nineteen hundred and seventy three and associated with the fiftieth anniversary of Dr.Ballantyne's death. The prize is to be awarded for outstanding work on the 'Pedigree of Disease' or some allied subject relating to genetics and including work on disease in animals and plants as well as in man, the prizeman to be selected by the Council. If in the opinion of the Council there has been no suitably outstanding work in that field to justify the award of the Prize in any year in which it should be awarded the Council may in its discretion either award it as a prize for outstanding work in some other field or decide to postpone consideration of the making of an award.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
5 April 2025£2,155£2,268030 October 2025
5 April 2024£2,113£2,913030 January 2025
5 April 2023£1,928£1,121019 June 2024
5 April 2022£1,744£2,20306 February 2024
5 April 2021£60,041£59,86401 February 2024

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
Lloyds Bank Private Banking Limited, UK Trust Centre, Lloyds Banking Group, Ground Floor, 3 City Park, The Droveway, Hove
Website supplied to OSCR
Not supplied
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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