01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC006400
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- UK and overseas
- Volunteers
- 0 volunteers
- Staff
- 2
- Postcode
- EH9 3DW
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
The Darwin Trust of Edinburgh promotes education and research in the natural sciences, especially molecular biology. It primarily provides PhD studentships to support individuals who are not eligible for UK tuition fees, enabling them to pursue doctoral studies in biological or biomedical sciences at selected universities and research institutions. The Trust also offers undergraduate scholarships to support international students and occasionally provides grants to the University of Edinburgh for scientific initiatives and public engagement with science.
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of education
- the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
Beneficiaries
- Children or young people
- Other defined groups
Activities
- It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals
- It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
Constitutional objectives
To promote education and research in the Natural Sciences as such term as may be defined by the Secretary to the Royal Society but in particular for education and research in Molecular Biology and without restricting that general purpose to apply such funds and property for the purposes of maintaining, improving and developing the facilities for the teaching of undergraduates, for post graduate work, for research or for any other purpose in the development of the Natural Sciences and inparticular Molecular Biology in the University of Edinburgh or elsewhere all subjects as appropriate to the granting of all necessary consents of the Senatus Academicus, University Court, Dean of the Faculty of Science and the then Professor of Molecular Biology in the University of Edinburgh or similar bodies in any other University.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £2,798,013 | £5,618,278 | 2 | 17 October 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £22,670,849 | £5,611,482 | 2 | 16 October 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £1,986,727 | £4,455,548 | 2 | 29 November 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | £1,919,014 | £4,371,456 | 2 | 18 October 2022 |
| 31 March 2021 | £2,016,553 | £3,895,311 | 2 | 1 November 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
- School of Biological Sciences, Room 2.1 , Mary Brück Building, Colin Maclaurin Road, King's Buildings, Edinburgh
- Website supplied to OSCR
- darwintrust.bio.ed.ac.uk
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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