OSCR Scottish charity profile

Tal Fund

ActiveCharity number SC007086
Registered22 April 1980
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
SC007086
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
UK and overseas
Volunteers
0 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
EH4 6LS

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

This charity was set up to provide regular donations to charities chosen by trustees. Historically we have mainly supported children's charities across Scotland, but are open to all worldwide charities, especially those connected to children's issues. We sometimes have a surplus in a year, but generally over distribute the following year.

Charitable purposes

  • the prevention or relief of poverty
  • the advancement of health
  • the provision of recreational facilities, or the organisation of recreational activities, with the object of improving the conditions of life for the persons for whom the facilities or activities are primarily intended
  • the advancement of animal welfare

Beneficiaries

  • Children or young people
  • People with disabilities or health problems
  • 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

The Trustees shall hold manage and administer the Trust Estate as a Charitable Trust for the purpose of making donations or subscriptions or grants or payments or benefits in any other way from the income and if thought fit also from the capital of the Trust Estate to such charitable bodies or organisations or purposes as the Trustees may decide which are recognised at the time of payment as charitable by the Comissioners of Inland Revenue.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
5 April 2025£21,378£13,162024 November 2025
5 April 2024£19,984£22,077013 November 2024
5 April 2023£17,150£25,521030 November 2023
5 April 2022£17,551£13,587021 November 2022
5 April 2021£16,778£16,17404 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
54 Gamekeepers Road, Edinburgh
Website supplied to OSCR
Not supplied
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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