OSCR Scottish charity profile

Verden Sykes Trust

ActiveCharity number SC007281
Registered8 August 1982
Main locationAberdeen
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
SC007281
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
More than one local authority area in Scotland
Volunteers
0 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
AB22 8TA

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

The only area of charitable activity is the provision of grants to fund the purposes laid down by the Trust. The Trust has been and is successful in this. Assistance is given in the provision of support for the poor and homeless, particularly in the winter months in the local area. Young people have benefited from assistance to undertake voluntary work in an underprivileged area of the world.

Charitable purposes

  • the prevention or relief of poverty
  • the advancement of education
  • the advancement of religion
  • the advancement of citizenship or community development
  • the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
  • any other purpose that may reasonably be regarded as analogous to any of the preceding purposes

Beneficiaries

  • Children or young people
  • Older People
  • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
  • Other charities or voluntary bodies

Activities

  • It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations

Constitutional objectives

1. For the support of Churches and Missions of the Christian Faith, both in Great Britain and elsewhere and in particular but not exclusively for the benefit and support of St.Nicholas Congregational Church, Aberdeen. 2. For the advancement and development of religious education and music, both in Great Britain and elsewhere. 3. For the advancement and development of education for both children and adults in Great Britain and elsewhere. 4. For the support of projects which encourage and promote work for young people, both in Great Britain and elsewhere. 5. For the welfare of the elderly, the weak and the infirm. 6. For the support and encouragement of scientific research into disease and physical and mental disability. 7. For the relief of poverty and the effects of natural disaster in any part of the world. 8. For the payment of pensions to retired ministers. 9. Such other similar charitable purposes as the Trustees may in their absolute discretion decide.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
5 April 2025£121,602£112,89102 September 2025
5 April 2024£242,634£280,56109 October 2024
5 April 2023£151,893£125,893025 October 2023
5 April 2022£21,081£38,58001 November 2022
5 April 2021£165,812£174,49102 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
20 Forvie Circle, Bridge Of Don, Aberdeen
Website supplied to OSCR
Not supplied
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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