OSCR Scottish charity profile

The Barbour Watson Trust

ActiveCharity number SC007331
Registered18 September 1925
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
SC007331
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
A specific local point, community or neighbourhood
Volunteers
0 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
EH3 8FY

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

The trustees award funds to students undertaking gynaecological research at the University of Edinburgh.

Charitable purposes

  • the advancement of health

Beneficiaries

  • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community

Activities

  • It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals
  • It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations

Constitutional objectives

For the furtherance of research in Gynecology in the University of Edinburgh.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 October 2025£7,689£19,47005 May 2026
31 October 2024£8,126£16,508018 March 2025
31 October 2023£8,018£16,811015 August 2024
31 October 2022£7,476£16,03305 April 2023
31 October 2021£7,469£16,967016 March 2022

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
Shepherd and Wedderburn LLP, 9 Haymarket Square, 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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