OSCR Scottish charity profile

William Simon Wilson Charitable Trust

ActiveCharity number SC007519
Registered17 July 1983
Main locationSouth Ayrshire
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
SC007519
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
Scotland and other parts of the UK
Volunteers
0 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
EH3 6SS

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

Per Trust Deed

Charitable purposes

  • the prevention or relief of poverty
  • the advancement of education
  • the advancement of religion
  • the advancement of health
  • the saving of lives
  • the advancement of citizenship or community development
  • the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
  • the advancement of public participation in sport
  • 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 human rights, conflict resolution or reconciliation
  • the advancement of environmental protection or improvement
  • the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
  • the advancement of animal welfare
  • any other purpose that may reasonably be regarded as analogous to any of the preceding purposes

Beneficiaries

  • Children or young people
  • Older People
  • People with disabilities or health problems
  • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
  • 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

(Primo) The Trustees shall in their selection of these purposes, institutions, foundations, bodies or trusts as are charitable in law take into consideration and pay special regard to (a) the advancement of religion and education, and (b) the relief of poverty, suffering, disease, sickness, infirmity, age, distress, and the physically and mentally handicapped, all whether in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland or elsewhere. (secundo) that the Trustees may in implement of but subject always to the primary trust purposes or anyone or more of them (a) provide or make payment to proper objects of charity of scholarships, bursaries, prizes, allowances, fees, costs and expenses of and for religious, educational, training, instructional, cultural, medical, surgical, nursing, curative, research, recreative, welfare, board, maintenance and other facilities, services, requisites, appliances, equipment, accomodation and materials, and food, fuel and other necessaries, grants of all kinds, including loans with or without security and whether at interest or free of interest, all as the Trustees in their sole discretion shall determine, whether in money or in kind and (b) make contributions or donations to or otherwise assist and subsidise any established charitable institution, foundation, body or trust having as or including among their purposes purposes similar to the primary trust purposes or anyone or more of them.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
5 April 2025£42,400£49,23101 December 2025
5 April 2024£40,056£45,961016 December 2024
5 April 2023£51,110£41,57704 December 2023
5 April 2022£38,369£41,372011 October 2022
5 April 2021£31,443£33,518015 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
24 Royal Circus, 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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