01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC008108
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- UK and overseas
- Volunteers
- 0 volunteers
- Staff
- 0
- Postcode
- RG17 0TA
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
The trust is an unincorporated trust, constituted under a trust deed dated 20 May 1975. The trust was created for the benefit of the following:- 1. Any charity, charitable institution or institutions. 2. Any needy person who has been continuously employed for one year by GJ Ward of his descendants. 3. Any needy person who is the wife, husband, widow or widower, child or remoter issue of any person listed under 2.
Charitable purposes
- the prevention or relief of poverty
- the advancement of education
- the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
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, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals
- It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
Constitutional objectives
The Trustees shall have power to pay or apply the whole or so much (if any) of the income or capital of the Trust Fund as the Trustees shall think fit to or for the benefit of all or such one or more exclusively of the others or other of the Discretionary Beneficiaries hereinafter defined for the time being in existence if more than one in such proportions and in such manner in all respects as the Trustees shall in their discretion think fit provided always that (i) no such payment or application shall be made otherwise than for charitable purposes only and (ii) the Trustees shall have power at any time to extinguish, restrict or release the said power to pay or apply as aforesaid.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 April 2026 | £36,363 | £36,678 | 0 | 26 June 2026 |
| 5 April 2025 | £23,269 | £30,054 | 0 | 24 September 2025 |
| 5 April 2024 | £25,370 | £32,312 | 0 | 4 September 2024 |
| 5 April 2023 | £21,904 | £26,140 | 0 | 20 November 2023 |
| 5 April 2022 | £18,825 | £36,409 | 0 | 9 September 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
- Chilton Estate Office
- Website supplied to OSCR
- Not supplied
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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