OSCR Scottish charity profile

Sir Maxwell Harper Gow Charitable Trust

ActiveCharity number SC008344
Registered29 October 1976
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
SC008344
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
Scotland and other parts of the UK
Volunteers
0 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
TD10 6UN

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

The Trust is wholly grantmaking and does not undertake operations of its own. It is the policy of the Trustees to use income of the Trust Fund and, where appropriate, to make grants concentrating principally but not exclusively in supporting the arts and young people's activities and local and Scottish charities

Charitable purposes

  • the advancement of education
  • the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
  • the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
  • 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
  • Other charities or voluntary bodies

Activities

  • It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations

Constitutional objectives

The Trustees shall hold the Trust Fund and the income thereof to pay or apply the same to or for the benefit or in furtherance of such purposes, objects or institutions charitable in law and in such proportions and manner as the Trustees shall from time to time in their absolute discretion think fit: Provided always that in exercising their discretion as aforesaid the Trustees shall give primary consideration to the wishes of those persons who gift or lend funds to the Trust but this proviso shall impose no binding obligation on the Trustees.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
6 October 2025£12,217£27,280019 May 2026
6 October 2024£13,605£36,832027 February 2025
6 October 2023£10,395£36,191010 June 2024
6 October 2022£12,834£74,22803 April 2023
6 October 2021£12,460£21,30805 January 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
Rowchester House, Greenlaw, Duns, Berwickshire
Website supplied to OSCR
Not supplied
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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