OSCR Scottish charity profile

St Andrews Welfare Trust

ActiveCharity number SC008660
Registered20 February 1913
Main locationFife
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
SC008660
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
A specific local point, community or neighbourhood
Volunteers
0 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
DD1 4BJ

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

Trust Income is to be used to provide the following to persons resident in or near St Andrews:-1. Financial assistance towards sickness and convalescence expenses. 2. Financial assistance to elderly persons in special circumstances of need either individually or through Old Peoples Welfare Associations including making payments towards the cost of domestic or home nursing assistance. 3. Contributions towards the funds of nursing, medical and casualty organisations carrying on work in St Andrews and district, and 4. Financial assistance for young persons in special circumstances of need

Charitable purposes

  • the prevention or relief of poverty

Beneficiaries

  • Children or young people
  • Older People

Activities

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

Constitutional objectives

The income from the Capital of the Trust Funds shall be used at the discretion of the Trustees:- (a) To provide financial assistance towards the expenses incurred during sickness and convalescence in so far as the expenses are outwith the provisions of the National Health Service, to persons normally resident in or near St. Andrews who are unable to meet such expenses. (b) To provide financial assistance to elderly persons normally resident in or near St. Andrews in special circumstances of need either individually or through Old Peoples Welfare Associations carrying on work in or near St. Andrews including making payment of or towards the cost of domestic or home nursing assistance required by such elderly persons: provided that such assistance shall be in supplement of and not in substitution for funds provided by national or local authorities. (c) To make contributions towards the funds of Nursing Medical or Casualty Organisations carrying on work in St. Andrews and District: provided that such assistance shall be in supplement of and not in substitution for funds provided by national of local authorities. (d) To provide financial assistance for young persons normally resident in or near St. Andrews who are in special circumstances of need: provided that such assistance shall be in supplement of and not in substitution for funds provided by national or local authorities.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 December 2025£0£00Not supplied
31 December 2024£80,447£36,735016 September 2025
31 December 2023£54,978£20,022017 June 2024
31 December 2022£4,050£35,63306 June 2023
31 December 2021£25,785£27,509029 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
Thorntons, Whitehall House, 33 Yeaman Shore , Dundee
Website supplied to OSCR
Not supplied
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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