OSCR Scottish charity profile

The Hugh Fraser Foundation

ActiveCharity number SC009303
Registered14 June 1960
Main locationGlasgow City
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
SC009303
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
Operations cover all or most of Scotland
Volunteers
0 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
G2 5SG

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

The funds of the foundation are to be applied at the sole discretion of the Trustees for charitable purposes, particularly in Scotland but also elsewhere at the Trustees discretion. The foundation makes donations to charities working in many different sectors and are prepared to enter into commitments over a period of time by making grants in successive years. They also consider one off donations. The foundation's ability to make meaningful donations is reliant on income and investment returns from it's investment portfolio.

Charitable purposes

  • the prevention or relief of poverty
  • the advancement of education
  • the advancement of health
  • the advancement of citizenship or community development
  • the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
  • the advancement of public participation in sport
  • 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
  • Other defined groups
  • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
  • Other charities or voluntary bodies

Activities

  • It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations

Constitutional objectives

This Foundation is created for charitable purposes only within thc meaning assigned thereto by the Law for the time being in force in Scotland and the Funds of the Foundation shall be applicable in the sole discretion of the Foundation Trustees, both as to capitaI and income, for such charitable purposes only: declaring that any person, fund, institution or society may be an object or beneficiary of the Foundation whether they are situate or established in Scotland or elsewhere :

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 March 2025£2,701,384£3,633,675011 September 2025
31 March 2024£2,655,593£2,839,308019 September 2024
31 March 2023£2,495,311£3,177,200018 September 2023
31 March 2022£2,483,985£2,512,050027 September 2022
31 March 2021£2,497,517£2,889,935028 September 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
180 St Vincent Street, Glasgow
Website supplied to OSCR
www.turcanconnell.com/the-hugh-fraser-foundation/
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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