OSCR Scottish charity profile

Dr John Anderson's Will Trust

ActiveCharity number SC009388
Registered18 February 1921
Main locationAberdeen
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
SC009388
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
Operations cover all or most of Scotland
Volunteers
0 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
AB33 8PB

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

The Trust is constituted by the Last Will and Testament of the Late Dr John Anderson. The Will allows the Trustees to make annual payments and grants to the Scottish Episcopalian Church and special grants for pious uses decided by the Trustees. The Trust makes annual grants to the Episcopalian Diocese of Aberdeen and Orkney towards projects nominated by the Diocese, to a Sunday School and Clergy nominated by the Diocese, to the needy in the Parishes of Chapel of Garioch and Kemnay and to other Episcopalian Diocese projects at the discretion of the Trustees. The Trust holds property and financial investments, the net income from which is distributed annually in accordance with the terms of the Will.

Charitable purposes

  • the prevention or relief of poverty
  • the advancement of education
  • the advancement of religion

Beneficiaries

  • Other defined groups

Activities

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

Constitutional objectives

The prevention and relief of poverty. The advancement of education. The advancement of religion.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 July 2025£161,762£118,904026 April 2026
31 July 2024£151,491£150,87008 January 2025
31 July 2023£172,060£220,79508 April 2024
31 July 2022£146,686£123,281011 April 2023
31 July 2021£121,957£124,978021 April 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
Willowbank, Bridge of Alford, Alford, Aberdeenshire
Website supplied to OSCR
Not supplied
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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