01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC009431
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Scotland and other parts of the UK
- Volunteers
- 0 volunteers
- Staff
- 0
- Postcode
- DD14BJ
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
To hold and administer The Fund for the purposes of The Foundation, namely the encouragement of education and research primarily in oriental languages and culture and the award of scholarships, grants and bursaries at universities, colleges or other educational institutions in the United Kingdom primarily for these subjects.
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of education
- the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
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
I DIRECT the Trustees to hold the Fund for the following purposes: ... (Two) To hold and administer The Fund for the purposes of The Foundation namely the encouragement of education and research primarily in oriental languages and culture and the award of scholarships grants and bursaries at universities colleges or other educational institutions in the United Kingdom primarily for these subjects DECLARING that so far as possible the Trustees shall give effect to my wishes that the subjects principally to be encouraged shall be oriental and that the university shall be the University of St. Andrews all without prejudice to their absolute discretion to choose the scholars research students or bursars and the subjects and the universities or colleges or other educational institutions.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 April 2026 | £23,577 | £25,634 | 0 | 17 August 2026 |
| 5 April 2025 | £23,168 | £27,803 | 0 | 5 January 2026 |
| 5 April 2024 | £23,591 | £19,628 | 0 | 11 September 2024 |
| 5 April 2023 | £20,507 | £32,056 | 0 | 6 October 2023 |
| 5 April 2022 | £21,508 | £32,040 | 0 | 9 December 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 Law LLP, Whitehall House, 33 Yeaman Shore, Dundee, Scotland
- Website supplied to OSCR
- Not supplied
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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