OSCR Scottish charity profile

John Oliver Watsons Bounty

ActiveCharity number SC009561
Registered9 May 1919
Main locationScottish Borders
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
SC009561
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
A specific local point, community or neighbourhood
Volunteers
0 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
TD9 9DH

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

The said trustees shall lend out and invest the sums payable to them thereunder in any one or more of the modes in which my Trustees are hereinafter authorised to lend out and invest the funds under their charge and in such proportions as they shall deem proper... and out or the interest, dividends, rents or other produce to be derived therefrom they shall make payment at Christmas yearly of a Bounty not exceeding Five pounds sterling, nor less than Two pounds sterling, each, to as many aged, or sick, or infirm, respectable males or females, in poor or indigent circumstances, residing within the Burgh of Hawick and not in receipt of parochial relief.

Charitable purposes

  • the prevention or relief of poverty

Beneficiaries

  • Older People

Activities

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

Constitutional objectives

The said trustees shall lend out and invest the sums payable to them thereunder in any one or more of the modes in which my Trustees are hereinafter authorised to lend out and invest the funds under their charge and in such proportions as they shall deem proper... and out or the interest, dividends, rents or other produce to be derived therefrom they shall make payment at Christmas yearly of a Bounty not exceeding Five pounds sterling, nor less than Two pounds sterling, each, to as many aged, or sick, or infirm, respectable males or females, in poor or indigent circumstances, residing within the Burgh of Hawick and not in receipt of parochial relief.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
25 December 2025£0£00Not supplied
25 December 2024£6£24011 July 2025
25 December 2023£4£24013 May 2024
25 December 2022£0£24018 May 2023
25 December 2021£0£2408 February 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
13 High Street, Hawick, Roxburghshire
Website supplied to OSCR
Not supplied
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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