01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC009842
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Scotland and other parts of the UK
- Volunteers
- 0 volunteers
- Staff
- 0
- Postcode
- G2 1RW
OSCR note: Charity Name change from Martin Connell Charitable Trust 19-01-1973 to The Meikle Foundation 05-02-2020
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
To allow payments of income or capital to, or for the benefit of, such charitable institutions, societies or organisations as the Trustees may in their absolute discretion may select. Only appeals from registered charities will be considered. They donate predominately to Scottish based charities or charities with a Scottish connection, with a particular emphasis on the Fife and Aberdeen areas. They donate to a wide variety of entities where a small donation which will make a significant impact
Charitable purposes
- the prevention or relief of poverty
- the advancement of education
- the advancement of religion
- the advancement of health
- the saving of lives
- 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
- any other purpose that may reasonably be regarded as analogous to any of the preceding purposes
Beneficiaries
- 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
For payment or application of the revenue of the Trust Fund or such portion thereof as the Trustees shall from time to time in their sole discretion think fit to such of the religious funds and charitable schemes and organisations specified in Schedule I appended hereto and for the benefit of such other religious funds and charitable schemes and organisations having their domicile or carrying on their work in Scotland or England and for such educational and cultural purposes and in the relief of poverty and assistance of socially inadequate persons in Scotland or England all as the Trustees shall in their sole discretion think fit and that in such shares and proportions (with express power to the Trustees to exclude any of the beneficiaries named in the said Schedule if they in their sole discretion shall think fit) and at such times as the Trustees shall in their sole discretion from time to time decide.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 April 2025 | £262,679 | £507,633 | 0 | 30 October 2025 |
| 5 April 2024 | £320,020 | £454,701 | 0 | 25 September 2024 |
| 5 April 2023 | £327,540 | £448,746 | 0 | 8 December 2023 |
| 5 April 2022 | £246,304 | £438,202 | 0 | 2 December 2022 |
| 5 April 2021 | £250,889 | £507,113 | 0 | 13 December 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
- Shepherd and Wedderburn LLP, 1 West Regent Street, Glasgow
- Website supplied to OSCR
- Not supplied
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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