01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC009985
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Overseas only
- Volunteers
- 0 volunteers
- Staff
- 0
- Postcode
- EH3 8HE
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
The objectives of the Trust are to help encourage and foster educational missionary work in India and in Northern China. The Trustees have wide powers to apply the income and capital as they deem appropriate.
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of education
Beneficiaries
- No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
Activities
- It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
Constitutional objectives
I hereby direct and declare that the said Charles Forbes Ridland and I the said Alexander Hugh Freeland Barbour shall hold the said Shares or the proceeds thereof or any investment which may be substituted thereof, IN TRUST for the purpose of furthering educational Missionary work in India or in Northern China.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 October 2025 | £7,601 | £7,826 | 0 | 21 April 2026 |
| 31 October 2024 | £7,635 | £8,646 | 0 | 11 December 2024 |
| 31 October 2023 | £7,243 | £10,999 | 0 | 10 January 2024 |
| 31 October 2022 | £42,968 | £42,759 | 0 | 2 February 2023 |
| 31 October 2021 | £28,587 | £27,180 | 0 | 1 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
- Lindsays LLP, Caledonian Exchange, 19a Canning Street, Edinburgh
- Website supplied to OSCR
- Not supplied
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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