OSCR Scottish charity profile

John Menzies Of Pitfodels Trust Estate Of Charleston

ActiveCharity number SC010101
Registered3 October 1980
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
SC010101
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
More than one local authority area in Scotland
Volunteers
0 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
AB10 1YN

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

Provide grants to Ursulines of Jesus and the Archdiocese of St Andrews and Edinburgh for the advancement of religion, advancement of education and relieving the needs of the poor. Funds are investment and managed to generate income. Trustees regularly review the investments and decide annually on the grants to be made.

Charitable purposes

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

Beneficiaries

  • Other charities or voluntary bodies

Activities

  • It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations

Constitutional objectives

1. That the Trustees may continue to make annual payments from the rents and produce of the Trust funds to the Most Reverend Keith Patrick O’Brien as hitherto for the benefit of the Communities mentioned in Paragraph II hereof for the purposes of the advancement of education and for relieving the wants of the poor 2. That the Trustees may in exercise of the said power make annual payments from the said rents and produce of the Trust funds to the Diocesan Pastoral Centre at Gillis Complex, Edinburgh for the purposes of the advancement of education and for relieving the wants of the poor and for the advancement of religion, said payments to be made to the Most Reverend Keith Patrick O’Brien or to his successor or successors in the Management of the said Diocesan Pastoral Centre

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
30 April 2025£367,178£427,311023 March 2026
30 April 2024£380,492£399,729022 October 2024
30 April 2023£335,749£398,799026 October 2023
30 April 2022£327,341£359,558030 September 2022
30 April 2021£306,999£338,82108 October 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 & Wedderburn LLP, 37 Albyn Place , Aberdeen
Website supplied to OSCR
Not supplied
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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