01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC010585
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- UK and overseas
- Volunteers
- 1-50 volunteers
- Staff
- 0
- Postcode
- ZE1 0XL
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
The Berwin Trust achieves its objectives by giving financial aid to those in need and by taking regular services for the ageing community
Charitable purposes
- the prevention or relief of poverty
- the advancement of religion
- the advancement of health
- the advancement of human rights, conflict resolution or reconciliation
- the promotion of religious or racial harmony
- the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
Beneficiaries
- Children or young people
- Older People
- People with a particular ethnic or racial origin
- No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
- Other charities or voluntary bodies
Activities
- It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
The objects for which the Trust is established are to male grants or loans, with or without interest out of the income or capital of the Trust Fund for any purposes which, in the sole opinion of the Trustees, are for furthering the work of educating the public, and particular communities, organisations or individuals in Christian teaching and spreading the Christian Gospel in the Shetland Island Area in Scotland, and elsewhere in the United Kingdom or abroad and other activities assisting in the furtherance of the foregoing objects: Provided that any such grant or loan is for a purpose charitable in law 'charitable' having the same meaning as in the Income Tax Acts.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 December 2024 | £9,322 | £8,444 | 0 | 26 September 2025 |
| 31 December 2023 | £6,555 | £6,671 | 0 | 30 September 2024 |
| 31 December 2020 | £7,400 | £6,321 | 0 | 5 July 2023 |
| 31 December 2019 | £9,540 | £9,587 | 0 | 5 July 2023 |
| 31 December 2017 | £7,857 | £6,211 | 0 | 5 July 2023 |
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
- Edylhame, Scarfataing, Trondra, Shetland
- Website supplied to OSCR
- Not supplied
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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