OSCR Scottish charity profile

Berwin Trust

ActiveCharity number SC010585
Registered9 April 1987
Main locationShetland Islands
Legal formTrust (founding document is a deed of trust) (other than educational endowment)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 4 November 2026
OSCR charity number
SC010585
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
UK and overseas
Volunteers
0 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
ZE1 0XL

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

The charity makes financial donations in relation to christian activity, education, medical research and disaster relief

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

5 periods
Year endTotal incomeDonationsCharitable activities incomeTrading incomeInvestment incomeOther incomeTotal expenditureRaising fundsCharitable activities spendingOther spendingStaffReturn received
31 December 2025£4,055£0£0£0£0£0£5,209£0£0£0018 October 2026
31 December 2024£9,322£0£0£0£0£0£8,444£0£0£0026 September 2025
31 December 2023£6,555£0£0£0£0£0£6,671£0£0£0030 September 2024
31 December 2019£9,540£0£0£0£0£0£9,587£0£0£005 July 2023
31 December 2017£7,857£0£0£0£0£0£6,211£0£0£005 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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