OSCR Scottish charity profile

William Dawson Trust

ActiveCharity number SC010662
Registered17 April 1874
Main locationCity of Edinburgh
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
SC010662
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
Operations cover all or most of Scotland
Volunteers
0 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
EH3 8BP

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

Charity is set up to make donations to some specific recipients, other public institutions in Edinburgh & Glasgow and provide bursaries to deserving students at Glasgow & Edinburgh universities. Funds are generated from stock exchange investments and the management of a property portfolio.

Charitable purposes

  • the advancement of education
  • the advancement of health
  • the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage

Beneficiaries

  • Other charities or voluntary bodies

Activities

  • It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations

Constitutional objectives

Providing annual bursaries for assisting and encouraging deserving young men and women at the University of Edinburgh, in the prosecution of their education Augmenting the income of such Public Institutions in Edinburgh or Glasgow as my trustees deem most deserving and as have their object the relief, or cure, of bodily disease, or the care maintenance or support of persons afflicted with bodily infirmity

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 December 2025£138,192£179,36207 July 2026
31 December 2024£134,027£208,944029 September 2025
31 December 2023£139,953£178,52507 June 2024
31 December 2022£136,790£184,74301 June 2023
31 December 2021£138,730£140,622029 September 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
Brodies LLP, Captial Square, 58 Morrison 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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