01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC010896
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- A specific local point, community or neighbourhood
- Volunteers
- 1-50 volunteers
- Staff
- 0
- Postcode
- AB55 5FT
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
The charity is set up for the relief of poverty, by way of a distribution annually at Christmas season, in persons over the age of 60 years who are memebers of St Rufus Church, Keith or North Church, Keith.
Charitable purposes
- the prevention or relief of poverty
- any other purpose that may reasonably be regarded as analogous to any of the preceding purposes
Beneficiaries
- Older People
Activities
- It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals
Constitutional objectives
The Dick Fund Trustees to be Trustees for the purpose of holding the said balance, paid to the said William Harry Melven and the said Ministers and the acceptors or acceptor of them, as before provided as a Fund for the purpose hereinafter mentioned. And I direct the Dick Fund Trustees at each Christmas Season to divide the free annual income of the investments held by them, as the Dick Fund Trustees among such members, male and female, of said Churches as are over sixty years of age, and are, in the opinion of the Dick Fund Trustees, poor and deserving of assistance, and that, in such proportions as the Dick Fund Trustees (who shall be the sole judges thereof) may consider right and proper.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Total income | Donations | Charitable activities income | Trading income | Investment income | Other income | Total expenditure | Raising funds | Charitable activities spending | Other spending | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 June 2025 | £7,856 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £3,525 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 0 | 27 April 2026 |
| 1 June 2024 | £3,236 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £3,551 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 0 | 18 October 2024 |
| 1 June 2023 | £3,592 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £4,599 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 0 | 20 October 2023 |
| 1 June 2022 | £592 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £3,098 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 0 | 1 March 2023 |
| 1 June 2019 | £3,433 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £15,138 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 0 | 16 November 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
- 9 Nelson Court, Keith
- Website supplied to OSCR
- Not supplied
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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