OSCR Scottish charity profile

Walter Graham Forsyth Fund

ActiveCharity number SC011564
Registered5 June 1961
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
SC011564
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
Scotland and other parts of the UK
Volunteers
0 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
EH3 9EE

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

The Trust Fund is held for the benefit of such registered charitable institutions as the Trustees in their sole discretion shall select. The Trustees consider each project individually on its merits. In accordance with the Trust's objectives, aims and grant making policy donations are made to organisations directly involved in the provision of charitable services.

Charitable purposes

  • the advancement of education
  • the advancement of health
  • the provision of recreational facilities, or the organisation of recreational activities, with the object of improving the conditions of life for the persons for whom the facilities or activities are primarily intended
  • any other purpose that may reasonably be regarded as analogous to any of the preceding purposes

Beneficiaries

  • Children or young people
  • People with disabilities or health problems
  • Other charities or voluntary bodies

Activities

  • It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations

Constitutional objectives

Do therefore hereby provide and declare that the Trust estate shall be held by the Trustees and by any other person or persons who may be assumed as Trustees here-under and the survivors and survivor of them and the heir-at-law being sui juris of the survivor (hereinafter referred to as “the Trustees) as Trustees and Trustee for the Fund and shall be paid by the Trustee in such amounts and at such time or times as they in their sole discretion shall decide to such non- Nationalised Charitable Institutions and Organisations, formed or to be formed, as the Trustees shall select, provided that no Charitable Institution or Organisation shall be a beneficiary unless it is registered as a Charity.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
5 June 2025£15,289£8,033013 November 2025
5 June 2024£15,058£16,235022 August 2024
5 June 2023£15,611£13,428018 October 2023
5 June 2022£14,122£70,580029 September 2022
5 June 2021£13,251£50,437023 November 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
Princes Exchange, 1 Earl Grey 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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