OSCR Scottish charity profile

Carruthers Almshouses / Mrs Mary Carruthers Trust

Known as Mary Carruthers Trust

ActiveCharity number SC011793
Registered18 September 1916
Main locationDumfries And Galloway
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
SC011793
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
A specific local point, community or neighbourhood
Volunteers
0 volunteers
Staff
1
Postcode
DG7 1NA

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

To provide and maintain accommodation for qualifying residents

Charitable purposes

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

Beneficiaries

  • Older People

Activities

  • It carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

The prevention and relief of poverty. The relief of those in need by reason of age, ill health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage.

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£40,874£0£0£0£0£0£29,817£0£0£0129 September 2026
31 December 2024£95,073£0£0£0£0£0£10,797£0£0£0124 September 2025
31 December 2023£41,721£0£0£0£0£0£26,497£0£0£0116 September 2024
31 December 2022£27,198£0£0£0£0£0£19,853£0£0£0127 September 2023
31 December 2021£38,831£0£0£0£0£0£13,063£0£0£014 October 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
Gillespie Gifford & Brown LLP, 135 King Street, Castle Douglas
Website supplied to OSCR
Not supplied
Parent charity
Not supplied
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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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