01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC011851
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- More than one local authority area in Scotland
- Volunteers
- 0 volunteers
- Staff
- 0
- Postcode
- EH3 8BP
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
Investment funds provide the income donations to be made. Trustees meet on a regular basis to discuss and agree the donations to be made.
Charitable purposes
- any other purpose that may reasonably be regarded as analogous to any of the preceding purposes
Beneficiaries
- Other charities or voluntary bodies
Activities
- It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
Constitutional objectives
'The trustees shall pay annually and distribute the free income of the fund known as Miss D M Dawson's residuary estate to charities or charitable institutions and associations in or in the vicinity of Edinburgh, Glasgow and Falkirk and for the fund known as Lady Dawson Brodie's residuary estate to charities or charitable institutions and associations in or in the vicinity of Edinburgh and Falkirk as the trustees may from time to time select and that at such times and in such shares and subject to such conditions if any as my trustees may from time to time determine in their discretion. '
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 May 2025 | £74,286 | £78,432 | 0 | 12 February 2026 |
| 14 May 2024 | £71,043 | £59,029 | 0 | 31 January 2025 |
| 14 May 2023 | £72,964 | £74,092 | 0 | 14 February 2024 |
| 14 May 2022 | £72,235 | £91,777 | 0 | 9 February 2023 |
| 14 May 2021 | £43,337 | £60,015 | 0 | 21 February 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, Midlothian
- Website supplied to OSCR
- Not supplied
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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