OSCR Scottish charity profile

Miss D M Dawson Trust

ActiveCharity number SC011851
Registered2 September 1919
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
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

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
14 May 2025£74,286£78,432012 February 2026
14 May 2024£71,043£59,029031 January 2025
14 May 2023£72,964£74,092014 February 2024
14 May 2022£72,235£91,77709 February 2023
14 May 2021£43,337£60,015021 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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