01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC011856
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Overseas only
- Volunteers
- 1-50 volunteers
- Staff
- 0
- Postcode
- KW17 2AS
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
Endowed (income & capital) to provide educational support to institutions in the former British Africa (now Commonwealth) via grants of £500 to £15,000 per annum. Major grants are now allocated until charity winds up by about 2028 but minor grants up to £2,000 can still be applied for.
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of education
Beneficiaries
- Children or young people
- No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
Activities
- It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
Constitutional objectives
The Trustees shall hold the Trust Fund and the income thereof and shall from time to time make such payments out of income and also if they shall think fit out of capital to or for the benefit of such members of the discretionary class as hereinafter defined as the Trustees in their absolute, final and uncontrolled discretion may select for the purpose of assisting in the education or further education at secondary, grammar or high schools or at universities or technical colleges of such persons or for the serving of professional or trade apprenticeships and study for professional or trade examinations by such persons or otherwise for such educational purposes deemed by them to be for the benefit of any person or persons being members of the discretionary class as the Trustees shall, without any restriction whatsoever, think fit.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £10,322 | £160,427 | 0 | 15 December 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £11,040 | £22,346 | 0 | 4 July 2025 |
| 31 March 2023 | £12,341 | £12,400 | 0 | 14 November 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | £11,222 | £23,076 | 0 | 17 February 2023 |
| 31 March 2021 | £10,973 | £12,106 | 0 | 29 December 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
- C/O Leo Martini-Brown, 12 Whitehall, Whitehall, Stronsay, Orkney
- Website supplied to OSCR
- Not supplied
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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