OSCR Scottish charity profile

J I McC Salvesen's Charitable Trust

ActiveCharity number SC012767
Registered8 August 1985
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
SC012767
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
Scotland and other parts of the UK
Volunteers
0 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
EH1 2ER

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

The Trust has been established for charitable purposes only. The trustees are to apply the Trust Fund and the net annual income therefrom for the benefit of such purposes, objects or institutions which the law regards as charitable in such shares and proportions as they may from time to time in their discretion think fit. Although the objectives are fairly wide, the trustees have tended to favour organisations concerned with the alleviation of suffering in the seriously and terminally ill and by virtue of their donations the trustees aim to assist in provision of care and carers for the seriously ill or terminally ill.

Charitable purposes

  • the advancement of citizenship or community development
  • the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage

Beneficiaries

  • Other charities or voluntary bodies

Activities

  • It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations

Constitutional objectives

The trustees shall hold the trust fund and the income thereof to pay or apply the same to or for the benefit of or in furtherance of such purposes, objects or intitutions charitable in law and in such proportions and manner as the trustees shall from time to time in their absolute discretion think fit

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
15 March 2025£17,310£16,842019 November 2025
15 March 2024£204,248£12,921013 December 2024
15 March 2023£11,147£4,449012 December 2023
15 March 2022£9,874£4,350010 November 2022
15 March 2021£8,669£2,45709 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 Jeffrey Crawford & Co, 25 Castle Terrace, 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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