01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC012887
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- A specific local point, community or neighbourhood
- Volunteers
- 0 volunteers
- Staff
- 0
- Postcode
- ML3 0DW
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
The purpose of the Fund as set out in the Deed of Mortification 1715 is to make provision for the widows and dependents of Church of Scotland ministers with the Presbytery of Hamilton who had subscribed their required quota of entry money to increase the capital of the Fund. purposes. In accordance with the provisions of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 and the Charities Reorganisation (Scotland) Regulations 2007 the purposes were modified effective from 09 December, 2024.
Charitable purposes
- the prevention or relief of poverty
Beneficiaries
- Other defined groups
Activities
- It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals
Constitutional objectives
2 The Trustees will use the funds available, both capital and revenue, to make grants directly to or assist any of the following category of beneficiary who resides within the Presbytery of Forth Valley and Clydesdale geographical area and is in need assist those involved in the Ministry of the Church of Scotland and their families in the following ways: a. any retired person who has been ordained or commissioned for the Ministry of the Church of Scotland. b. any widow, widower and/or orphan of a person who has been ordained or commissioned for the Ministry of the Church of Scotland. c. any spouse or former spouse and/or child (natural or otherwise) of a person who has been ordained or commissioned for the Ministry of the Church of Scotland. and d. anyone involved in active Ministry within the Church of Scotland who is in need. support any family member of a Minister, including a retired Minister, who at the time of the Minister1s death was acting as a Housekeeper to the Minister and is in needy circumstances.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 May 2026 | £0 | £0 | 0 | Not supplied |
| 31 May 2025 | £0 | £0 | 0 | 4 July 2025 |
| 31 May 2024 | £151 | £309 | 0 | 19 June 2024 |
| 31 May 2023 | £46 | £0 | 0 | 31 July 2023 |
| 31 May 2022 | £14 | £0 | 0 | 26 July 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
- Presbytery of Forth Valley & Clydesdale , Rex House, 103 Bothwell Road, Hamilton
- Website supplied to OSCR
- Not supplied
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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