OSCR Scottish charity profile

Mitchell Bequest

ActiveCharity number SC013478
Registered20 October 1899
Main locationGlasgow City
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
SC013478
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
Operations cover all or most of Scotland
Volunteers
0 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
ML6 6LT

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

The purpose of the charity/trust is to give financial support to clergymen of the Roman Catholic religion in Scotland who may incapacitated by age or infirmity in discharging their duties. This is fulfilled through annual donations to the beneficiaries.

Charitable purposes

  • the prevention or relief of poverty
  • the advancement of religion

Beneficiaries

  • Other defined groups

Activities

  • It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals

Constitutional objectives

The income of the trust-estate shall be applied in the first place, in making allowances of money to clergymen of the Roman Catholic religion canonically affiliated to a diocese in Scotland who may be incapacitated by age or infirmity for the discharge of their clerical duties

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
30 November 2025£31,139£23,90504 June 2026
30 November 2024£28,748£25,735019 March 2025
30 November 2023£28,143£19,368012 March 2024
30 November 2022£24,873£20,230031 May 2023
30 November 2021£27,538£22,023011 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
The Bishop's Conference of Scotland, 64 Aitken Street, Airdrie
Website supplied to OSCR
Not supplied
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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