OSCR Scottish charity profile

THE CRERAR FAMILY TRUST

ActiveCharity number SC013771
Registered9 June 1947
Main locationEast Lothian
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
SC013771
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Cross Border
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
Operations cover all or most of Scotland
Volunteers
Not supplied
Staff
0
Postcode
EH41 4HG
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OSCR note: Previous legal name The Crerar Trust from 09 June 1947 to 19 May 2026.

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

Charitable purposes

  • the prevention or relief of poverty
  • the advancement of education
  • the advancement of health
  • 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
  • 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

4.2 Subject to the Powers over Capital below, the Trustees shall pay or apply the income of the Trust Fund for such charitable purposes or to such Charities(provided the payment or application is in furtherance of a charitable purpose) as the Trustees think fit.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
5 April 2025£242,886£707,853018 December 2025
5 April 2024£1,336,066£1,070,65503 January 2025
5 April 2023£128,538£165,38904 January 2024
5 April 2022£90,565£89,931013 January 2023
5 April 2021£79,866£163,004023 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
The Mill House, Samuelston, East Lothian
Website supplied to OSCR
Not supplied
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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