OSCR Scottish charity profile

William Harris Institution

ActiveCharity number SC013846
Registered10 October 1894
Main locationDundee 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
SC013846
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
Wider, but within one local authority area
Volunteers
0 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
DD1 4QB

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

The object of the institution as set out in its Constitution is the relief of poverty of pensioners of not less than 52, natives of Dundee or its suburbs or domiciled in Dundee or suburbs for 15 years and with an ordinary place of residence within 6 miles from the centre of Dundee who are in necessitous circumstances

Charitable purposes

  • the prevention or relief of poverty

Beneficiaries

  • Older People

Activities

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

Constitutional objectives

The prevention and relief of poverty

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 December 2025£0£00Not supplied
31 December 2024£146,249£143,06006 March 2025
31 December 2023£22,640£22,426014 March 2024
31 December 2022£8,045£10,460017 February 2023
31 December 2021£4,694£9,80401 March 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
Lindsays LLP, Seabraes House, 18 Greenmarket, Dundee
Website supplied to OSCR
Not supplied
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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