OSCR Scottish charity profile

Allan Bruce Bequest

ActiveCharity number SC014038
Registered20 July 1895
Main locationInverclyde
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
SC014038
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
Wider, but within one local authority area
Volunteers
0 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
PA16 8PP

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

The Trust implements the Testamentary wishes of the late Allan Bruce who died in the 19th Century. It provides financial support to people providing a missionary- type function to religious parishes within the Inverclyde Community.

Charitable purposes

  • the advancement of religion

Beneficiaries

  • Other defined groups

Activities

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

Constitutional objectives

The advancement of religion.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 May 2025£2,338£3,37303 February 2026
31 May 2024£4,072£3,134025 October 2024
31 May 2023£37,279£36,467027 October 2023
31 May 2022£1,456£2,23405 October 2022
31 May 2021£1,401£1,882022 September 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
Patten & Prentice, Solicitors, 2 Ardgowan Square, Greenock
Website supplied to OSCR
Not supplied
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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