OSCR Scottish charity profile

Macleod Foundation

ActiveCharity number SC014401
Registered6 April 1982
Main locationCity of Edinburgh
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
SC014401
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
Scotland and other parts of the UK
Volunteers
0 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
EH3 9EE

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

Whilst the Trustees have wide discretion and the principal purpose is stated to be:- 'The encouragement of education, primarily in sport and the establishment of Scholarships at Universities, Colleges or other educational institutions in the United Kingdom primarily for sport.' The Foundation currently supports a number of Sports Scholarships at the University of Stirling.

Charitable purposes

  • the advancement of education
  • the advancement of public participation in sport
  • 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

To hold and administer The Fund for the purposes of The Foundation namely the encouragement of education primarily in sport and the establishment of scholarships at universities, colleges or other educational institutions in the United Kingdom primarily for sport Declaring that so far as possible the sport principally to be aided by the Trustees shall be golf and that the universities or colleges or other educational institutions shall be in Scotland all without prejudice to their absolute discretion to choose the scholars.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
5 April 2026£0£00Not supplied
5 April 2025£33,873£142,727012 December 2025
5 April 2024£35,207£30,31305 December 2024
5 April 2023£37,080£70,636017 October 2023
5 April 2022£40,437£97,465030 June 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
Princes Exchange, 1 Earl Grey Street, Edinburgh
Website supplied to OSCR
Not supplied
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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