OSCR Scottish charity profile

Northwood Charitable Trust

ActiveCharity number SC014487
Registered28 March 1972
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
SC014487
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
Operations cover all or most of Scotland
Volunteers
0 volunteers
Staff
3
Postcode
DD1 1LN

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

To mainly assist Dundee and Tayside based charities by way of giving grants, the Trustees meet regularly to consider the distribution of income in terms of the Trusts purpose

Charitable purposes

  • any other purpose that may reasonably be regarded as analogous to any of the preceding purposes

Beneficiaries

  • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
  • Other charities or voluntary bodies

Activities

  • It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations

Constitutional objectives

(i) to or for the benefit of such one or more c£ the following charitable institutions as the Trustees in their discretion may from time to time select, videlicet:- The National Trust for Scotland for Places of historic interest or natural beauty, Five Charlotte Square, Edinburgh. The Royal National Life-Boat Institution, Forty two Grosvenor Gardens, London. The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, One hundred and five Jermyn Street, London. The Earl Haig Fund (Scotland), Twenty-three Drumsheugh Gardens, Edinburgh. Dr. Bernardo's, Tanner's Lane, Barkingside, Ilford,Essex. The British SailorS Society (at Home and Abroad), Six hundred and eighty Commercial Road, London, E.14. The Soottish Naval, Military and Air Force Veterans Residence, Rosendaol, Broughty Ferry, Dundee. The Chest and Heart Association, Tavistock House North, Tavistock Square, London. and The Cancer Research Campaign, Two Carlton House Terrace, London, SWJ.. or (ii) to or for the benefit of such other charitable institution or charitable institutions as the Trustees in their discretion may from time to time select. or (iii) in implementing or assisting to implement any charitable purpose or charitable purposes which the Trustees in their uncontrolled discretion may from time to time by Minute resolve upon.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
5 April 2025£4,284,730£5,032,008311 November 2025
5 April 2024£4,576,894£5,371,94034 October 2024
5 April 2023£4,157,808£5,379,26734 December 2023
5 April 2022£3,454,103£3,278,729328 February 2023
5 April 2021£3,041,463£4,519,14835 January 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
22 Meadowside, 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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