OSCR Scottish charity profile

Mccrone Charitable Trust

Known as The McCrone Charitable Trust

ActiveCharity number SC015385
Registered31 March 1936
Main locationRenfrewshire
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
SC015385
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
Scotland and other parts of the UK
Volunteers
0 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
PA1 1UT

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

For the relief of poverty. For the advancement of education. For the advancement of religion and for any other purpose beneficial to the community which, in law is charitable.

Charitable purposes

  • the prevention or relief of poverty
  • the advancement of education
  • the advancement of religion
  • the advancement of health
  • the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
  • the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
  • the advancement of animal welfare

Beneficiaries

  • Children or young people
  • Older People

Activities

  • It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations

Constitutional objectives

For the relief of poverty. For the advancement of education. For the advancement of religion and for any other purpose beneficial to the community which, in law is charitable.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 August 2025£18,537£14,16704 March 2026
31 August 2024£26,589£4,99007 May 2025
31 August 2023£10,459£19,018029 May 2024
31 August 2022£18,725£16,63009 May 2023
31 August 2021£17,682£7,390022 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
Donn Sheldon, 21 Forbes Place, Paisley
Website supplied to OSCR
Not supplied
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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