OSCR Scottish charity profile

Adair Houston Of Gretna House Trust

ActiveCharity number SC016379
Registered4 September 1990
Main locationDumfries And Galloway
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
SC016379
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
UK and overseas
Volunteers
0 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
DG16 5EA

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

Gift grants and donations to local organisations to support them

Charitable purposes

  • the prevention or relief of poverty
  • the advancement of education
  • the advancement of religion
  • the advancement of health
  • the advancement of citizenship or community development
  • the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage

Beneficiaries

  • Children or young people
  • Older People
  • People with disabilities or health problems

Activities

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

Constitutional objectives

1. to advance the Christian Religion. 2. to further the aims of any organisation in Gretna and its environs which is itself a charity for tax purposes. 3. to relieve poverty, sickness and distress of persons resident in Scotland. 4. to advance the education of pupils in Scottish schools, Colleges, Universities and like establishments. 5. to encourage , support and promote Arts in general and particularly the visual and performing arts in Scotland. and 6. to further the aims of charitable organisations outwith Scotland with similar objects at the discretion of the Trustees.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
5 April 2025£0£0014 August 2026
5 April 2024£0£0010 December 2024
5 April 2023£2,500£0021 December 2023
5 April 2022£0£499021 December 2022
5 April 2021£2£1,000022 December 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
Gretna Green Ltd, Gretna Green, Dumfries & Galloway
Website supplied to OSCR
Not supplied
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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