01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC016856
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- UK and overseas
- Volunteers
- 0 volunteers
- Staff
- 0
- Postcode
- EH1 1RF
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
The purpose of the Trust is to give financial help to past and present members of both the Edinburgh Academy and Fettes College, to enable them to advance their education or professional training beyond the point at which public funds or university scholarships are available, or when private or family sources alone are not quite adequate for the purpose. The Watt Trust has supported a number of projects over the years and welcomes applications for any kind of financial need applicants may experience as they complete their education or training. The projects may be pioneering or mainstream, but the underlying criteria the Watt Trust relies on to award its grants is that of genuine financial need.
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of education
Beneficiaries
- Children or young people
Activities
- It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals
Constitutional objectives
The objects of the Trust shall be to provide for the furtherance of the education of pupils, bpast and present of the said Fettes College and The Edinburgh Academy (such pupils, past and present being hereinafter referred to as 'qualifying beneficiaries') including without prejudice to the foregoing generality the making avaijlable of financial assistance in the form of grants and/or loans to qualifying beneficiaries for education study and research at schools, colleges, universities and other places of learning and where appropriate study with or under the supervision of experts in their particular field both in the United Kingdom and Abroad.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 April 2025 | £6,902 | £7,799 | 0 | 17 December 2025 |
| 5 April 2024 | £6,413 | £2,000 | 0 | 15 November 2024 |
| 5 April 2023 | £6,191 | £7,950 | 0 | 6 December 2023 |
| 5 April 2022 | £5,561 | £5,500 | 0 | 23 November 2022 |
| 5 April 2021 | £5,782 | £6,472 | 0 | 29 October 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
- The Signet Library, Parliament Square, Edinburgh, 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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