01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC016908
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- UK and overseas
- Volunteers
- 0 volunteers
- Staff
- 0
- Postcode
- EH3 5LR
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
The Sibbald Trust supports work, activities or matters that would not necessarily have had funding from the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. The Trustees liaise with Garden management in assessing grant applications, but maintain independence of thought and deed.
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of education
- the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
- the advancement of environmental protection or improvement
Beneficiaries
- Other defined groups
Activities
- It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals
Constitutional objectives
(one) To promote and encourage financially or otherwise the furtherance of Research and education in any sphere relating to the work of the Botanic Garden. (Two) To promote and encourage financially or otherwise the writing or publicatjion of works on Botany or Horticulture. (Three) To make grants and otherwise subsidise the cost for competent persons to travel and collect plans for the Botanic Garden. (Four) To promote and encourage the fulfilment of any special requests that may be indicated or provided under the terms of any gifts or legacies received by the Trustees provided that the same shall be consistant with the general charitable purposes of the Trust.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 April 2025 | £197,950 | £111,304 | 0 | 8 October 2025 |
| 5 April 2024 | £114,503 | £124,413 | 0 | 21 October 2024 |
| 5 April 2023 | £519,852 | £74,705 | 0 | 15 December 2023 |
| 5 April 2022 | £56,749 | £48,347 | 0 | 2 September 2022 |
| 5 April 2021 | £58,553 | £47,004 | 0 | 10 November 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
- Royal Botanic Garden, 20A Inverleith Row, Edinburgh
- Website supplied to OSCR
- https://sibbaldtrust.com
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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