OSCR Scottish charity profile

Bell's Nautical Trust

ActiveCharity number SC017199
Registered22 November 1939
Main locationCity of Edinburgh
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
SC017199
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
Operations cover all or most of Scotland
Volunteers
0 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
EH39 4NA

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

Manage an endowment which supports donations to promote maritime education in Scotland

Charitable purposes

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

Beneficiaries

  • Other defined groups

Activities

  • It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations

Constitutional objectives

The advancmement of education.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
5 April 2025£12,150£22,39009 December 2025
5 April 2024£13,063£20,813026 August 2024
5 April 2023£11,476£23,490031 August 2023
5 April 2022£9,411£29,991020 October 2022
5 April 2021£8,853£25,80404 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
15 Hamilton Road, North Berwick
Website supplied to OSCR
www.bellsnauticaltrust.com
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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