OSCR Scottish charity profile

James Campbell Buchanan Trust

ActiveCharity number SC017689
Registered18 April 1963
Main locationInverclyde
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
SC017689
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
A specific local point, community or neighbourhood
Volunteers
0 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
PA15 1BX

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

The charity was set up to help relieve poverty and does this by making payments to certain charities.

Charitable purposes

  • the prevention or relief of poverty
  • the advancement of citizenship or community development

Beneficiaries

  • Other charities or voluntary bodies

Activities

  • It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations

Constitutional objectives

The prevention and relief of poverty.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
12 July 2025£5,665£9,060017 March 2026
12 July 2024£5,740£9,96005 February 2025
12 July 2023£5,662£7,860029 November 2023
12 July 2022£5,218£7,950021 March 2023
12 July 2021£5,001£9,31001 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
179 Dalrymple Street, Greenock, Renfrewshire
Website supplied to OSCR
Not supplied
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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