OSCR Scottish charity profile

Isobella Kerr's Trust

ActiveCharity number SC017790
Registered5 April 1991
Main locationWest Dunbartonshire
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
SC017790
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
A specific local point, community or neighbourhood
Volunteers
0 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
G83 0DB

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

This is a discretionary trust set up following the death of Miss Isobella Kerr of Alexandria. Her wishes were that older members of the congregation of Alexandria St Andrews Church should benefit from income arising from a legacy bequeathed by her. Funds have been regularly channelled into the running of support services for elderly including transportation to enable attendance at church services and functions.

Charitable purposes

  • the prevention or relief of poverty
  • the advancement of religion
  • 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

  • Older People
  • Other defined groups

Activities

  • It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals
  • It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
  • It carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

It is my intention to benefit the Parish Church of St. Andrews, Alexandria and that the Kirk Session and the Board of Management, each appoint one representative to act along with the Minister as trustee to hold the Trust Funds and to distribute the income therefrom as hereinafter directed

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
30 November 2025£13,551£5,489020 August 2026
30 November 2024£14,738£6,505014 August 2025
30 November 2023£11,521£5,284014 August 2024
30 November 2022£11,404£2,758015 August 2023
30 November 2021£8,335£2,189019 August 2022

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
Stirling & Gilmour LLP
Website supplied to OSCR
Not supplied
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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