OSCR Scottish charity profile

The Brian and Margaret Cooper Trust

ActiveCharity number SC017891
Registered4 March 1987
Main locationAberdeen
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
SC017891
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
Wider, but within one local authority area
Volunteers
0 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
AB10 1QR

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

Provision of grants to any young journalist or journalists, under the age of thirty, born or then working in Aberdeen or the North East and North of Scotland (which area shall be deemed to extend as far south as, but no further than Stonehaven, and shall also include Orkney and the Shetland Islands), for maintenance in times of need. for the furthering of education, whether by way of travel or instruction and for the maintenance of his or her dependants in time of need. The trustees have full liberty to make distributions to any young journalist as hereinbefore defined for such other charitable purposes as they may think proper. Trust Funding Applications are promoted through Peterkins website & by word of mouth through Aberdeen Journals.

Charitable purposes

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

Beneficiaries

  • Other defined groups

Activities

  • It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals

Constitutional objectives

(Primo) for his or her maintenance in time of need: (Secundo) for the furthering of his or her education whether by way of travel or instruction

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
30 September 2025£41£7,438026 January 2026
30 September 2024£1,771£9,95902 April 2025
30 September 2023£4,431£3,374028 March 2024
30 September 2022£4,035£2,860031 May 2023
30 September 2021£4,082£2,669014 January 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
100 Union Street, Aberdeen
Website supplied to OSCR
Not supplied
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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