OSCR Scottish charity profile

Yester Chapel Trust

ActiveCharity number SC017896
Registered28 December 1990
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
SC017896
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
A specific local point, community or neighbourhood
Volunteers
0 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
EH3 8FY

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

The trustees arrange for surveys to be carried out to Yester Chapel to identify necessary work and contracts with professional trades to undertake said work subject to financial constraints.

Charitable purposes

  • the advancement of citizenship or community development

Beneficiaries

  • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community

Activities

  • It carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

The purpose of the Trust is the preservation, upkeep and maintenance of Yester Chapel, Gifford, East Lothian and the family vault of the Tweeddale Family, being an ancient monument: in terms of the Historic Buildings and Ancient Monuments Act 1953 and for which a grant has been obtained from Historic Buildings and Monuments Scotland.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
5 April 2026£77,530£3,175018 August 2026
5 April 2025£2,052£4,651023 September 2025
5 April 2024£1,958£1,387030 July 2024
5 April 2023£1,829£1,315015 August 2023
5 April 2022£1,559£71507 October 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
Shepherd and Wedderburn LLP, 9 Haymarket Square, Edinburgh
Website supplied to OSCR
Not supplied
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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