01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC017964
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- UK and overseas
- Volunteers
- 0 volunteers
- Staff
- 0
- Postcode
- EH3 6AQ
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
The Trustees awards grants to institutions and individuals as they may determine and they administer three distinct sponsorship schemes 1. grant to instituions in which the late 3rd Earl of Inchcape took a personal interest or which members of the Inchcape Family or those associated with them have a special connection. 2. financial assistance to elderly individuals living in or in the vicinity of Glenapp Estate. and 3. educational scholarships
Charitable purposes
- the prevention or relief of poverty
- the advancement of education
- the advancement of religion
- the advancement of health
- the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
- the advancement of environmental protection or improvement
- the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
- any other purpose that may reasonably be regarded as analogous to any of the preceding purposes
Beneficiaries
- Other charities or voluntary bodies
Activities
- It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals
- It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
Constitutional objectives
The Trustees shall have power in their discretion at any time or times to pay or apply the whole or any part or parts of the income or capital of the Trust Fund for the following charitable purposes:- (a) relief of poverty. (b) advancement of education. (c) advancement of religion. (d) advancement of health. (e) advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science. (f) advancement of environmental protection or improvement. (g) relief of those in need through age, ill health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage. and (h) any other purpose similar to any of the preceding purposes. declaring that the expression 11 charitable purpose11 shall mean a charitable purpose under Section 7 of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 which is also regarded as a charitable purpose in relation to the application of the Taxes Acts.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 April 2025 | £250,821 | £260,427 | 0 | 20 December 2025 |
| 5 April 2024 | £237,225 | £269,185 | 0 | 16 December 2024 |
| 5 April 2023 | £222,701 | £243,617 | 0 | 17 January 2024 |
| 5 April 2022 | £236,062 | £199,735 | 0 | 16 December 2022 |
| 5 April 2021 | £133,421 | £147,704 | 0 | 13 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
- Murray Beith Murray Solicitors, 3 Glenfinlas Street, 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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