OSCR Scottish charity profile

Darroch Charitable Trust

ActiveCharity number SC018378
Registered12 October 1991
Main locationGlasgow City
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
SC018378
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
Scotland and other parts of the UK
Volunteers
0 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
G1 3PE

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

Appeals from charitable organisations are collected by the solicitors and passed to the Trustees for consideration, The Trustees then instruct the solicitors to issue cheques to the successful applicants

Charitable purposes

  • the prevention or relief of poverty
  • the advancement of health
  • the advancement of citizenship or community development
  • the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
  • the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage

Beneficiaries

  • Other charities or voluntary bodies

Activities

  • It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations

Constitutional objectives

The Trustees in their discretion may from time to time consider appropriate which in their nature beneficial to the community. without prejudice to the foregoing generality this shall include:- (1)To make contribution to, or otherwise in any way to support, in any manner the trustees may in their discretion consider proper, medical research into any disease, illness or disability. (2)To make contributions to, or otherwise in anyway to support, in any manner the trustees may in their discretion consider proper, hospitals, nursing homes, convalescent homes, institutions, associations, and societies which are charitable in there objects, the relief of suffering or the provision of accommodation for or assistance to persons who are old, young, underprivileged or suffering from any form of disease, illness or incapacity. (3)To make contributions to, or otherwise in any way to support, in any manner the Trustees may in their discretion consider proper, the advancement of education. (4)To make contributions to, or otherwise in any way to support, in any manner the Trustees may in their discretion think proper, the relief of poverty. (5)To make contributions to, or otherwise in any way to support, in any manner the trustees may in their discretion think proper, advance of religion (6)To make contributions to, or otherwise in any way to support in any manner the trustees may in their discretion think proper, the promotion of music.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 May 2025£18,303£29,10406 January 2026
31 May 2024£18,964£45,36208 January 2025
31 May 2023£17,233£42,44004 January 2024
31 May 2022£17,575£41,575024 January 2023
31 May 2021£20,949£11,118011 April 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
Harper MacLeod LLP, The Ca'd'oro, 45 Gordon Street, Glasgow
Website supplied to OSCR
Not supplied
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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