OSCR Scottish charity profile

The Church Of Scotland Trust

ActiveCharity number SC020269
Registered19 August 1955
Main locationCity of Edinburgh
Legal formStatutory corporation (Royal Charter etc)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC020269
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
UK and overseas
Volunteers
0 volunteers
Staff
2
Postcode
EH2 4YN

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

The principal function of the Trust is to act as administrative trustees. The Trustees hold properties outwith Scotland on behalf of Church of Scotland bodies and act as Trustees in a number of Third Party Trusts which benefit areas of work undertaken by FAPLT, Committees and Congregations of the Church of Scotland. The Trust also fulfills governance responsibilities on the direction of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland

Charitable purposes

  • the advancement of religion

Beneficiaries

  • Other defined groups
  • Other charities or voluntary bodies

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

The advancement of Religion

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 December 2025£808,054£810,89928 July 2026
31 December 2024£786,394£790,02025 March 2025
31 December 2023£787,875£785,650224 July 2024
31 December 2022£797,793£786,301220 March 2023
31 December 2021£427,806£423,346230 June 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
Church of Scotland Law Department, 121 George Street, Edinburgh
Website supplied to OSCR
Not supplied
Parent charity
The Church of Scotland · SC011353

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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