01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC020424
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- UK and overseas
- Volunteers
- 0 volunteers
- Staff
- 0
- Postcode
- EH9 3FE
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
To fund extracurricular field and other studies carried out by Earth Science students in the School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh.
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of education
Beneficiaries
- Other defined groups
Activities
- It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals
Constitutional objectives
The trustees shall hold and apply the income and so much, including the whole, of the capital of the trust fund for the ends hereinbefore briefly set forth through the makinq to such of the discretionary objects, such grants, on such terms , at such times ,and in such amounts as they in their uncontrolled discretion shall from time to time think f i t . Such grants may be made either (a) to the department to enable it to provide or assist in the provision of such educational field work studies and relative necessary equipment as the trustees may approve for students who would not, but for the making of such grants, in any prescribed course of study take take part in work of the approved nature. or (b) to such individual students, for such extra-curricular activities of an educational nature (including, without prejudice to that generality, field work studies) and relative necessary equipment all as the same may supplement any prescribed course of study and be approved by the trustees as appropriate, as the trustees shall elect.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2026 | £10,854 | £5,023 | 0 | 28 July 2026 |
| 31 March 2025 | £8,869 | £10,374 | 0 | 26 August 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £13,942 | £8,393 | 0 | 19 April 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £8,295 | £600 | 0 | 6 September 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | £8,064 | £16,600 | 0 | 16 August 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
- Grant Institute, University of Edinburgh, James Hutton Road, 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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