OSCR Scottish charity profile

John Napier's Trust

ActiveCharity number SC021113
Registered1 January 1940
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
SC021113
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
More than one local authority area in Scotland
Volunteers
0 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
G2 5HS

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

The Charity was set up under the Trust Disposition and Settlement of the late John Napier to make donations to such Charitable Institutions and Charitable Societies connected with Glasgow and the West of Scotland as they may select and in such shares and proportions as may be determined by them in their sole and absolute discretion. Donations are made on an annual basis

Charitable purposes

  • 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

  • Children or young people
  • Older People
  • People with disabilities or health problems

Activities

  • It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations

Constitutional objectives

The residue of my said means and estate shall be divided by my trustees among such Charitable Institutions and Charitable Societies connected with Glasgow and the West of Scotland as they may select and in such shares and proportions as may be determined by them in their sole and absolute discretion.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
30 April 2025£9,198£10,079028 October 2025
30 April 2024£9,729£19,872011 December 2024
30 April 2023£9,447£6,352022 January 2024
30 April 2022£9,660£11,589029 November 2022
30 April 2021£8,332£10,795023 November 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
BTO Solicitors LLP, 48 St Vincent 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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