OSCR Scottish charity profile

Dr J C B Sym's Charitable Trust

ActiveCharity number SC021575
Registered8 April 1993
Main locationCity of Edinburgh
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
SC021575
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 Charity awards grants to eligible institutions, the grants are intended to help these institutions provide tangible benefits to such beneficiary groups as the Trustees may deem appropriate. The Trustees maintain an endowment funds with the income from this used to make the grants.

Charitable purposes

  • the advancement of religion
  • the advancement of health
  • the advancement of animal welfare

Beneficiaries

  • Other charities or voluntary bodies

Activities

  • It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations

Constitutional objectives

The Trustees are directed to distribute the Trust Fund at such time or times and in such amounts as they may determine in their sole discretion for such charitable purposes only, with power to the Trustees in their discretion to accumulate the Trust income in whole or in part for a period of twenty one years from the date hereof. and it is hereby specifically declared and provided that the Trustees shall be prohibited from exercising their powers (a) other than for charitable purposes, or (b) in such manner as to benefit directly or indirectly the late Doctor Jessie Sym or any person who has contributed to the Trust Fund, or any spouse of his or of any such person.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 March 2026£9,785£8,716029 July 2026
31 March 2025£8,921£6,62406 November 2025
31 March 2024£7,785£7,172020 December 2024
31 March 2023£7,432£7,303019 July 2023
31 March 2022£6,586£12,207022 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
Murray Beith Murray, 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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