OSCR Scottish charity profile

John Shivas Memorial Trust

ActiveCharity number SC023074
Registered5 April 1994
Main locationAberdeen
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
SC023074
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
Wider, but within one local authority area
Volunteers
0 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
AB10 1PS

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

2/3rds of the charity's income is paid to VSA (formerly Linn Moor School) and Cancer Research UK. The other 1/3rd is used to fund postgraduate research in the field of medicine. The charity funds are invested to produce an income to allow the charity trustees to achieve these goals.

Charitable purposes

  • the advancement of education
  • the advancement of health
  • the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science

Beneficiaries

  • Other charities or voluntary bodies

Activities

  • It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations

Constitutional objectives

The purpose of the trust fund is to advance Post Graduate Research in the field of Medicine, Cancer Research Campaign (Scottish Branch) and the Linn Moor Home for Children, Peterculter, Aberdeen. and in so far as the intention laid down in the will of the late John Shivas.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
5 April 2025£115,641£81,914021 October 2025
5 April 2024£110,065£83,771030 October 2024
5 April 2023£115,856£251,59003 October 2023
5 April 2022£114,146£69,993016 December 2022
5 April 2021£105,591£83,926022 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
12-16 Albyn Place, Aberdeen
Website supplied to OSCR
Not supplied
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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