OSCR Scottish charity profile

Penpont Charitable Trust

ActiveCharity number SC023685
Registered8 May 1995
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
SC023685
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
Scotland and other parts of the UK
Volunteers
0 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
EH9 2JX

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

Support music, the visual arts and medical research

Charitable purposes

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

Beneficiaries

  • People with disabilities or health problems
  • Other defined groups
  • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community

Activities

  • It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations

Constitutional objectives

The Trustees shall hold the Trust Fund and the income thereof to pay or apply the same to or for the benefit of or in furtherance of such purposes, objects or institutions charitable in law and in such proportions and manner as the Trustees shall from time to time in their absolute discretion think fit: Provided that in exercising their discretion as aforesaid the Trustees shall give primary consideration to music, the visual arts and medical research but this proviso shall impose no binding obligation on the Trustees: Further provided that in exercising their discretion as aforesaid the Trustees shall also give consideration to the wishes of those persons who gift or lend funds to the Trust but this proviso shall impose no binding obligation on the Trustees

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
5 April 2025£236,569£152,950024 November 2025
5 April 2024£48,884£71,18808 August 2024
5 April 2023£250,269£31,28906 October 2023
5 April 2022£262,309£13,44501 August 2022
5 April 2021£177,886£361,091028 October 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
7 Cumin Place, 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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