OSCR Scottish charity profile

Edinburgh Legal Education Trust

ActiveCharity number SC024471
Registered14 February 1996
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
SC024471
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
A specific local point, community or neighbourhood
Volunteers
0 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
EH3 8BP

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

Donations received are invested. Income from investments is used to support law students via scholarships & travel expenses. Charity supports publishing and publishing support activities pertaining to the subject of Law.

Charitable purposes

  • the advancement of education
  • any other purpose that may reasonably be regarded as analogous to any of the preceding purposes

Beneficiaries

  • Other defined groups

Activities

  • It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals
  • It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
  • It carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

The purpose of the Trust is the advancement of legal education.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 December 2024£122,048£104,440015 July 2025
31 December 2023£93,176£48,058030 September 2024
31 December 2022£36,512£153,211029 June 2023
31 December 2021£195,070£78,230021 September 2022
31 December 2020£79,294£92,786023 September 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
Brodies LLP, Captial Square, 58 Morrison 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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