OSCR Scottish charity profile

Dr James Alexander Mearns Trust

ActiveCharity number SC026209
Registered7 April 1997
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
SC026209
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
A specific local point, community or neighbourhood
Volunteers
0 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
BS2 0JJ

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

Provide funding for scholarshops towards medical research intp heart and cancer disorders, including leukemia nad blidness primarily in Aberdeen.

Charitable purposes

  • the advancement of health

Beneficiaries

  • Other defined groups

Activities

  • It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals

Constitutional objectives

For payment of my lawful debts, deathbed and funeral expenses and the expenses of administering the Trust it being my instructions that my funeral should be private and that my remains should be cremated and the ashes interred with those of my husband, the late Doctor James Alexander mearns, at Springbank Cemetery, Aberdeen, after which the lair should be finally sealed off. I direct my Trustees to use their best efforts to maintain the grave at Springbank Cemetery and should the said grave not be maintained in perpetuity by the local authority, my Trustees will set aside sufficient funds to meet the cost of regular maintenance.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
2 March 2025£41,784£73,74802 December 2025
2 March 2024£29,895£13,22107 October 2024
2 March 2023£18,937£65,005010 November 2023
2 March 2022£18,019£13,37005 December 2022
2 March 2021£16,451£17,21706 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
Ludlow Trust Company Ltd, First Floor , Tower Wharf, Cheese Lane, Bristol
Website supplied to OSCR
Not supplied
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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