OSCR Scottish charity profile

Richardson Foundation

ActiveCharity number SC026260
Registered28 February 1997
Main locationFife
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
SC026260
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
UK and overseas
Volunteers
0 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
DD1 4BJ

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

For the following charitable purposes:- namely the encouragement of education and research primarily in United Kingdom Universities through the awards of Scholarships, Grants and Bursaries or otherwise DECLARING that so far as practicable the Trustees shalI assist primarily to support studies by people of Tibetan origin all without prejudice to their absolute discretion to choose the scholars, research students, bursars and others and the subjects and the Universities or Colleges or other educational institutions to benefit the Trust.

Charitable purposes

  • the advancement of education

Beneficiaries

  • Other defined groups

Activities

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

Constitutional objectives

(One) for payment of all the expenses of management of the Trust. (Two) for the following charitable purposes:- namely the encouragement of education and research primarily in United Kingdom Universities through the awards of Scholarships, Grants and Bursaries or otherwise DECLARING that so far as practicable the Trustees shaiI assist primarily to support studies by people of Tibetan origin all without prejudice to their absolute discretion to choose the scholars, research students, bursars and others and the subjects and the Universities or Colleges or other educational institutions to benefit the Trust with power during a period of Twenty one years from the date of execution of this Deed of Trust to accumulate income not required for expenses or distributions including power to build up the size of the fund to achieve the charitable purposes more meaningfully WITH THE PROVISO THAT should the Trustees consider that these charitable purposes have at any time become incapable of being fulfilled for any reason including changes in social and economic circumstances and changes in law then they shall have power to declare revocably or irrevocably that the Fund shall thereafter be held and the Trust administered for such other charitable purposes as they shall in their absolute discretion select.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
5 April 2025£55,994£55,401018 December 2025
5 April 2024£7,285£25,929022 November 2024
5 April 2023£6,683£19,423020 November 2023
5 April 2022£7,949£9,343021 December 2022
5 April 2021£6,928£8,484017 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
Whitehall House, 33 Yeaman Shore, Dundee
Website supplied to OSCR
Not supplied
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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