01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC027832
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Operations cover all or most of Scotland
- Volunteers
- 0 volunteers
- Staff
- 0
- Postcode
- PH1 1PP
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
to continue to provide support to applicants who meet the criteria for assistance as laid down in the Trust Deed in furtherance of the trust's charitable purposes
Charitable purposes
- the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
Beneficiaries
- Other defined groups
Activities
- It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals
Constitutional objectives
'(THIRD) I direct my Trustees to hold the Trust Fund and to apply the income for such one or more of the following purposes, namely: (One) for the benefit of impoverished widows, widowers, surviving civil partners or other relatives (including relatives through marriage) of a deceased Minister or of Minister's spouses or civil partners who have been deserted by the Minister or who have been given sufficient grounds for raising an action of divorce, dissolution or separation against them (whether they raise such an action or not) (hereinafter referred to as 'the beneficiaries') all or any of whom having been wholly dependent upon and having assisted the said Minister in the fulfilment of his or her manse duties and by reason of death or desertion or having been given grounds for raising or having raised an action of divorce, dissolution or separation have subsequently lost their home and to assist the beneficiaries in the purchase of a dwelling house or to provide them with any financial and material assistance which my Trustees in their sole discretion shall see fit (whether it be for the provision of accommodation or not) by the provision of a lump sum payment, a periodic payment, a loan or rent, all upon such terms and conditions as my Trustees in their sole discretion shall consider appropriate. and (Two) for the benefit of indigent widows, widowers, surviving civil partners or children of deceased Ministers, and the beneficiaries as hereinbefore designed in Clause THIRD (One) who are undertaking education or training (whether for the Ministry or not) by the provision of a lump sum payment, periodic payment or a loan all upon such terms and conditions as my Trustees in their sole discretion shall consider appropriate. Declaring that any payments of any kind made by my Trustees as herein directed shall only be to such persons or other bodies for charitable purposes. In this Clause, and throughout this Trust Deed, the word 'charitable' shall have the meaning ascribed to it for the purposes of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 and also the Taxes Acts including any statutory amendment or re-enactment for the time being in force.'
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2026 | £26,083 | £28,773 | 0 | 23 July 2026 |
| 31 March 2025 | £25,106 | £18,362 | 0 | 22 December 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £24,091 | £9,817 | 0 | 17 October 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £21,494 | £16,649 | 0 | 31 July 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | £18,972 | £15,103 | 0 | 30 September 2022 |
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
- C/O Lindsays LLP, 24 Whitefriars Street, Perth
- Website supplied to OSCR
- Not supplied
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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