OSCR Scottish charity profile

W M Sword Charitable Trust

ActiveCharity number SC029075
Registered2 June 1999
Main locationDundee City
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
SC029075
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
Scotland and other parts of the UK
Volunteers
0 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
DD1 4QB

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

provide grants to organisations and individuals in regards to the relief of poverty, ill health, disability, financial hardship, development etc for people of Dundee and North and East of Scotland.

Charitable purposes

  • the prevention or relief of poverty
  • the saving of lives
  • the advancement of citizenship or community development
  • the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
  • the advancement of public participation in sport
  • the advancement of environmental protection or improvement
  • the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
  • the advancement of animal welfare

Beneficiaries

  • Children or young people
  • Older People
  • People with disabilities or health problems
  • Other charities or voluntary bodies

Activities

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

Constitutional objectives

The objects of the Trust are to promote any charitable purposes for the benefit of the inhabitants of Dundee and the North and East of Scotland, and in particular: The prevention or relief of poverty. the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage. the advancement of education. the saving of lives. the advancement of citizenship or community development. the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science. the advancement of public participation in sport. the advancement of environmental protection or improvement. the advancement of animal welfare. and, any other purpose that may reasonably be regarded as analogous to any of the preceding purposes.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
5 April 2025£279,709£216,18103 December 2025
5 April 2024£240,435£234,859023 December 2024
5 April 2023£242,396£270,11302 January 2024
5 April 2022£234,064£222,46805 January 2023
5 April 2021£234,596£184,508031 December 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
Henderson Loggie, The Vision Building, 20 Greenmarket, 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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