01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC029376
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Operations cover all or most of Scotland
- Volunteers
- 0 volunteers
- Staff
- 0
- Postcode
- AB24 3DS
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
We enable Polish Academics, in Philosophy and cognate subjects, to come to Aberdeen University and other Scottish Universities to come for 6 week research Fellowships. we also sometimes support shorter visits and conferences
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of education
- the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
Beneficiaries
- Other defined groups
- No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
Activities
- It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals
Constitutional objectives
(a) (i) For the advancement of education by facilitating contacts for Polish academics with Scottish academics particularly in Philosophy and particularly between the Jagiellonian University of Krakow and the University of Aberdeen by the provision of support for Polish academics visiting Scotland for the purposes of study and research. (ii) By making money available to other bodies of whatever nature which have charitable purposes, the aim of which encompasses the advancement of education of Polish academics. (b) For charitable purposes generally in Scotland all as the trustees in their absolute discretion think fit.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 July 2025 | £12,975 | £11,089 | 0 | 29 April 2026 |
| 31 July 2024 | £12,334 | £15,187 | 0 | 25 April 2025 |
| 31 July 2023 | £11,977 | £14,306 | 0 | 24 April 2024 |
| 31 July 2022 | £10,979 | £4,769 | 0 | 27 April 2023 |
| 31 July 2021 | £9,553 | £18 | 0 | 25 April 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
- Department of Philosophy, University of Aberdeen King's College, Old Aberdeen
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.bednarowskitrust.org
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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