01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC029872
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- A specific local point, community or neighbourhood
- Volunteers
- 1-50 volunteers
- Staff
- 0
- Postcode
- DD2 5DA
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
The Trust is an independent body for the benefit of the community to promote the development ad advancement of research and scientific work in respect of life sciences, environment sciences and cognate sciences generally and promotes the dissemination of knowledge acquired from such research. The Trustees make grants, loans or payments out of the income or the capital of the Trust Fund to any person or body that the Trustees think fit in furtherance of the aforementioned or for such other charitable purposes as the Trustees may determine. The beneficiaries of the Trust are James Hutton Institute, universities and students.
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of education
- the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
- the advancement of environmental protection or improvement
Beneficiaries
- No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
- 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
(i) To promote research and scientific work in respect of life sciences, environmental sciences and cognate sciences generally, and in particular, but without prejudice to the foregoing generality, wood sciences and biomathematics. production of agricultural, horticultural and. forestry crops and matters ancillary thereto. methods of increasing production and growth, of limiting or eradicating diseases or pests and of improving cultivation, harvesting or marketing. and research into possible varieties, species and types of plants (ii) To promote the dissemination of knowledge acquired as a result of such research to others
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £59,796 | £117,888 | 0 | 18 December 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £60,331 | £122,308 | 0 | 21 November 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £62,375 | £97,286 | 0 | 18 December 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | £43,919 | £106,127 | 0 | 20 December 2022 |
| 31 March 2021 | £37,306 | £44,019 | 0 | 3 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
- c/o James Hutton Limited, Invergowrie, 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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