01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC030790
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Scotland and other parts of the UK
- Volunteers
- 0 volunteers
- Staff
- 0
- Postcode
- EH3 9EE
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
The Volant Charitable Trust supports Scottish charities and organisations, whether national or community-based, which help vulnerable groups affected by hardship or disadvantage, with a particular emphasis on women and young people at risk. Through its Open Grants Programme, delivered by Foundation Scotland, the grant-making Trust’s objective is to help alleviate social deprivation, supporting charities assisting vulnerable groups, impacted by the cost-of-living crisis, to make a lasting difference to their lives and life chances. The Volant Charitable Trust is committed to other work too that includes donations to international projects, the support of single parents through Gingerbread, and research into the causes and possible cures of Multiple Sclerosis through the Anne Rowling Regenerative Neurology Clinic in Edinburgh.
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of education
- the advancement of citizenship or community development
- the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
- any other purpose that may reasonably be regarded as analogous to any of the preceding purposes
Beneficiaries
- Children or young people
- No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
Activities
- It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
Constitutional objectives
The Trustees shall hold the Trust Fund and the income of it to pay and apply the same to or for the benefit of or in furtherance of such purposes, objects or institutions charitable in law, and in such proportions and manner as the Trustees shall think fit. In exercising their discretion in terms of this Clause the Trustees shall give primary consideration to the wishes of those persons who gift or lend funds to the Trust but this proviso shall impose no binding obligation on the Trustees.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 April 2025 | £4,111,414 | £3,790,504 | 0 | 9 October 2025 |
| 5 April 2024 | £3,905,008 | £3,627,286 | 0 | 27 September 2024 |
| 5 April 2023 | £2,218,314 | £3,092,880 | 0 | 3 October 2023 |
| 5 April 2022 | £5,181,398 | £9,514,673 | 0 | 21 October 2022 |
| 5 April 2021 | £10,221,988 | £7,018,659 | 0 | 15 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
- Princes Exchange, 1 Earl Grey Street, Edinburgh
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.volanttrust.com
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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