01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC030859
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- UK and overseas
- Volunteers
- 0 volunteers
- Staff
- 0
- Postcode
- EH3 8FY
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
The charity is set up to make grants to small charities and trusts mainly for the purposes of benefitting the public through education, medical research, encouragement of kindness and humanity in the treatment of animals and the conservation of wildlife.
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of education
- the advancement of health
- the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
- 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
- any other purpose that may reasonably be regarded as analogous to any of the preceding purposes
Beneficiaries
- Children or young people
- Older People
- People with disabilities or health problems
- No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
- Other charities or voluntary bodies
Activities
- It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
Constitutional objectives
For the purposes of benefitting the public and in particular but without prejudice to the generality of that purpose through (a) education. (b) medical research. (c) the encouragement of kindness and humanity in the treatment of animals. and (d) the conservation of wildlife.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 April 2025 | £64,465 | £69,181 | 0 | 24 November 2025 |
| 5 April 2024 | £58,218 | £70,734 | 0 | 21 November 2024 |
| 5 April 2023 | £101,098 | £55,752 | 0 | 23 August 2023 |
| 5 April 2022 | £460,213 | £51,413 | 0 | 2 September 2022 |
| 5 April 2021 | £40,283 | £39,400 | 0 | 5 October 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
- Shepherd and Wedderburn LLP, 9 Haymarket Square, Edinburgh
- Website supplied to OSCR
- Not supplied
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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