01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC033562
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- UK and overseas
- Volunteers
- 0 volunteers
- Staff
- 4
- Postcode
- OX29 8LN
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
The Edina Trust supports primary science education via primary school grant schemes, and grants to science providers such as science centres, museums, and science festivals.
Charitable purposes
- the prevention or relief of poverty
- the advancement of education
- the advancement of health
- 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 provision of recreational facilities, or the organisation of recreational activities, with the object of improving the conditions of life for the persons for whom the facilities or activities are primarily intended
- the advancement of human rights, conflict resolution or reconciliation
- the promotion of equality and diversity
- 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
- No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
Activities
- It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals
- It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
Constitutional objectives
The Trustees shall hold and apply the sum of £100 paid originally by the Founder to them and such other funds and assets as may from time to time be received by them as trustees under the Trust Deed (from the Founder or any other person) and the assets in which any funds so received may from time to time be invested (such funds and assets from time to time held by the Trustees being referred to as 'the Trust Estate') in trust for .. the following purposes ('the Trust Purposes') namely: To, for or towards any charitable object or purpose or objects or purposes that the Trustees may from time to time deem proper, but excepting any religious purposes, declaring that wherever they appear in this deed, the words 'charitable' or 'charitable purpose', shall be interpreted in accordance with the Charities and Trustee investment (Scotland) Act 2005 (including any statutory amendments or re-enactments for the time being in force) which is also regarded as a charitable purpose in relation to the application of the Taxes Act.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £170,714 | £1,487,525 | 4 | 14 October 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £196,327 | £1,346,857 | 4 | 24 September 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £1,042,162 | £985,561 | 4 | 27 November 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | £304,839 | £737,277 | 4 | 27 October 2022 |
| 31 March 2021 | £142,877 | £817,258 | 4 | 16 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
- Unit 6, Fenlock Court, Blenheim Office Park, Long Hanborough, Witney, Oxfordshire
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.edinatrust.org.uk
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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