01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC033981
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- More than one local authority area in Scotland
- Volunteers
- 0 volunteers
- Staff
- 0
- Postcode
- EH1 1RF
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
The Cruach Trust is a small Scottish charity, which likes to make a difference with its donations. The Trust provides financial support for the natural environment including gardens, and for community and music-related organisations throughout the United Kingdom. The trustees have discretion to make donations in the UK and abroad although the vast majority are to Scottish organisations, with all types of charitable objects.
Charitable purposes
- the prevention or relief of poverty
- the advancement of education
- the advancement of health
- the saving of lives
- the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
- the advancement of human rights, conflict resolution or reconciliation
- 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
- any other purpose that may reasonably be regarded as analogous to any of the preceding purposes
Beneficiaries
- 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
The Trustees shall pay or apply the income of the Trust Fund and shall have power in their discreti on at any time or times to payor apply the whole or any part or parts of the capital thereof to any registered or recognised charities, whether societies, trusts or other bodies, or any one of them which dispense money for the purpose of preserving gardens held or formerly held in private hands and situated in Great Britain, or which provide grants or pensions to gardeners or retired gardeners in Great Britain, or for any purposes as are charitable both in law and within the meaning of Section 505 of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988 or any Act amending or replacing the same. and it is hereby specifically declared and provided that the Trustees shall be prohibited from exercising their powers other than for charitable purposes only, or in such a manner as to benefit directly or indirectly us or any person who has contributed to the Trust Fund, or any spouse of ours or of any such person.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £203,210 | £210,793 | 0 | 22 December 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £200,408 | £195,642 | 0 | 24 December 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £113,574 | £117,477 | 0 | 22 December 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | £360,309 | £358,130 | 0 | 21 October 2022 |
| 31 March 2021 | £168,242 | £160,084 | 0 | 30 September 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
- The Signet Library, Parliament Square, Edinburgh
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.wssociety.co.uk
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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