OSCR Scottish charity profile

Thistledown Trust

ActiveCharity number SC035055
Registered12 January 2004
Main locationGlasgow City
Legal formTrust (founding document is a deed of trust) (other than educational endowment)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC035055
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
Scotland and other parts of the UK
Volunteers
0 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
G2 5RZ

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

To provide grants to organisations and bursaries to individuals.

Charitable purposes

  • the prevention or relief of poverty
  • the advancement of education
  • the advancement of religion
  • 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 religious or racial harmony
  • 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

  • Other charities or voluntary bodies

Activities

  • It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations

Constitutional objectives

The purposes of the Trust are to benefit such recognised or registered charities, particularly but not exclusively those concerned with the welfare of animals, those supporting the advancement of education and provision of bursaries or for other purposes charitable in Law as the Trustees shall in their absolute discretion think fit to support or establish

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endTotal incomeDonationsCharitable activities incomeTrading incomeInvestment incomeOther incomeTotal expenditureRaising fundsCharitable activities spendingOther spendingStaffReturn received
5 April 2025£175,983£0£0£0£0£0£157,530£0£0£0022 December 2025
5 April 2024£165,686£0£0£0£0£0£166,083£0£0£0012 December 2024
5 April 2023£155,246£0£0£0£0£0£188,044£0£0£004 December 2023
5 April 2022£150,844£0£0£0£0£0£212,379£0£0£0022 December 2022
5 April 2021£156,290£0£0£0£0£0£150,395£0£0£0022 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
Wright Johnston & Mackenzie LLP, 319 St Vincent Street, Glasgow
Website supplied to OSCR
Not supplied
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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