OSCR Scottish charity profile

The Castansa Trust

ActiveCharity number SC037414
Registered7 August 2006
Main locationCity of Edinburgh
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
SC037414
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
EH3 9EE

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

The charity Trustees are directed to pay or apply the funds of the charity for the benefit or furtherance of such purposes, objects or institutions, charitable in law as the Trustees in their absolute discretion shall determine. The Trustees have opted for a policy of making donations to those organisations they feel require most support and whose purposes fall within the spectrum of the Trust Deed. The Trust's ability to make meaningful donations is reliant on income and investment returns from its investment portfolio and where and when possible, the occasional donation from the Settlors. Due to significant existing commitments for funding, the Trustees are not considering any unsolicited applications until further notice.

Charitable purposes

  • the advancement of health
  • the advancement of citizenship or community development
  • 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 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

  • Children or young people
  • Older People
  • People with disabilities or health problems
  • Other defined groups

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 the Trust Fund and the income of it to pay and apply the same to or for the benefit of such purposes, objects or institutions charitable in law and in such proportions and manner as the Trustees shall think fit

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
25 July 2025£31,914£324,173015 January 2026
25 July 2024£44,651£265,686016 December 2024
25 July 2023£34,478£370,668011 December 2023
25 July 2022£36,307£380,616015 December 2022
25 July 2021£43,874£396,206013 December 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
C/O Turcan Connell, Princes Exchange, 1 Earl Grey Street, 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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