OSCR Scottish charity profile

The Robert Nicol Fellowships And Scholarships

Known as The Robert Nicol Trust

ActiveCharity number SC037689
Registered29 December 2006
Main locationAberdeen
Legal formEducational endowment

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC037689
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Cross Border
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
Wider, but within one local authority area
Volunteers
Not supplied
Staff
0
Postcode
AB10 1QR

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

Charitable purposes

  • the advancement of education

Beneficiaries

  • Other defined groups

Activities

  • It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals

Constitutional objectives

'I direct that the receipt of the said six several public officers shall be a good discharge to my trustees for the said legacy and the and that the said six several public officers shall stand possessed thereof upon trust to invest the same in manner hereinafter mentioned with regard to investments generally and with the like power to vary the investments generally and with the like power to vary the investments and to pay and apply the annual income thereof in perpetuity for the advancement and promotion of education in the city and county of Aberdeen'.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endTotal incomeDonationsCharitable activities incomeTrading incomeInvestment incomeOther incomeTotal expenditureRaising fundsCharitable activities spendingOther spendingStaffReturn received
14 February 2026£46,683£0£0£0£0£0£47,366£0£0£0022 May 2026
14 February 2025£50,656£0£0£0£0£0£42,920£0£0£009 May 2025
14 February 2024£48,795£0£0£0£0£0£28,700£0£0£0014 May 2024
14 February 2023£46,331£0£0£0£0£0£38,179£0£0£005 May 2023
14 February 2022£35,715£0£0£0£0£0£39,100£0£0£0029 April 2022

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
Peterkins, 100 Union Street, Aberdeen
Website supplied to OSCR
Not supplied
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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