OSCR Scottish charity profile

The Marion B Anderson Trust

ActiveCharity number SC038685
Registered11 September 2007
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
SC038685
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
Wider, but within one local authority area
Volunteers
0 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
EH6 5JH

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

To pay the net income to the three charities named in the late Marion B Anderson's Will

Charitable purposes

  • the advancement of health
  • the saving of lives

Beneficiaries

  • Other charities or voluntary bodies

Activities

  • It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations

Constitutional objectives

and LASTLY I direct my Trustees to realise the residue of my means and estate and hold it in Trust and to apply the income arising therefrom in the proportions they so determine in their sole judgement for the benefit of the following charities: The British Heart Foundation, Forty five A Moray Place, Edinburgh. The Royal National Lifeboat Institution, Bellevue House, Hopetoun Street, Edinburgh and The Cancer Research Campaign Two hundred and twenty six Queensferry Road, Edinburgh, the said Trust to be known as The Marion B Anderson Trust, and in the event that any of these charities should cease to exist the I direct my Trustees to apply the said income in the same way to the benefit of a similar registered charity. and while I leave with my Trustees complete discretion as to when and how much of - - the said income should be applied to each chari,ty, I express the wish that the income should be used for the benefit of people living in the Edinburgh and Lothians area.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
17 October 2025£22,161£22,67407 May 2026
17 October 2024£22,761£22,361027 February 2025
17 October 2023£22,031£21,45405 February 2024
17 October 2022£21,513£18,958031 March 2023
17 October 2021£18,973£17,37208 March 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
The Bond House, 5 Breadalbane 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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