OSCR Scottish charity profile

William Whyte Tait Charitable Trust

ActiveCharity number SC039781
Registered8 August 2008
Main locationAberdeenshire
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
SC039781
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
UK and overseas
Volunteers
0 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
AB43 9EE

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

The object of the charity is to support charitable bodies whose purpose involve the prevention and relief of poverty, the advancement of education and health.

Charitable purposes

  • the prevention or relief of poverty
  • the advancement of education
  • the advancement of health
  • the advancement of citizenship or community development

Beneficiaries

  • Other charities or voluntary bodies

Activities

  • It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations

Constitutional objectives

(1) For payment of the expenses of administering the Trust. (2) For payment of the whole or such part of the free income and the whole or such part of the capital of the Trust Estate as the Trustees may from time to time consider desirable for such charitable purposes or to such charitable institutions, societies, foundations or funds as the Trustees may in their absolute discretion select and, without prejudice to the discretion of the Trustees, it is my wish that the Trust Estate be used in supporting charitable bodies with the following purposes: - A. Prevention of relief or poverty B. Advancement of education C. Advancement of health

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 July 2025£1,120,869£482,000015 October 2025
31 July 2024£704,362£432,000014 October 2024
31 July 2023£1,865,443£317,000025 October 2023
31 July 2022£220,610£262,000020 September 2022
31 July 2021£242,758£314,00008 October 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 Klondyke Fishing, Company Limited, Steamboat Quay, North Breakwater, Fraserburgh
Website supplied to OSCR
Not supplied
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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