OSCR Scottish charity profile

Miss H P Russell Charitable Trust

Known as Miss Helen Pettigrew Russell Charitable Trust

ActiveCharity number SC039982
Registered27 October 2008
Main locationOutwith Scotland
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
SC039982
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
A specific local point, community or neighbourhood
Volunteers
0 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
BS2 0JJ

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

The charity’s objects are to apply as far as possible the capital and income for the benefit of the following charities: i) The Viewpoint Housing Association ii) Palmerston Place Church iii) The Royal Victoria Hospital iv) The Chest, Heart and Stroke Association v) Any other organisations having similar charitable purposes as the trustees shall in the sole discretion determine.

Charitable purposes

  • the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage

Beneficiaries

  • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
  • Other charities or voluntary bodies

Activities

  • It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations

Constitutional objectives

To apply the capital and income thereof as they may in their sole discretion determine, but I record my wishes, without binding my Executors, that they should apply as far as possible the capital and income for the benefit of the following charities: !)The Viewpoint Housing Association Limited, 4 South Oswald Road, Edinburgh, EH9 2HO. II) Palmerston Place Church (Church of Scotland), Palmerston Place, Edinburgh. III) The Royal Victoria Hospital, Craigleith Road, Edinburgh. IV) The Chest, Heart and Stroke Association, 65 North Castle Street, Edinburgh (Charity number SC018761). and V) any other organisation or organisations having similar charitable purposes as my executors shall in their sole discretion determine.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
9 August 2025£5,433£17,417013 March 2026
9 August 2024£26,016£29,191023 April 2025
9 August 2023£6,449£3,03303 May 2024
9 August 2022£6,440£9,983024 April 2023
9 August 2021£5,040£8,728016 May 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
Ludlow Trust Company Ltd, First Floor, Tower Wharf, Cheese Lane, Bristol
Website supplied to OSCR
Not supplied
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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