01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC040334
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Scotland and other parts of the UK
- Volunteers
- 1-50 volunteers
- Staff
- 0
- Postcode
- NE1 4JE
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
The Trust makes several types of awards to eligible candidates. These awards usually take the form of: A discretionary grant to individuals who are seeking to pursue a qualification in higher education, usually paid over a number of years and subject to evidence of their continued study. A discretionary grant for people who have a particular sporting or artistic talent, this type of award is intended to help them realise their ambitions and full potential. A discretionary grant awarded through the Special Access Funding can help applicants with support such as with specialist equipment or technical support for those needing an extra helping hand in allowing them to achieve their optimum potential in life. The key qualification for all applicants is that they must provide evidence that they have a close family member who works or who previously worked within the UK rail freight industry. Close family members are defined as being a parent, step-parent, grandparent, spouse, partner
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of education
Beneficiaries
- Other defined groups
Activities
- It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals
Constitutional objectives
For the advancement of education by advancing academic excellence, creative and artistic development, and such other educational and vocational opportunities as the Trustees may consider appropriate within the foregoing purposes, for the bona fide employees (which term shall include executive directors) and former employees (not being resident in the Island of Jersey) of English Welsh & Scottish Railways Holdings Limited and its subsidiaries from time to times, the respective families of such employees and former employees and the respective families of workers in the United Kingdom rail freight sector generally
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £340,297 | £729,782 | 0 | 2 December 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £268,945 | £567,131 | 0 | 27 November 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £285,992 | £603,514 | 0 | 13 December 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | £264,988 | £612,501 | 0 | 22 November 2022 |
| 31 March 2021 | £189,781 | £566,867 | 0 | 14 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 UNW LLP, Citygate, St. James' Boulevard, St. James' Boulevard, Newcastle upon Tyne , 01560596010
- Website supplied to OSCR
- Not supplied
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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