OSCR Scottish charity profile

David Williamson Foundation

ActiveCharity number SC040345
Registered12 March 2009
Main locationGlasgow City
Legal formCompany (the charity is registered with Companies House)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC040345
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
UK and overseas
Volunteers
1-50 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
G2 2QZ
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OSCR note: Previous name- The David Williamson Rwanda Foundation from 12/03/2009 to 08/04/2025

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

To support projects locally in Scotland while maintaining alignment with the Company’s objectives. The priorities for the future include raising the profile of the charity via the charity's website, carrying out further fundraising events and utilising the funds raised to meet the aims and objectives of the charity.

Charitable purposes

  • the prevention or relief of poverty
  • the advancement of education
  • the advancement of health
  • the saving of lives
  • the advancement of citizenship or community development
  • the promotion of religious or racial harmony
  • the advancement of environmental protection or improvement
  • 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

Activities

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

Constitutional objectives

The Company's objects are:- 3.1 The prevention or relief of poverty. 3.2 The advancement of education. 3.3 The advancement of health (including the prevention or relief of sickness , disease or human suffering. 3.4 The saving of lives. 3.5 The advancement of citizenship or community development (including rural or urban regeneration and the promotion of civic responsibility, volunteering, the voluntary sector or the effectiveness or the efficiency of charities). 3.6 The advancement of human rights, conflict resolution or reconciliation. 3.7 The promotion of religious or racial harmony. 3.8 The promotion of equality and diversity. 3.9 The advancement of environmental protection or improvement. 3.10 The relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage (including relief given by the provision of accommodation or care). and In furtherance of the foregoing objects, the Company will endeavour to enhance and improve the lives and experiences of those who are disadvantaged through poverty, lack of education, ill-health, or any other reason all whether in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland or elsewhere in the world but mainly in Rwanda, Africa.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 March 2025£74£65027 March 2026
31 March 2024£66£55020 November 2024
31 March 2023£21£72018 December 2023
31 March 2022£11£96022 December 2022
31 March 2021£1£28508 November 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 Robb Ferguson, Regent Court, 70 West Regent Street
Website supplied to OSCR
www.rwandafoundation.org
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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