OSCR Scottish charity profile

The Nicholson Charitable Trust

ActiveCharity number SC040480
Registered13 May 2009
Main locationAberdeen
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
SC040480
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
UK and overseas
Volunteers
0 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
EH3 9EE

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

The Charity had no activities and is currently dormant

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 advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
  • the advancement of public participation in sport
  • the provision of recreational facilities, or the organisation of recreational activities, with the object of improving the conditions of life for the persons for whom the facilities or activities are primarily intended
  • the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage

Beneficiaries

  • Children or young people
  • Older People
  • People with disabilities or health problems
  • Other defined groups
  • Other charities or voluntary bodies

Activities

  • It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals
  • It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
  • It carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

The Trustees shall hold the Trust Fund and the income of it to pay and apply the same to or for the benefit of or in furtherance of such purposes, objects or institutions charitable in law and in such proportions and manner as the Trustees shall think fit.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 March 2026£0£00Not supplied
31 March 2025£0£0013 July 2026
31 March 2024£0£0019 December 2024
31 March 2023£0£0031 May 2023
31 March 2022£0£006 April 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
Turcan Connell, Princes Exchange, 1 Earl Grey 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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