OSCR Scottish charity profile

The Katie McKerracher Trust

ActiveCharity number SC040653
Registered8 July 2009
Main locationScottish Borders
Legal formCompany (the charity is registered with Companies House)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC040653
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
TD7 5JL

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

Helping Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma patients and their families with advice and financial support. and financially supporting dancers from the Scottish Borders going on to further education in singing, dancing and acting.

Charitable purposes

  • the advancement of education
  • the advancement of health
  • the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
  • the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage

Beneficiaries

  • Children or young people
  • People with disabilities or health problems

Activities

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

Constitutional objectives

3. The Company's charitable purposes (the expression 'charitable purpose' shall mean a charitable purpose under section 7 of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 which is also regarded as a charitable purpose in relation to the application of the Taxes Acts) are (and shall not be altered without the prior consent of the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator): 3.1.1 To help children in the UK with a Diffuse Pontine Glioma particularly, but not exclusively, by supporting/informing/counselling patients and their families, providing access to healing/alternative therapy, and investigating/supporting research into Diffuse Pontine Gliomas. 3.1.2 To provide financial assistance to highland and tap dancers from the Scottish Borders in order to maintain dancing culture and allow dancers to further their dancing careers.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 March 2025£17,930£8,894031 December 2025
31 March 2024£6,247£7,216016 December 2024
31 March 2023£26,187£17,62605 December 2023
31 March 2022£8,257£9,158014 December 2022
31 March 2021£6,753£17,273022 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
Cherrydene, Ettrickbridge, Selkirkshire
Website supplied to OSCR
www.katiemckerrachertrust.co.uk
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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