OSCR Scottish charity profile

The 1926 Foundation

ActiveCharity number SC040789
Registered28 August 2009
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
SC040789
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
A specific local point, community or neighbourhood
Volunteers
1-50 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
CB23 3AR

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

Theadvancementof educationandthe advancementof the arts,the advancement ofcitizenship andcommunity development andthe advancementof public participation in sport, generally withintheUnitedKingdom andparticularly within Scotland andwithoutprejudiceto theforegoing generality oftheTrust Deed makes specific referenceto the following activities:

Charitable purposes

  • the advancement of education
  • the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science

Beneficiaries

  • Children or young people
  • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
  • 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 funding of school prizes at Kelso High School. The funding and support of the academic, sporting and pastoral activities of Kelso High School. The funding of projects to advance public particitpation in any sport in Kelso. The funding of projects for the benefit of the citizens of the town of Kelso and its surrounding areas. The funding, administration, management and development of a colelction of books, periodicals and artefacts related to the Great War of 1914-1919 and associated conflicts ('the Collection'). The provision of funding to any body, corporate or incoporated, any group, organisation or association to be used for any purposes in (i) to (v) above.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 March 2025£14,744£14,670012 December 2025
31 March 2024£5,500£5,793013 December 2024
31 March 2023£2,378£5,01803 January 2024
31 March 2022£2,378£5,672029 December 2022
31 March 2021£2,341£6,165016 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
26 Trinity Way, Papworth Everard, Cambridge
Website supplied to OSCR
Not supplied
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

© Crown Copyright and database right 2026. Contains information from the Scottish Charity Register supplied by the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator and licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. BritDB is an independent service and does not claim to be the Scottish Charity Register.