OSCR Scottish charity profile

The Hinshelwood Gibson Trust

ActiveCharity number SC041125
Registered16 December 2009
Main locationCity of Edinburgh
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
SC041125
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
Scotland and other parts of the UK
Volunteers
0 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
EH6 5JH

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

Provide grants to other charities

Charitable purposes

  • the prevention or relief of poverty
  • the advancement of education
  • the advancement of religion
  • 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 advancement of human rights, conflict resolution or reconciliation
  • the promotion of religious or racial harmony
  • the promotion of equality and diversity
  • 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
  • the advancement of animal welfare
  • any other purpose that may reasonably be regarded as analogous to any of the preceding purposes

Beneficiaries

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

Activities

  • It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations

Constitutional objectives

The trustees shall in their uncontrolled discretion apply the income from the Trust Funds or such part thereof as they shall think proper at such times and in such amounts as they shall decide for such charitable purposes as they shall decide (the expression 'charitable purposes ' shall mean a charitable purpose under section 7 of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005, and any subsequent re-enactment thereof, which is also regarded as a charitable purpose in relation to the application of the Taxes Acts

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
18 January 2026£35,339£51,857022 May 2026
18 January 2025£38,666£52,73003 July 2025
18 January 2024£39,800£51,867017 May 2024
18 January 2023£39,643£37,388019 June 2023
18 January 2022£35,537£36,58704 November 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
The Bond House, 5 Breadalbane 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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