01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC042311
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- UK and overseas
- Volunteers
- 1-50 volunteers
- Staff
- 0
- Postcode
- EH3 8FY
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
Mustardseed Trust’s mission is to empower individuals and organisations to create economic systems rooted in partnership systems that regenerate and nurture life rather than deplete it. To realise this mission, Mustardseed Trust operates with Financial Support, knowledge exchange, Visibility and Connectivity.
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 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
Beneficiaries
- Children or young people
- Older People
- People with disabilities or health problems
- 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
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
a) The prevention or relief of poverty. b) The advancement of education. c) The advancement of health. d) The saving of lives. e) The advancement of citizenship or community development. f) The advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science. g) The advancement of public participation in sport.h) 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. i) The advancement of human rights, conflict resolution or reconciliation. j) The promotion of religious or racial harmony. k) The promotion of equality and diversity. I) The advancement of environmental protection or improvement. m) The relief of those in need by reason of age, ill -health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Total income | Donations | Charitable activities income | Trading income | Investment income | Other income | Total expenditure | Raising funds | Charitable activities spending | Other spending | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 December 2025 | £476,705 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £4,621,341 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 0 | 30 September 2026 |
| 31 December 2024 | £118,122 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £4,997,603 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 0 | 29 September 2025 |
| 31 December 2023 | £159,743 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £1,312,074 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 0 | 30 September 2024 |
| 31 December 2022 | £169,233 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £1,740,449 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 0 | 30 September 2023 |
| 31 December 2021 | £165,303 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £735,460 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 0 | 29 September 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
- Mustardseed Trust / Shepherd and Wedderburn LLP, 9 Haymarket Square, Edinburgh
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.mustardseedtrust.org
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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