OSCR Scottish charity profile

The Schuh Trust

ActiveCharity number SC042394
Registered17 June 2011
Main locationMidlothian
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
SC042394
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
UK and overseas
Volunteers
0 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
EH3 8RY

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

The charity is set up to make grants to support other charitable activities.

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
  • any other purpose that may reasonably be regarded as analogous to any of the preceding purposes

Beneficiaries

  • 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

Constitutional objectives

The purposes of the Trust are, for. the benefit of the public in Scotland and elsewhere, for payment or application of the whole free income and if the Trustees think fit having regard to the specific nature of any project or proposal they have been asked to support, the capital of the Trust Fund from time to time in the Trustees' charge for any of the aftermentioned purposes, namely:- the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science. 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 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 equality and diversity. the promotion of religious or racial harmony. the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage. and the advancement of environmental protection or improvement. any other purpose that may reasonably regarded as analogous to any of the preceding purposes.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endTotal incomeDonationsCharitable activities incomeTrading incomeInvestment incomeOther incomeTotal expenditureRaising fundsCharitable activities spendingOther spendingStaffReturn received
31 January 2025£78,696£0£0£0£0£0£177,726£0£0£0030 October 2025
31 January 2024£87,262£0£0£0£0£0£215,245£0£0£0015 November 2024
31 January 2023£81,732£0£0£0£0£0£289,580£0£0£0031 October 2023
31 January 2022£84,704£0£0£0£0£0£139,216£0£0£0031 October 2022
31 January 2021£121,165£0£0£0£0£0£3,341,257£0£0£0028 October 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
c/o Morton Fraser MacRoberts LLP, Level 5, 9 Haymarket Square, 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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