01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC043084
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Cross Border
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- UK and overseas
- Volunteers
- Not supplied
- Staff
- 109
- Postcode
- BL3 3SJ
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
Charitable purposes
- the prevention or relief of poverty
- the advancement of education
- the advancement of health
- the saving of lives
Beneficiaries
- Children or young people
- Older People
- People with disabilities or health problems
- People with a particular ethnic or racial origin
- Other defined groups
- 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
4. The Trustees shall stand possessed of the Trust Fund and the income thereof upon the trusts and subject to the powers and provisions following that is to say : - (i) During the life of the Settlor upon trust to pay or apply the net income of the Trust Fund and also so much of the capital thereof as the Settlor may from time to time by notice in writing to the Trustees direct to such charitable institution or institutions or for such charitable purpose or purposes and in such proportions and manner as the Trustees shall in their uncontrolled discretion from time to time determine such proportions and manner as the Settlor may from time to time by a like notice direct and subject to and in de f a u l t of any such direction and in so far as such direction shall not extend as the Trustees shall at their uncontrolled discretion determine and (ii) After the death of the Settlor upon trust to payor apply the net income of the Trust Fund and all or such part of the capital thereof as they shall think fit to such charitable , institution or insitutions or for such charitable purpose or purposes and in such proportions and manner as the Trustees shall in their uncontrolled discretion from time to time determine. vested in th~m by law (which shall take effect subject to any mod~fications contained in this deed) the Trustees shall have and may e~ercise at any time or -times in their absolute discretion without being liable to account for the exercise of such discretion the following powers :- (1) Power to invest all or part of the Trust Fund in the purchase of land of any tenure in the united Kingdom as an investment or for use or occupation for any of the purposes of this trust (2) Power to accept or refuse any money investments or property offered given devised or bequeathed to this trust (3) Power to deter
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 November 2025 | £71,875,563 | £69,154,003 | 109 | 10 August 2026 |
| 30 November 2024 | £78,433,146 | £59,112,577 | 109 | 27 August 2025 |
| 30 November 2023 | £69,430,752 | £59,770,844 | 109 | 26 August 2024 |
| 30 November 2022 | £57,722,459 | £61,008,381 | 109 | 21 August 2023 |
| 30 November 2021 | £54,630,079 | £50,989,228 | 109 | 18 August 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
- 578-600 St Helens Road, Bolton
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.uwt.org
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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