01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC044681
- 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
To provide grants to the Civil Engineering students of the University of Timisoara and supporting educational exchange visits between Scotland and Romania. An annual competition for the John Scott Travelling award is held for the best graduating project in civil/structural engineering. Prizes are given to the top applicants (1 to 3 persons depending on their performance and quality of competing projects). The Trust also helps educational exchange visits between the University of Timisoara and Edinburgh University in the frame of the Erasmus+ existing agreement.
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of education
Beneficiaries
- Children or young people
- Older 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 purposes of the Trust are, for the benefit of the public in Scotland and Romania, for payment or application of the income and, if the Trustees think fit, the capital of the Trust Fund from time to time in the Trustees' charge for the advancement of education specifically by (a) providing support to students and teaching staff within the Civil Engineering Faculty at the Politehnica University of Timisoara including supporting the development of a library and research, the provision of scholarships and the purchase of equipment all at the Faculty of Civil Engineering at the Politehnica University of Timisoara. and (b) supporting educational exchange visits between Scotland and Romania .
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 March 2026 | £2,352 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £9,440 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 0 | 28 September 2026 |
| 31 March 2025 | £7,611 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £7,233 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 0 | 27 October 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £2,976 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £3,279 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 0 | 15 November 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £3,690 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 0 | 20 September 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £4,018 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 0 | 26 July 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
- Morton Fraser MacRoberts LLP, 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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