OSCR Scottish charity profile

The Lady Marian Gibson Trust

ActiveCharity number SC045092
Registered4 September 2014
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
SC045092
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

Makes payment of donations to beneficiaries in line with the terms of the Trust Deed

Charitable purposes

  • the prevention or relief of poverty
  • the advancement of education
  • the advancement of health
  • the saving of lives
  • 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
  • Other defined groups
  • Other charities or voluntary bodies

Activities

  • It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations

Constitutional objectives

(THREE) After paying the expenses of carrying out the trust purposes, the trustees shall 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 the purposes of the prevention or relief of poverty, the advancement of education, the advancement of health, the saving of lives, the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage or any other charitable purpose that may be regarded as similar to any of the preceding objects and purposes. (FOUR) Any distributions of income may include but not be exclusive to the following specific charitable bodies: The Foundation for Positive Mental Health. The University of Edinburgh Development Trust. The Royal Blind Asylum and School, Edinburgh. Donaldson’s School, Linlithgow. The Aged Christian Friend Society of Scotland and Edinburgh City Mission. If any of the aforementioned charitable bodies has changed its name or has amalgamated with or transferred its assets to any other body, or has been wrongly designed, or has ceased to exist, or is in liquidation or is no longer operating, then the trustees may make distributions of income to such other charitable body with similar purposes as the trustees may in their sole discretion decide. “charitable body” and “charitable Bodies” shall mean a body or bodies on the Scottish Charity Register which are also regarded as charitable purposes in relation to the application of the Taxes Acts.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 August 2025£251,355£237,177023 February 2026
31 August 2024£237,990£241,318022 May 2025
31 August 2023£237,810£222,356015 April 2024
31 August 2022£226,688£240,053031 March 2023
31 August 2021£213,861£201,187010 May 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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