OSCR Scottish charity profile

John Alan Ferguson Charitable Trust

ActiveCharity number SC045238
Registered18 November 2014
Main locationAberdeen
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
SC045238
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
Scotland and other parts of the UK
Volunteers
0 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
AB10 1YL

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

The JAFCT was set up to hold the Trust Fund for any of the Charitable purposes contained under Section of the CATI(Sc) Act 2005, in particular to benefit the public by benefitting charities set up for the purposes of medical research in relation to neurosurgery and spinal injuries and for the benefit of those in need as a result of injuries they have sustained. The Trust Fund is invested in an investment portfolio which is managed on a discretionary basis. The trust purposes are met by the Charity making donations to chosen charities in keeping with the above from investment income on an annual basis. Income received from donations is reinvested to generate future income for grant making.

Charitable purposes

  • the advancement of health
  • the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage

Beneficiaries

  • Other charities or voluntary bodies

Activities

  • It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations

Constitutional objectives

The Trustees shall hold the Trust Fund for Charitable Purposes exclusively. declaring without prejudice to the foregoing generality that the Trustees may apply the Trust Fund exclusively for any or all of the following Charitable Purposes namely: 1. For the purposes of benefitting the public and in particular but without prejudice to the generality of that purpose. 1.1 for the benefit of medical research in relation to neurosurgery and spinal injuries. and 1.2 for the benefit of those in need as a result of injuries they have sustained. or 2. For the benefit of such one or more Charity or Charities as the Trustees in their uncontrolled discretion may decide. or 3.For the implementation or assistance in implementing any Charitable Purpose or purposes as the Trustees in their uncontrolled discretion may decide.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
30 April 2025£16,004£12,412021 January 2026
30 April 2024£14,674£24,881024 January 2025
30 April 2023£7,626£25,269022 January 2024
30 April 2022£9,021£7,739027 January 2023
30 April 2021£22,281£11,641027 January 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
Stronachs LLP, 28 Albyn Place, Aberdeen
Website supplied to OSCR
Not supplied
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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