OSCR Scottish charity profile

The William Duncan & Co Charitable Trust

ActiveCharity number SC045567
Registered23 April 2015
Main locationSouth Ayrshire
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
SC045567
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
Scotland and other parts of the UK
Volunteers
1-50 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
KA7 2AY

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

The charitable trust's objects are: · the prevention or relief of poverty · the advancement of citizenship or community development The policies adopted in furtherance of these objects are: · to provide, at the discretion of the Trustees financial support primarily to inhabitants based in Central and South West Scotland (the extent of such area to be determined by the Trustees) in need by reason of age, ill health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantages and whose personal circumstances are such that the support provided by the Trust will improve and/or relive their personal and financial circumstances. · as a 'grant giving' foundation supporting community charities, organisations and charitable purposes primarily based but not limited to Central and South West Scotland.

Charitable purposes

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

Beneficiaries

  • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community

Activities

  • It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals
  • It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations

Constitutional objectives

Trust Purposes a.The prevention or relief of poverty. b. The relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endTotal incomeDonationsCharitable activities incomeTrading incomeInvestment incomeOther incomeTotal expenditureRaising fundsCharitable activities spendingOther spendingStaffReturn received
31 March 2025£301£0£0£0£0£0£2£0£0£0022 December 2025
31 March 2024£183£0£0£0£0£0£1£0£0£0017 December 2024
31 March 2023£0£0£0£0£0£0£0£0£0£0019 December 2023
31 March 2022£164£0£0£0£0£0£503£0£0£0022 December 2022
31 March 2021£0£0£0£0£0£0£1,001£0£0£008 November 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
Ellersley House , 30 Miller Road, Ayr, Ayrshire
Website supplied to OSCR
Not supplied
Parent charity
Not supplied

No direct external links on this profile. The official OSCR record and source documentation are available through BritDB’s dedicated source page.

05 Provenance

Source for this profile

© Crown Copyright and database right 2026. Contains information from the Scottish Charity Register supplied by the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator and licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. BritDB is an independent service and does not claim to be the Scottish Charity Register.