01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC045624
- 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
This charity aims to provide grants to support children and young people. The trust focus is on making life easier for children and families whose children need it most, with a particular interest in supporting:- *Adoption & Fostering support for parents and children *Critical & Terminal illness in children *The advancement of business education for children Awards, which may be made both to individuals and charitable organisations, will be made only in support of a purpose which is charitable and which is a purpose of the Trust. The awards are at the discretion of the Trustees. Interested parties should contact the Trust to obtain an application which can be found on our website www.thewelchtrust.co.uk
Charitable purposes
- the prevention or relief of poverty
- the advancement of education
- the advancement of health
- the advancement of citizenship or community development
- the provision of recreational facilities, or the organisation of recreational activities, with the object of improving the conditions of life for the persons for whom the facilities or activities are primarily intended
- the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
Beneficiaries
- Children or young people
Activities
- It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals
- It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
Constitutional objectives
The purposes of the Trust are, for the benefit of the public in Scotland and elsewhere, for payment or application of the whole free income and if the Trustees think fit having regard to the specific nature of any project or proposal they have been asked to support, the capital of the Trust Fund from time to time. in the Trustees' charge to help children and young people including but not limited to adopted, fostered and looked-after children, and in furtherance of that principal object:- 1. the prevention or relief of poverty. 2. the advancement of education. 3. the advancement of health. 4. the advancement of community development. 5. the provision of recreational facilities, or the organisation of recreational activities with the object of improving the conditions of life for the persons for whom the facilities or activities are primarily intended. and 6. 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
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 April 2025 | £26,040 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £25,856 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 0 | 22 December 2025 |
| 5 April 2024 | £24,512 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £29,051 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 0 | 19 December 2024 |
| 5 April 2023 | £23,461 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £49,032 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 0 | 20 December 2023 |
| 5 April 2022 | £102,490 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £235,843 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 0 | 21 December 2022 |
| 5 April 2021 | £148,588 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £83,103 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 0 | 6 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
- c/o Morton Fraser MacRoberts LLP, Level 5, 9 Haymarket Square , Edinburgh
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.welchtrust.co.uk
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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