OSCR Scottish charity profile

The Burness Paull Foundation

ActiveCharity number SC045954
Registered3 September 2015
Main locationCity of Edinburgh
Legal formSCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC045954
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
UK and overseas
Volunteers
1-50 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
EH3 9WJ

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

To provide financial and/or other support to further the above aims. The Charity seeks to harness, and maximise the effectiveness of, the efforts of Burness Paull LLP and its partners and staff (individually and collectively) in raising funds, volunteering and/or otherwise supporting organisations, initiatives and events which further one or more of the above aims. During the year, the Foundation sought applications from th staff or Burness Paull LLP for funding for their personal charitable initiatives and applications for sponsorship.

Charitable purposes

  • the prevention or relief of poverty
  • the advancement of education
  • the advancement of health
  • the saving of lives
  • the advancement of citizenship or community development
  • the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
  • the advancement of public participation in sport
  • 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 promotion of equality and diversity
  • the advancement of environmental protection or improvement
  • 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 carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

4.1 the prevention or relief of poverty. 4.2 the advancement of education. 4.3 the advancement of health. 4.4 the saving of lives. 4.5 the advancement of citizenship or community development. 4.6 the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science. 4.7 the advancement of public participation in sport. 4.8 the provision of recreational facilities, or the SCIO of recreational activities, with the object of improving the conditions of life for the persons for whom the facilities or activities are primarily intended. 4.9 the promotion of equality and diversity. 4.10 the advancement of environmental protection or improvement. and 4.11 the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage. through the provision of financial and/or other support to further the above aims. and on the basis that the SCIO shall seek to harness, and maximise the effectiveness of, the efforts of Burness Paull LLP and its partners and staff (individually and collectively) in raising funds, volunteering and/or otherwise supporting organisations, initiatives and events which further anyone or more of the above aims.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
30 September 2025£0£00Not supplied
30 September 2024£76,295£72,724011 September 2025
30 September 2023£63,413£66,943016 April 2024
30 September 2022£69,002£76,268016 February 2023
30 September 2021£77,424£74,746010 March 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
Burness Paull LLP, 50 Lothian Road, Festival 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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