OSCR Scottish charity profile

The Pilot Trust

ActiveCharity number SC046187
Registered9 December 2015
Main locationFife
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
SC046187
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
More than one local authority area in Scotland
Volunteers
0 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
EH3 9EE

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

The Trustees are directed to pay or apply the Trust funds for the benefit of supporting charities and projects, within their selection of particular charitable purposes, although not restricted to them, in the form of grants or donations.

Charitable purposes

  • the prevention or relief of poverty
  • the advancement of education
  • the saving of lives
  • the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
  • the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage

Beneficiaries

  • Children or young people
  • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
  • Other charities or voluntary bodies

Activities

  • It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations

Constitutional objectives

3. Purposes of the Trust The Trustees shall hold the Trust Fund and the income of it to pay and apply the same to or for the benefit of or in furtherance of the following purposes:- (a) the advancement of education, in particular (but without limitation) by supporting and providing children and others in education with training and development courses in order to further their education and careers, with a particular focus on young people. (b) the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or any other disadvantage and the prevention or relief of poverty, in particular (but without limitation) by the provision of financial support to children and young people in need. (c) the advancement of health, in particular (but without limitation) by the provision of support targeted at treating mental and emotional ill health, particularly of young children. (d) the advancement of the arts, heritage, or culture, in particular (but without limitation) by the provision of support to projects which foster local culture and support the preservation of activities which are distinctive and part of local history or tradition. and (e) the promotion of such similar or other activities as shall further charitable purposes, in such proportions and manner as the Trustees shall think fit. In exercising their discretion in terms of this Clause the Trustees shall give primary consideration to the wishes of those persons who gift or lend funds to the Trust but this proviso shall impose no binding obligation on the Trustees.

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 2026£1,629£0£0£0£0£0£53,775£0£0£006 August 2026
31 March 2025£2,138£0£0£0£0£0£3,174£0£0£0027 June 2025
31 March 2024£2,883£0£0£0£0£0£7,288£0£0£0018 June 2024
31 March 2023£2,268£0£0£0£0£0£65,735£0£0£0018 October 2023
31 March 2022£12£0£0£0£0£0£6,358£0£0£0013 June 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
Turcan Connell, Princes Exchange, 1 Earl Grey 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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