OSCR Scottish charity profile

The Caroline Higgitt Charitable Trust

ActiveCharity number SC046450
Registered31 March 2016
Main locationCity of Edinburgh
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
SC046450
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
UK and overseas
Volunteers
0 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
EH12 5HD

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

The charity is set up to pay funds for the following purposes: The prevention or relief of poverty, The advancement of Health, The saving of lives, The advancement of human rights, conflict resolution or reconciliation

Charitable purposes

  • the prevention or relief of poverty
  • the advancement of health
  • the saving of lives
  • the advancement of human rights, conflict resolution or reconciliation

Beneficiaries

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

Activities

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

Constitutional objectives

the Trustees to hold the Fund for the following purposes:- (1) for payment of all the expenses of management of the Trust. (2) for the following charitable purposes:- (a) the prevention or relief of poverty. (b) the advancement of health (including the prevention or relief of sickness, disease or human suffering). (c) the saving of lives. and (d) the advancement of human rights, conflict resolution or reconciliation.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 March 2025£13,197£23,226020 November 2025
31 March 2024£48,456£25,123016 July 2024
31 March 2023£47,644£23,63802 August 2023
31 March 2022£57,779£16,937026 October 2022
31 March 2021£31,485£18,118012 October 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
c/o Thorntons Law LLP, Citypoint 3rd Floor, 65 Haymarket terrace, 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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