OSCR Scottish charity profile

The Countess of Dunmore's Charitable Trust

ActiveCharity number SC047270
Registered22 March 2017
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
SC047270
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
UK and overseas
Volunteers
0 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
EH3 6AQ

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

The Trustees are directed to distribute the capital and the free annual income for the advancement of citizenship or community development. To sustain the activities the Trustees maintain an endowment fund, the income from which is used to finance the charity's grant making activities

Charitable purposes

  • the prevention or relief of poverty
  • the advancement of education
  • the advancement of religion
  • 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 advancement of human rights, conflict resolution or reconciliation
  • the promotion of religious or racial harmony
  • 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
  • the advancement of animal welfare
  • any other purpose that may reasonably be regarded as analogous to any of the preceding purposes

Beneficiaries

  • 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

Subject to Purpose (THIRD), the Trustees shall pay or apply the income of the Trust Fund and shall have power in their discretion at any time or times to pay or apply the whole or any part or parts of the capital thereof for the advancement of citizenship or community development by the giving of grants. And it is hereby specifically declared and provided that the Trustees shall be prohibited from exercising their powers (a) other than for charitable purposes only, or (b) in such a manner as to benefit directly or indirectly me or any person who has contributed to the Trust Fund, or any spouse of mine or of any such person. The Trustees may, instead of themselves paying or applying any of the said income or capital as provided for in Purpose (FOURTH) pay or transfer the same to any other trusts, organisations, societies, institutions, corporations, associations, and other bodies situated or established in the United Kingdom which have purposes which are wholly charitable both in law and for the purpose of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005, either for their general purposes or for any specific charitable purpose as the Trustees may decide, and the receipt of the secretary or treasurer or authorised official or agent of any such body shall be a full and complete discharge and exoneration of the Trustees with regard to the subsequent application of such income or capital.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 December 2025£14,312£5,26506 July 2026
31 December 2024£4,146£6,555022 August 2025
31 December 2023£4,208£16,58501 May 2024
31 December 2022£30,266£30,98205 May 2023
31 December 2021£3,151£17,034017 May 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 Murray Beith Murray, 3 Glenfinlas 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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