01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC047432
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- UK and overseas
- Volunteers
- 1-50 volunteers
- Staff
- 13
- Postcode
- EH3 8RY
OSCR note: This charity has been established to replace Kirkhouse Trust SC030508 Kirkhouse Trust SC030508 intends to wind up and pass its assets and liabilities to The Kirkhouse Trust SCIO SC047432 which is a SCIO.
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
Our strategy is to support scientists in the target countries by providing research grants, laboratories, advice, training, equipment and supplies to enable them to carry out marker assisted selection for crop improvement. We presently focus on legume crops for a number of reasons: they provide essential nutrients not available from cereal or root crops. they improve soil by fixing nitrogen and stabilising it through their deep root systems. they are relatively neglected by funding agencies. We focus on legumes important for smallholder farmers, who produce a significant proportion of the food grown in African countries and in India.
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of education
- the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
Beneficiaries
- Other defined groups
- 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
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
5.1 to promote education and research in the Natural Sciences but in particular for education and research in the biological and medical sciences as such terms as may be defined by the Secretary to the Royal Society and without restricting that general purpose to apply such funds and property for the purpose of maintaining, improving and developing facilities for teaching, for post graduate work, for research or for any other purpose in the development of the Natural Sciences and in particular the biological and medical sciences. 5.2 to contribute to the endowment of existing and new chairs, departments and research facilities as shall in the sole opinion of the Trustees promote education and research in the Natural Sciences and in particular the biological and medical sciences. and 5.3 to purchase equipment or to give grants for the purchase of equipment and to give grants for the provision of facilities, whether buildings or extensions of a building, which in the sole opinion of the Trustees can promote education and research in the Natural Sciences and in particular the biological and medical sciences.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £1,493,832 | £1,715,487 | 13 | 19 December 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £1,427,880 | £1,418,134 | 13 | 3 December 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £1,262,719 | £1,545,253 | 13 | 18 December 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | £977,188 | £1,347,498 | 13 | 20 December 2022 |
| 31 March 2021 | £7,725,123 | £1,531,635 | 13 | 14 December 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 Morton Fraser MacRoberts LLP, 9 Haymarket Square, Edinburgh
- Website supplied to OSCR
- http://www.kirkhousetrust.org/
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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