OSCR Scottish charity profile

The Blackadder Houston Charitable Trust

Not SubmittedCharity number SC048904
Registered13 December 2018
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
SC048904
Status
Not Submitted
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
UK and overseas
Volunteers
Not supplied
Staff
0
Postcode
EH3 8RY

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

Charitable purposes

  • the advancement of education
  • the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science

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

Trust Purposes The purposes of the Trust are, for the benefit of the public in Scotland and elsewhere, for payment or application of the whole free income and if the Trustees think fit having regard to the specific nature of any project or proposal they have been asked to support, the capital of the Trust Fund from time to time in the Trustees' charge for any of the aftermentioned purposes, namely:- 1.1 The advancement of education by primarily, though not exclusively, supporting, encouraging and providing financial assistance, bursaries and grants to established charities and aspiring artists. 1.2 The advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science by primarily, though not exclusively, supporting, encouraging and providing financial assistance, bursaries and grants to established charities and aspiring artists, and making works of art available for exhibitions to increase public exposure to arts.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 March 2024£0£00Not supplied
31 March 2023£13,139£78,34006 May 2026
31 March 2022£135,297£141,645018 December 2025
31 March 2021£4,828£18,986010 March 2025
31 March 2020£6,539,917£14,508012 December 2024

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
Morton Fraser MaRoberts Trustees Limited, Morton Fraser MacRoberts LLP, Level 5, 9 Haymarket 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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