01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC049702
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Operations cover all or most of Scotland
- Volunteers
- 0 volunteers
- Staff
- 0
- Postcode
- EH36AD
OSCR note: This SCIO has been set up to replace the John Wilson Robert Christie Bequest Fund SC000465. John Wilson Robert Christie Bequest Fund SC000465 has wound up and transferred its assets and liabilities to The Wilson Christie Fund SC049702.
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
Assist people over the age of 60 in and around Edinburgh who are deserving and in indigent circumstances. Also assist charities who have similar objectives and are looking for funding with suitable projects. All applications, from charities and individuals, are assessed by the board of trustees prior to approval.
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of religion
- the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
Beneficiaries
- Older People
- People with disabilities or health problems
Activities
- It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals
- It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
Constitutional objectives
The organisation's purposes are: 5.1 To assist and promote the comfort and relief of men and women above the age of sixty years, resident in the City of Edinburgh, East Lothian, Midlothian and West Lothian who are in deserving and indigent circumstances and preferably those who, from any cause deemed a reasonable one by the Trustees, may not be an inmate of any Hospital or Institution of a kindred nature. 5.2 To assist individuals (to the extent of not more than 10% of the net distributable income of the SCIO) who are engaged abroad as missionaries or in any capacity in the foreign mission work of any Protestant Church in Scotland and who are recommended by the Foreign Mission Committee of the Church under whose auspices they have been working, whilst they are at home on temporary leave or furlough.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Total income | Donations | Charitable activities income | Trading income | Investment income | Other income | Total expenditure | Raising funds | Charitable activities spending | Other spending | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2025 | £172,062 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £129,410 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 0 | 22 May 2026 |
| 30 September 2024 | £141,400 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £135,460 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 0 | 14 July 2025 |
| 30 September 2023 | £144,728 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £123,995 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 0 | 26 June 2024 |
| 30 September 2022 | £128,808 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £124,298 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 0 | 30 June 2023 |
| 30 September 2021 | £121,704 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £135,644 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 0 | 2 August 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
- 6 St Colme Street, Edinburgh
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.geoghegans.co.uk
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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