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William Welsh Caird SCIO

ActiveCharity number SC050130
Registered5 May 2020
Main locationAberdeenshire
Legal formSCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC050130
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
A specific local point, community or neighbourhood
Volunteers
0 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
AB39 2DA
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OSCR note: This charity was established to replace WW Caird Trust Fund SC005333. WW Caird Trust Fund SC005333 has wound up and transferred its assets and liabilities to this charity. WW Caird Trust Fund SC005333 intends to wind up and pass its assets and liabilities to William Welsh Caird SCIO SC050130

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

To provide financial grants to members (and widows) of Masonic Lodge who are over 65 years of age and are regular attenders. To donate to local charities. To maintain Masonic building.

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

Beneficiaries

  • Older People
  • 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

7.1 The SCIO will promote, advance and further its Charitable purposes by operating as a “grant giving” charity which will support financially and otherwise charities and projects designed to achieve aims and deliver projects that are intended to:- 7.1.1 support older people who will benefit from assistance due to age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage. or 7.1.2 support such other purposes as are Charitable. 7.2 For the purposes of the 2005 Act the following charitable purposes are (i) particularly relevant and (ii) is the charitable purpose identified as applicable from section 7 of the 2005 Act:- 7.2.1 the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage. and 7.2.2 all other Charitable purposes. 7.3 For the purposes of the Taxes Acts and the provisions set out in clauses 7.1 to 7.2 shall be read together to ensure the purposes of the SCIO are compliant with the Taxes Acts.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
30 April 2025£22,897£29,729030 January 2026
30 April 2024£17,836£28,195016 January 2025
30 April 2023£15,329£30,552024 January 2024
30 April 2022£14,903£27,464031 January 2023
30 April 2021£14,979£27,693030 January 2023

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
The Masonic Hall, Ann Street, Stonehaven
Website supplied to OSCR
Not supplied
Parent charity
Not supplied
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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

OSCR
Scottish Charity Register

Daily current-register data and five-year annual-return history.

Snapshot 25 August 2026→

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