01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC050468
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Wider, but within one local authority area
- Volunteers
- 0 volunteers
- Staff
- 0
- Postcode
- EH3 8HE
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
The object of the Trust as set out in its Trust Deed is the payment of grants to Edinburgh Napier University & The University of Edinburgh to fund the award of bursaries to undergraduate or post graduate students at (1) Edinburgh Napier University in their first and subsequent years of study for the Undergraduate BA Honours in Journalism or the Postgraduate MA in Journalism and ( 2) The University of Edinburgh in their first and subsequent years of study for the Undergraduate MA Honours in English Language and Literature or a Postgraduate taught Masters (MSc) Programme or PhD in the Department of English Literature.
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of education
Beneficiaries
- Other defined groups
Activities
- It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals
Constitutional objectives
The Trustees shall hold the Trust Fund for the application and payment of the whole or part of the Trust Fund (including any income derived from same) as the Trustees may from time to time consider desirable for such charitable purposes or to such charitable institutions, societies, foundations, or funds as the Trustees may in their absolute discretion decide and without prejudice to the discretion of the Trustees it is my wish that the Trust Fund be used to fund the award of bursaries to undergraduate or postgraduate students at (1) Edinburgh Napier University (Scottish Charity Registered Number SC018373) in their first and subsequent years of study for the Undergraduate BA Honours in Journalism or the Postgraduate MA in Journalism and (2) The University of Edinburgh (Scottish Charity Registered Number SC005336) in their first and subsequent years of study for the Undergraduate MA Honours in English Language and Literature or a Postgraduate taught Masters (MSc) Programme or PhD in the Department of English Literature [or such other courses for undergraduate or postgraduate studies at said Universities as may, in the reasonable opinion of the Trustees, have in future replaced any of the foregoing studies].
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2026 | £0 | £0 | 0 | Not supplied |
| 31 March 2025 | £39,336 | £28,720 | 0 | 23 June 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £38,552 | £28,644 | 0 | 20 June 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £31,183 | £900 | 0 | 4 July 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | £11,516 | £810 | 0 | 24 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
- Lindsays LLP, Caledonian Exchange, 19a Canning 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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