OSCR Scottish charity profile

The Tricia Cohen Memorial Trust

ActiveCharity number SC050838
Registered15 March 2021
Main locationDundee City
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
SC050838
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
Scotland and other parts of the UK
Volunteers
0 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
DD25DQ

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

The Tricia Cohen Memorial Trust was established in memory of the late Professor Tricia Cohen, who conducted her research programme at the University of Dundee in the Department of Biochemistry and MRC Protein Phosphorylation Unit for 48 years between 1971 and 2019. The Tricia Cohen Memorial Trust was constituted by a Deed of Trust in November 2020 to fund biomedical research until Tricia Cohen’s 100th birthday in 2044. The Trust is working closely with the University of Dundee and has awarded two Tricia Cohen Prize Studentships: one to the School of Life Sciences and one to the School of Medicine.

Charitable purposes

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

Beneficiaries

  • Other defined groups

Activities

  • It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations

Constitutional objectives

Charitable objectives: The Trust's primary objectives are: 1. To advance the education of students undertaking biomedical research or by providing facilities for educational purposes relating to the study or practice of biomedical research. 2. To award research studentships, scholarships, grants, maintenance or travel allowances or any other awards to students, prospective students, undergraduates or graduates of any College or University for the purpose of furthering their education and/or their Biomedical research. 3. To award grants to undertake biomedical research and to publish the results of research for the benefit of the public. The Trustees will also seek: a) To promote education, training and skills development in biomedical research or any associated discipline. b) To promote excellence or proficiency in biomedical research. c) To promote and provide financial assistance to students in need of such assistance to enable their courses of study in biomedical research to be undertaken. d) To provide education and training in biomedical research and, without prejudice to the foregoing, in promoting public lectures, demonstrations or exhibitions relating to biomedical research.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endTotal incomeDonationsCharitable activities incomeTrading incomeInvestment incomeOther incomeTotal expenditureRaising fundsCharitable activities spendingOther spendingStaffReturn received
3 May 2026£0£0£0£0£0£0£0£0£0£00Not supplied
3 May 2025£46,472£0£0£0£0£0£43,948£0£0£0017 December 2025
3 May 2024£110,667£0£0£0£0£0£111,631£0£0£0015 October 2024
3 May 2023£19,461£0£0£0£0£0£45,314£0£0£0022 December 2023
3 May 2022£180,934£0£0£0£0£0£143,074£0£0£002 February 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
Inverbay Bramblings, Invergowrie, Dundee
Website supplied to OSCR
Not supplied
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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