OSCR Scottish charity profile

Andrew Wemyss Charitable Trust

ActiveCharity number SC051542
Registered25 January 2022
Main locationHighland
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
SC051542
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
A specific local point, community or neighbourhood
Volunteers
0 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
KY12 8HH

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

To provide financial support to people and organisations in need, or to assist with employment initiatives for young people within the broader Wemyss District of Fife, where our Benefactor. Andrew Wemyss was born and raised.

Charitable purposes

  • the prevention or relief of poverty
  • the advancement of education
  • 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 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 environmental protection or improvement
  • the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage

Beneficiaries

  • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community

Activities

  • It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations

Constitutional objectives

The purposes of the Trust shall, so far, and so far only, as the same are legally charitable in Scotland, be the provision of public benefit in Scotland and elsewhere through: - (1) the prevention or relief of poverty (2) the advancement of education, (3) the advancement of health, (4) the saving of lives, (5) the advancement of citizenship or community development, (6) the provision of recreational facilities, or the organisation of recreational activities, (7) the advancement of human rights, conflict resolution or reconciliation, (8) the promotion of religious or racial harmony, (9) the promotion of equality and diversity, (10) the advancement of environmental protection and improvement, (11) the relief of those in need, and (12) any other purpose that may reasonably be regarded as analogous to any of the preceding purposes. In implementing the purposes of the Trust, the Trustees shall have particular regard to the relief of poverty and the provision of training for and provision of employment in and around Fife.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

4 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
5 April 2026£0£00Not supplied
5 April 2025£9,188,760£82,905011 December 2025
5 April 2024£5,131,943£809,257021 November 2024
5 April 2023£3,663,800£619,260019 December 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
Torrie House, Newmills, Dunfermline
Website supplied to OSCR
Not supplied
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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