01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC051711
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- A specific local point, community or neighbourhood
- Volunteers
- 0 volunteers
- Staff
- 0
- Postcode
- KY1 1XT
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
To hold sums in Trust and to make grants to persons resident in, born in or born to parents resident in Thornton at the time of their birth, over the age of sixteen years for the purpose of assisting such persons in undergoing full-time education or training including vocational studies or training which sums do not exceed the sum of THREE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED AND FIFTY POUNDS (£3,550) in any one year with the Trustees having power to review the said sum from time to time and at any time by reference to and application of the Retail Prices Index on 31 March of each year.
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of education
Beneficiaries
- Children or young people
Activities
- It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals
Constitutional objectives
4 The organisation's purposes are: (a) To hold such sum, as my Trustees in their sole discretion shall decide, in Trust to make grants to persons resident in, born in or born to parents resident in Thornton at the time of their birth, over the age of sixteen years for the purpose of assisting such persons in undergoing full-time education or training including vocational studies or training to include without prejudice to the foregoing generality, apprenticeships or any other course of study leading to a recognised qualification or qualifications as to which my Trustees shall be the sole judges provided that (a) my Trustees shall have sole discretion to decide to whom such grants should be paid and (b) in no case shall any grant to any one person exceed the sum of THREE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED AND FIFTY POUNDS (£3,SS0) in any one year BUT DECLARING that my Trustees shall have power to review the said sum from time to time and at any time by reference to and application of the Retail Prices Index on 31 March of each year.
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 | £36,337 | £87,871 | 0 | 3 July 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £40,451 | £99,218 | 0 | 25 June 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £1,752,919 | £69,981 | 0 | 2 April 2024 |
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
- McKenzies, 26 East Fergus Place, Kirkcaldy
- Website supplied to OSCR
- Not supplied
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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