OSCR Scottish charity profile

The Barry John Cruden Discretionary Trust

ActiveCharity number SC052936
Registered9 November 2023
Main locationAberdeen
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
SC052936
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
Scotland and other parts of the UK
Volunteers
0 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
AB10 1HA

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

This charity is set up to help beneficiries nomintaed in the Will of the late Barry John Cruden and other discretionary beneficiaries agreed by the Trustees

Charitable purposes

  • the prevention or relief of poverty
  • the advancement of health
  • the saving of lives
  • the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
  • the advancement of animal welfare

Beneficiaries

  • Other defined groups

Activities

  • It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals

Constitutional objectives

The charitable purposes are those set out in the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 s 7(2) of which in furtherance of the Trust purposes, the Trustees shall exercise their discretion principally in favour of such organisations as shall fulfill the following purposes, namely:-. I. The prevention of relief of poverty. II. The advancement of health (including the prevention or relief of sickness, disease or human suffering). III. The saving of lives. IV. The relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or disadvantage. and V. The advancement of animal welfare.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

2 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
5 April 2026£0£00Not supplied
5 April 2025£889,455£24,23709 September 2025

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
Johnstone House, 52-54 Rose Street, Aberdeen
Website supplied to OSCR
Not supplied
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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