OSCR Scottish charity profile

The Bett Charitable Foundation

ActiveCharity number SC053135
Registered22 February 2024
Main locationGlasgow 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
SC053135
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
Scotland and other parts of the UK
Volunteers
0 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
G1 3DN

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

The Trust is not intended to be fundraising and is, accordingly, constituted in such a manner as to allow an appropriate level of flexibility without being encumbered by an overprescriptive constitution. lt is envisaged that the Trustees will operate as a conduit between the estate of Mr and Mrs Bett, on the death of the survivor of them, and charitable beneficiaries specifically in the UK, subject to the terms and charitable purposes of the Trust Deed, for the purpose of managing inheritance to their estate on death for charitable purposes. The Trust does not currently hold any funds as Mr and Mrs Bett are both still alive.

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 public participation in sport
  • the advancement of animal welfare

Beneficiaries

  • Other charities or voluntary bodies

Activities

  • It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations

Constitutional objectives

The Trustees shall hold and apply the Trust Fund on discretionary trusts for payment of the whole or part of the capital of the trust estate 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 our wish that the Trust Fund be used in supporting Charities within the United Kingdom, and without prejudice to that generality for the following selected Charitable Purposes: (a) the prevention or relief of poverty. (b) the advancement of education. (c) the advancement of health. (d) the saving of lives. (e) the advancement of public participation in sport. (f) the advancement of community development. and/or (g) the advancement of animal welfare.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

2 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 March 2026£0£00Not supplied
31 March 2025£0£0015 December 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
100 Queen Street, Glasgow
Website supplied to OSCR
Not supplied
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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