01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC053620
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Operations cover all or most of Scotland
- Volunteers
- 1-50 volunteers
- Staff
- 0
- Postcode
- G2 5SG
OSCR note: This charity has been established to replace The William Lind Foundation, SC014805 and Ballast Trust, SC008790 The William Lind Foundation, SC014805 and Ballast Trust, SC008790 intend to wind up and pass its assets and liabilities to The Lind Foundation SCIO, SC053620
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
The SCIO encourages, facilitates and conducts research in all aspects of business history. The SCIO funds the Ballast Trust Archivist and Business Archives Surveying Officer.
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of education
- the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
Beneficiaries
- No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
Activities
- It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
The purposes of the SCIO are:- (i) the advancement of education, heritage, culture and science through the provision of (amongst other things) (a) financial support for The Ballast Trust, or by whatever name that the organisation may be referred to in the future. (b) financial support to encourage, facilitate and conduct research in all aspects of business history. (c) support for the preservation and efficient organisation of business records. (d) services to assist with the location and surveying of records of historical interest and the preservation and rescue of records at risk. (e) support of bodies active in the preservation and publication of business records such as the Business Archives Council of Scotland. and (ii) to promote similar charitable purposes, objects or institutions in such proportions and manner as the Trustees think fit.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 April 2026 | £0 | £0 | 0 | Not supplied |
| 5 April 2025 | £4,109,132 | £9,114 | 0 | 8 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
- 180 St Vincent 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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