Charity Details

Ceased date: 07 October 2022

John Wilson Robert Christie Bequest Fund

SC000465Registered charity from 01 January 1992

Notes:

This charity has wound up and transferred all its assets and liabilities to The Wilson Christie Fund SC049702. The Wilson Christie Fund SC049702 is a SCIO that was created to replace this charity.

Charity Information:

Address c/o Geoghegans
6 St Colme Street
Edinburgh

Postcode EH3 6AD

Website No Link Provided

Regulatory Type Standard

Reason For Removal

Object:

Assisting and promoting the comfort and relief of old men and women above the age of sixty years, resident in the City of E dinburgh, East Lothian, Mid Lothian and West Lothian who are in deserving and indigent circumstances and preferably those who, from any cause deemed a reasonable one by the said Managers, may not be an inmate of any Hospital or Institution of a kindred nature, and to apply (i) not less than ten per cent (10%) of the net distributable income of the Fund to those said old men and women who are also suffering from acute and painful diseases; and (ii) not more than ten per cent (10%) of the net distributable income of the Fund to individuals who are engaged abroad as Missionaries or in any other capacity in the foreign mission work of any Protestant Church in Scotland and who are recommended by the Foreign Mission Committee of the Church under whose auspices they have been working, whilst they are at home on temporary leave or furlough;

Operations:

Charity Status: Removed

Constitutional Form: Trust (founding document is a deed of trust) (other than educational endowment)

Constitutional Form Date: 01 Jan 1992

Main Operating Location: City of Edinburgh

Purposes: "the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage"

Beneficiaries: "Older People", "People with disabilities or health problems"

Types Of Activity Undertaken: "It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals", "It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations"

Annual Submissions:

Year End	Income	Expenditure	Annual Return Received	Accounts Received	Latest Annual Reports and Accounts
30 Sept 2020	£129,235	£122,476	30 Jun 2021	Yes	Accounts are currently awaiting redaction
30 Sept 2021			No	Annual Information due by 30 Jun 2022
If an annual return has been received on time (within nine months of the Year End Date), the 'Annual Return Received' box is green . If an annual return is late, the box is red .

Income and Expenditure:

Charity Trustees:

First Name	Last Name
No charity trustee information available
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First Name

Last Name

No charity trustee information available

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