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St John Episcopal Church Pittenweem - Bishop Low Trust Fund: Pittenweem

SC001447Registered charity from 01 January 1902
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Charity Information:
Address 31 Beacon Court
Craws Nest Court
Anstruther
Postcode KY10 3FP
Is the supplied address a principal office or a trustee address? Trustee - Charity Trustee
Website No Link Provided
Parent Charity Name General Synod Of The Scottish Episcopal Church
Parent Charity Registration Number SC015962
Parent Charity Country of Registration Scotland
Regulatory Type Standard
Object:
(A) for the payment of all expenses of management of the trust. (B) for the following charitable purposes:- (i) to provide support for the ministry of St Johns Episcopal Church: Pittenweem (Scottish Charity number SC010982) (hereinafter referred to as "the Church") in its engagement with the wider community of the East Neuk of Fife; In the event of the Church ceasing to exist, to provide such support to such other Church within the Diocese of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane of the Scottish Episcopal Church (Scottish Charity number SC017654) ("the Diocese") providing ministry in the geographical areas currently covered by St Johns; In the event that no such Church exists, to provide support for the Diocese in its provision of ministry within the geographical area covered by the Diocese; (ii) for the conservation, maintenance, repair, renewal and improvement of the cave, the group of historic buildings and their environs belonging to the Trust, and their fittings, fixtures and furnishings; and (iii) to provide the Trust's heritable properties for use by the Community in East Fife. For the avoidance of doubt, the heritable properties include the buildings owned by the Trust, the cave, the precinct and the grassed area between the Gate House and the Erskine Burial Plot. (C) WITH THE PROVISO THAT should the Trustees consider;- (a) that these charitable purposes have at any time become incapable of being fulfilled for any reason including changes in social and economic circumstances and changes in law; or (b) that the fund has been reduced at any time to an amount which in the opinion of the trustees is such that the purpose of the Trust cannot be fulfilled; or (c) that it is expedient for any other reason, Then the Trust shall be wound up and the Trustees shall pay, conveyor make over the fund to such body or bodies or funds, charitable in law as the Trustees in their sole discretion think fit.
Operations:
What the charity is set up to do and how it does this:
To support the mission and ministry of St John's church, Pittenweem, by providing accommodation for our clergy, welcoming visitors, pilgrims, artists and members of the local community into the sacred quarter of Pittenweem and by conducting worship in St Fillan's Cave, which is open to the public on payment of a nominal charge.
Charity Status: Active
Constitutional Form: Trust (founding document is a deed of trust) (other than educational endowment)
Constitutional Form Date: 01 Jan 1992
Main Operating Location: Fife
Number of Staff: 0
Number of Volunteers: 1-50
Purposes: "the advancement of religion"
Beneficiaries: "Other defined groups"
Types Of Activity Undertaken: "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 2021 £158,051 £155,794 06 May 2022 Yes
30 Sept 2022 £25,029 £21,100 21 Mar 2023 Yes
30 Sept 2023 £24,108 £17,222 07 Mar 2024 Yes
30 Sept 2024 £51,593 £21,198 05 Mar 2025 Yes
30 Sept 2025 £98,596 £33,339 09 Mar 2026 Yes Download
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
David Gordon
Ian Paton
Robert Dickson
Janet Bulloch
Graham Taylor
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