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Catherine McCaig Trust

SC002649Registered charity from 24 October 1957
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Information about this charity:
Charity Information Operations Annual Submissions Income and Expenditure Charity Trustees
Documents overdue: 9 days

This charity failed to provide all of the information on its finances by its annual submission deadline.
Overdue

This charity failed to provide all of the information on its finances by its annual submission deadline.

Charity Information:
Address Monteith Solicitors Limited
9 George Square
Glasgow
Postcode G1 1QQ
Website www.mccaigtrust.co.uk
Regulatory Type Standard
Object:
Catherine McCaig's Trust Scheme 1963 - The governing body, after paying the necessary expenses of management and the burdens and taxes affecting the Education Fund in each financial year, including any balance carried forward... (a) they shall pay to the Board of Managers or other body responsible for the financial affairs of the United Free Church of Scotland in the Island of Lismore the sum of £20 to be expended by the said person or body in supplementing the fees paid to Ministers who conduct services in the said Church or perform pastoral duties among the congregation of the said Church; (b) they shall pay to the Town Council of Oban the sum of £20 to be applied in providing coals for such deserving poor people in Oban as the Town Council in their sole and absolute discretion may think best;...(d) they shall pay any McCaig Scholarships or Bursaries continued under section17; and (e) they shall meet expenditure incurred under sections 13 to 16, both, inclusive. Section 13 concerns McCaig Bursaries which are open to Protestants and shall be tenable at any Scottish University. Section 14 concerns McCaig Post-graduate Scholarships. Section 15 and 16 allows the governing body to make grants in aid of publication of any contemporary or other work of Celtic scholarships whether written in Gaelic or in another language and allows the governing body to make grants to assist bodies and persons to undertake research or other activities which will encourage and develop interest in Gaelic.
Operations:
What the charity is set up to do and how it does this:
To promote the learning and study of Gaelic. This is achieved through the making of grants to students of Gaelic at Scottish universities and by giving small publication grants to authors of materials written in or relating to Scottish Gaelic.
Charity Status: Active
Constitutional Form: Educational endowment
Constitutional Form Date: 24 Oct 1957
Main Operating Location: Glasgow City
Number of Staff: 1
Number of Volunteers: 0
Purposes: "the advancement of education"
Beneficiaries: "Other defined groups"
Types Of Activity Undertaken: "It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals"
Annual Submissions:
Year End Income Expenditure Annual Return Received Accounts Received Latest Annual Reports and Accounts
30 Jun 2021 £185,760 £160,304 28 Dec 2021 Yes
30 Jun 2022 £96,136 £102,518 11 Jan 2023 Yes
30 Jun 2023 £45,672 £27,330 29 Feb 2024 Yes
30 Jun 2024 £76,970 £20,642 30 Mar 2025 Yes Download
30 Jun 2025 No Annual Information due by 31 Mar 2026
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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