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Sandison Trust

SC003358Registered charity from 26 November 1989
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Charity Information Operations Annual Submissions Income and Expenditure Charity Trustees
Charity Information:
Address Bank of Scotland Buildings
Lerwick
Shetland
Postcode ZE1 0EB
Is the supplied address a principal office or a trustee address? Trustee - Charity Trustee
Website No Link Provided
Regulatory Type Standard
Object:
(One) for payment out of the Trust Fund, as the Trustees in their sole discretion shall think proper, of the expenses of setting up the Trust hereby created; (Two) for payment out of the Trust Fund of expenses of every kind, that may be incurred by the Trustees during that year, as the Trustees in their sole discretion shall think proper, (Three) if and when the Trustees see fit, they shall be entitled, and they are hereby authorised, to set apart, and pay, make over, apply or accumulate the Trust Fund, in such proportions thereof as the Trustees in their sole discretion shall think proper, for such purposes within the Shetland Islands as charitable purposes within the meaning of section 7(2) of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 and as such Trustees shall from time to time select; including, but without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing (First) the relief of poverty amongst past and present employees of Alexander Sandison and Sons Limited, Thulecraft Limited, Sandisons (Unst) Limited their successors and their subsidiary companies, their spouses and issue and (Second) the giving of grants, loans and donations to, and the purchase of capital or other equipment for, organisations in said Islands including sports or athletic clubs or other similar organisations and (Third) the provision of grants, loans or donations to persons engaged in the pursuit of education or vocational course or qualifications of whatever nature provided those persons have a substantial connection to the said Islands; under declaration that it is our express wish and desire that the Trustees making the said disbursements shall give preference to charitable purposes or persons with a substantial connection to on the Island of Unst.
Operations:
What the charity is set up to do and how it does this:
Support former employees & their families, encourage education and apprenticeships, offering scholarships, donating to local sporting activities and training, mostly in Unst, Shetland
Charity Status: Active
Constitutional Form: Trust (founding document is a deed of trust) (other than educational endowment)
Constitutional Form Date: 26 Nov 1989
Main Operating Location: Shetland Islands
Number of Staff: 0
Number of Charity Trustees: 7
Number of Volunteers: 0
Purposes: "the prevention or relief of poverty", "the advancement of education", "the advancement of public participation in sport", "the provision of recreational facilities, or the organisation of recreational activities, with the object of improving the conditions of life for the persons for whom the facilities or activities are primarily intended"
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
05 Apr 2021 £46,423 £45,812 14 Feb 2022 Yes
05 Apr 2022 £47,061 £59,606 06 Dec 2022 Yes
05 Apr 2023 £90,119 £69,820 05 Dec 2023 Yes
05 Apr 2024 £57,827 £78,009 10 Dec 2024 Yes
05 Apr 2025 £69,708 £60,330 22 Dec 2025 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
Eric Peterson
Penelope Thomson
Ross Owers
John Watt
Shelagh Owers
William Spence
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