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Verden Sykes Trust

SC007281Registered charity from 08 August 1982
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Information about this charity:
Charity Information Operations Annual Submissions Income and Expenditure Charity Trustees
Charity Information:
Address 20 Forvie Circle
Bridge Of Don
Aberdeen
Postcode AB22 8TA
Is the supplied address a principal office or a trustee address? Trustee - Charity Trustee
Website No Link Provided
Regulatory Type Standard
Object:
1. For the support of Churches and Missions of the Christian Faith, both in Great Britain and elsewhere and in particular but not exclusively for the benefit and support of St.Nicholas Congregational Church, Aberdeen. 2. For the advancement and development of religious education and music, both in Great Britain and elsewhere. 3. For the advancement and development of education for both children and adults in Great Britain and elsewhere. 4. For the support of projects which encourage and promote work for young people, both in Great Britain and elsewhere. 5. For the welfare of the elderly, the weak and the infirm. 6. For the support and encouragement of scientific research into disease and physical and mental disability. 7. For the relief of poverty and the effects of natural disaster in any part of the world. 8. For the payment of pensions to retired ministers. 9. Such other similar charitable purposes as the Trustees may in their absolute discretion decide.
Operations:
What the charity is set up to do and how it does this:
The only area of charitable activity is the provision of grants to fund the purposes laid down by the Trust. The Trust has been and is successful in this. Assistance is given in the provision of support for the poor and homeless, particularly in the winter months in the local area. Young people have benefited from assistance to undertake voluntary work in an underprivileged area of the world.
Charity Status: Active
Constitutional Form: Trust (founding document is a deed of trust) (other than educational endowment)
Constitutional Form Date: 08 Aug 1982
Main Operating Location: Aberdeen
Number of Staff: 0
Number of Volunteers: 0
Purposes: "the prevention or relief of poverty", "the advancement of education", "the advancement of religion", "the advancement of citizenship or community development", "the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science", "any other purpose that may reasonably be regarded as analogous to any of the preceding purposes"
Beneficiaries: "Children or young people", "Older People", "No specific group, or for the benefit of the community", "Other charities or voluntary bodies"
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
05 Apr 2021 £165,812 £174,491 02 Nov 2021 Yes
05 Apr 2022 £21,081 £38,580 01 Nov 2022 Yes
05 Apr 2023 £151,893 £125,893 25 Oct 2023 Yes
05 Apr 2024 £242,634 £280,561 09 Oct 2024 Yes
05 Apr 2025 £121,602 £112,891 02 Sept 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
Margaret Petrie
Gerald McIntosh
Alistair McRobb
IRENE MERRILEES
Irene Margaret Strachan
ANNE McCALLUM
William Thomson Ross
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