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A B Martin's Charitable Trust, SC007566
Registered charity from 04 September 1990 Ceased date: 26 September 2018
Charity Details
The name the charity is known by.The Name the Charity is Known ByAB Martin Charitable Trust
This shows the latest contact address that OSCR has been given for the charity.AddressDentons UKMEA LLP
I George Square
Glasgow
This is the latest postcode that the charity has supplied.PostcodeG2 1AL
Shown where the charity has supplied us with a link to its website.WebsiteNo Link Provided
Charities are shown as Standard charities, Registered Social Landlords, or Cross-Border charities. These last two will link through to other Regulators’ websites, where you may be able to view the charity’s accounts.Regulatory Type Standard
Reason For Removal
These are taken directly from the charity's constitution. A charity's objects describe what the charity has been legally set up to achieve. They do not necessarily describe all of the activities the charity carries out in order to achieve these objects. Object:
For the benefit or in furtherance of such purposes or such institutions, foundations, bodies or trusts as the law regards as charitable (under the legislation relating to Income Tax and Inheritance Tax) in such manner and in such amounts and proportions and upon such terms and conditions as the Trustees may from time to time in their discretion determine, providing always that such terms and conditions are not inconsistent with the trust purposes and that the Trustees shall not accumulate the free income or annual produce of the trust estate in whole or in part at any time after the expiry of twenty one years from the date of these presents; And we make the following declarations:- (primo) In implement of the foregoing trust purposes (hereinafter referred to as "the primary trust purposes") the Trustees shall in their selection of purposes, institutions, foundations, bodies or trusts which are charitable in law take into consideration and pay special regard to (a) the advancement of religion and education and (b) the relief of poverty, suffering, disease, sickness, infirmity, age, distress and the physically and mentally handicapped, all whether in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland or elsewhere; (secundo) The Trustees may in implement of, but subject always to, the primary trust purposes or anyone or more of them (a) provide or make payment to proper objects of charity of scholarships, bursaries, prizes, allowances, fees, costs and expenses of and for religious, educational, training, instructional, cultural, medical, surgical, nursing, curative, research, recreative, welfare, board, maintenance and other facilities, services, requisites, appliances, equipment, accommodation and materials, and food, fuel and other necessaries, grants of all kinds, including loans with or without security and whether at interest or free of interest, all as the Trustees in their discretion may determine, whether in money or in kind.
Details of the charity's operations
Current status of the charity.Charity Status: Removed
When the charity last submitted a change in information.Last Updated: 17 Jul 2022
Whether the charity is a Trust, Company, Unincorporated Association, SCIO, Educational Endowment, Industrial & Provident Society or Statutory Corporation, the date it became that form, and any previous forms it may have had.Constitutional Form: Trust (founding document is a deed of trust) (other than educational endowment)
Constitutional Form Date: 04 Sep 1990
This best describes how local or widespread the work of the charity is.Geographical Spread: Scotland and other parts of the UK
This local authority area in which the charity is currently operating.Main Operating Location: Glasgow City
The Charity and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act sets out 15 charitable purposes and one analogous purpose.Purposes: "the prevention or relief of poverty","the advancement of education","the advancement of religion","the advancement of health","the advancement of citizenship or community development","the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science","the advancement of public participation in sport","the advancement of human rights, conflict resolution or reconciliation","the advancement of environmental protection or improvement","the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage","the advancement of animal welfare","any other purpose that may reasonably be regarded as analogous to any of the preceding purposes"
This lists which beneficiary groups the charity has identified as being the main focus of activities: children / young people, older people, people with disabilities or health problems, people of a particular ethnic or racial origin, other defined groups, no specific group or for the benefit of the community, other charities / voluntary bodies.Beneficiaries: "No specific group, or for the benefit of the community","Other charities or voluntary bodies"
This sets out the types of activity undertaken by the charity from the following: it makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals, it makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations, it carries out activities or services itself, it does none of these.Types of activity undertaken: "It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals","It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations"

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Annual Information Submission History
The end of the financial year for which accounts and information has been requested. Year End The gross income for the period. Income Expenditure Annual Return Received The date the return was validated by OSCR. Accounts Received The accounts available to view have had personal data such as signatures and addresses redacted (blacked out) to comply with the requirements of the Data Protection Act 1998. The charity’s accounts are the responsibility of the charity trustees and any queries regarding the content of the accounts should be directed to the charity in the first instance. OSCR accepts no liability for the accuracy of the charity’s accounts nor any decision based upon them. Latest Accounts
05 Apr 2012 £15,500 £14,584 11 Sep 2012 Yes
05 Apr 2013 £16,007 £4,944 02 Oct 2013 Yes
05 Apr 2014 £15,108 £20,938 13 Jan 2015 Yes
05 Apr 2015 £18,236 £24,381 18 Jan 2016 Yes
05 Apr 2016 £14,111 £37,504 11 Nov 2016 Yes Not published by OSCR
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