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Grassmarket Mission

SC008062Registered charity from 16 May 1917
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Information about this charity:
Charity Information Operations Annual Submissions Income and Expenditure Charity Trustees
Charity Information:
Address c/o Whitelaw Wells
9 Ainslie Place
EDINBURGH
Postcode EH3 6AT
Is the supplied address a principal office or a trustee address? Trustee - Charity Trustee
Website www.grassmarketmission.org
Regulatory Type Standard
Object:
The Trust purposes are: (a) the prevention and relief of poverty and disadvantage in Edinburgh and the Lothians (the Operating Area); (b) the advancement of education within the Operating Area in such ways as may be thought fit, including the creation of training or retraining, work experience and employment opportunities particularly amongst unemployed and socially disadvantaged people; (c) to help people resident in the Operating Area to develop their physical, mental and spiritual capacity so that they may grow to full maturity as individuals and as members of society; (d) The advancement of arts and culture within the Operating Area for the benefit of the public at large and/or those who, by reasons of their youth, age, infirmity or disablement, poverty or social and economic circumstances, have need of such facilities; (e) To relieve unemployment within the Operating Areas in such ways as may be thought fit, including the creation of training, work experience and employment opportunities; (f) The advancement of health in the Operating Area in such ways as may be thought fit, including the promotion of healthy eating and healthy lifestyles particularly amongst unemployed and socially disadvantaged people;
Operations:
What the charity is set up to do and how it does this:
The Trust's mission is to provide relief to the people of the Grassmarket, Edinburgh who are vulnerable, homeless or in need because of poverty, lonliness, hunger, substance abuse, ill health, or any other reason. The Trust has a historic connection to Greyfriars Kirk with whom the Trust is a long term partner and both charities direct their outreach activities through the Grassmarket Community Project (GCP). The Trust's only grant is to GCP an annual grant restricted to towards the salary costs of the GCP CEO
Charity Status: Active
Constitutional Form: Trust (founding document is a deed of trust) (other than educational endowment)
Constitutional Form Date: 16 May 1917
Main Operating Location: City of Edinburgh
Number of Staff: 0
Number of Volunteers: 0
Purposes: "the prevention or relief of poverty", "the advancement of education", "the advancement of health", "the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science"
Beneficiaries: "No specific group, or for the benefit of the community"
Types Of Activity Undertaken: "It carries out activities or services itself"
Annual Submissions:
Year End Income Expenditure Annual Return Received Accounts Received Latest Annual Reports and Accounts
31 Mar 2022 £29,841 £44,159 05 Dec 2022 Yes
31 Mar 2023 £35,608 £44,208 22 Oct 2023 Yes
31 Mar 2024 £29,812 £48,325 01 Oct 2024 Yes
31 Mar 2025 £14,971 £40,183 05 Oct 2025 Yes Not published by OSCR
31 Mar 2026 No Annual Information due by 31 Dec 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
Mairi Day
Douglas Armstrong
Jane Paterson
Richard Adams
Elaine Crichton
Catherine Alexander
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