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Bellahouston Bequest Fund

SC011781Registered charity from 28 September 1918
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Charity Information Operations Annual Submissions Income and Expenditure Charity Trustees
Charity Information:
The Name the Charity is Known By The Bellahouston Bequest Fund
Address George House
36 North Hanover Street
Glasgow
Postcode G1 2AD
Website https://bellahoustonbequestfund.org.uk
Regulatory Type Standard
Object:
The Trustees shall hold and apply the residue and remainder of our means and estate as a fund to be called the "Bellahouston Bequest Fund" for the following purposes:-FIRST, For the purpose of aiding by grants of money such of the following Institutions as may from time to time be selected by our Trustees in their sole discretion, viz., (First) The Glasgow Royal Infirmary, (Second) The Glasgow Western Infirmary, (Third) The Glasgow Society for Education of the Deaf and Dumb, (Fourth) The Glasgow Blind Asylum, (Fifth) The West of Scotland Convalescent Seaside Homes, (Sixth) The Glasgow City Mission or the Society for promoting the Religious interests of the Poor of Glasgow and its vicinity, (Seventh) The Glasgow Royal Asylum for Lunatics, (Eighth) The Society for Relief of Indigent Gentlewomen of Scotland, (Ninth) The Glasgow Night Asylum for the Houseless, (Tenth) The Glasgow Industrial Schools, (Eleventh) The Kirk Sessions of the Parishes of Govan and Bellahouston to be applied for the relief of poor persons not receiving Parochial aid, (Twelfth) The National Bible Society of Scotland, (Thirteenth) The City of Glasgow Native Benevolent Association, (Fourteenth) The Glasgow Eye Infirmary. SECOND, For the purpose of founding and endowing or assisting to found and endow Bursaries or Scholarships in connection with the University of Glasgow for students attending or purposing to attend or having with distinction attended the said University to be called the Bellahouston Bursaries or Scholarships. THIRD, For the purpose of founding and endowing or assisting to found and endow Educational Institutions, Professorships or Masterships in the Parliamentary Boundaries of the City of Glasgow or within five miles thereof, for giving scientific and technical instruction.
Operations:
What the charity is set up to do and how it does this:
The Bellahouston Bequest Fund is a Scottish Charity, the principal focus of which is to assist small charities and organisations based, primarily, in the Greater Glasgow area. In the main, the Trustees provide grants to aid with the relief of poverty or disease, promote education (including religious education), safe-guard places of historical and artistic significance, protect and renew church buildings of Protestant Evangelical denominations and other places of religious worship. The Trustees may also assist with founding and endowing scholarships and bursaries in connection with the University of Glasgow. Support is also given, from time to time, to the funding of other Educational Institutions, Professorships or Masterships in scientific and technical instruction within the Greater Glasgow area. The Trustees meet quarterly to consider applications and award grants.
Charity Status: Active
Constitutional Form: Trust (founding document is a deed of trust) (other than educational endowment)
Constitutional Form Date: 28 Sept 1918
Main Operating Location: Glasgow City
Number of Staff: 0
Number of Charity Trustees: 6
Number of Volunteers: 0
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 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", "the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage", "any other purpose that may reasonably be regarded as analogous to any of the preceding purposes"
Beneficiaries: "Children or young people", "Older People", "People with disabilities or health problems", "No specific group, or for the benefit of the community", "Other charities or voluntary bodies"
Types Of Activity Undertaken: "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"
Annual Submissions:
Year End Income Expenditure Annual Return Received Accounts Received Latest Annual Reports and Accounts
30 Jun 2021 £160,539 £297,075 30 Mar 2022 Yes
30 Jun 2022 £158,080 £236,732 18 Apr 2023 Yes
30 Jun 2023 £163,735 £246,566 21 Dec 2023 Yes
30 Jun 2024 £141,377 £245,706 20 Dec 2024 Yes
30 Jun 2025 £142,441 £246,693 08 Jan 2026 Yes
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
Gordon William Armour
Robert Graham Hynd
Jean Couper CBE
Alasdair Robert John Ronald
Doctor Jill Elizabeth Fowlie
Frances Jane McMenamin
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