Charity Details

Avenel Trust- F.K.A. Edinburgh Home For Babies And School Of Mothercraft

SC014080Registered charity from 26 March 1964

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Charity Information:

Address 77 Comiston Drive
Edinburgh

Postcode EH105QT

Website theaveneltrust.org

Regulatory Type Standard

Object:

(1) To take over and continue the work by the Home for Babies and Edinburgh School of Mothercraft, to acquire and undertake all or such of the assets and obligations of that Home and School as may lawfully be acquired and undertaken by the Home, and for that purpose for enter into and carry into effect, either in its present form or as modified, the Minute of Agreement referred to in this Home’s Articles of Association. (2) Gratis or for payment, to receive, bring up, educate, board, lodge, nurse, provide requisites for and attend to medically and surgically babies and children of any age.

Operations:

What the charity is set up to do and how it does this:

We are a Trust Fund which awards grants to provide essential items for individual babies and children resident in Scotland, under the age of 19 years, with a history of medical or social conditions which affect their lives. Applications for grant funding must be made through a third party such as health professional, social worker, other charitiable organisation and our Board of Trustees meet 5/6 times per year to consider these awards.

Charity Status: Active

Constitutional Form: Trust (founding document is a deed of trust) (other than educational endowment)

Constitutional Form Date: 26 Mar 1964

Main Operating Location: City of Edinburgh

Number of Staff: 0

Number of Volunteers: 1-50

Purposes: "the prevention or relief of poverty", "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", "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"

Annual Submissions:

Year End	Income	Expenditure	Annual Return Received	Accounts Received	Latest Annual Reports and Accounts
31 Oct 2021	£19,416	£20,863	29 Mar 2022	Yes
31 Oct 2022	£24,027	£18,479	23 Mar 2023	Yes
31 Oct 2023	£17,246	£13,197	24 Apr 2024	Yes
31 Oct 2024	£16,338	£15,786	03 Apr 2025	Yes	Not published by OSCR
30 Apr 2026			No	Annual Information due by 31 Jan 2027
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
Fiona	Paxton
Katherine	Preedy
Anne	Stables
Nicola	Lafferty
Jane	McMinn
Fiona	Kelly
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