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Charity Details

 

Alexander Macdonald Bequest

SC018568Registered charity from 16 February 1921
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2MB ZIP file, with green, blue and mono style logos
Charity Information:
Address Aberdeen City Council
Business Hub 7, Marischal College
Broad Street
Aberdeen
Postcode AB10 1AB
Website No Link Provided
Regulatory Type Standard
Object:
The advancement of Arts, Heitage, Culture or Science.
Operations:
What the charity is set up to do and how it does this:
The advancement of arts, heritage and culture.
Charity Status: Active
Constitutional Form: Trust (founding document is a deed of trust) (other than educational endowment)
Constitutional Form Date: 16 Feb 1921
Main Operating Location: Aberdeen
Number of Staff: 0
Number of Volunteers: 0
Purposes: "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 does none of these"
Annual Submissions:
Year End Income Expenditure Annual Return Received Accounts Received Latest Annual Reports and Accounts
31 Mar 2021 £101 £512 02 Mar 2022 Yes
31 Mar 2022 £171 £512 13 Feb 2023 Yes
31 Mar 2023 £1,335 £522 30 Aug 2023 Yes
31 Mar 2024 £1,987 £523 24 Jul 2024 Yes
31 Mar 2025 £1,794 £540 03 Nov 2025 Yes Visit Charity's Website
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:
Corporate Trustees
Aberdeen City Council
Aberdeen City Council
From 09 March 2026, OSCR is required by law to publish the names of a charity’s trustees as part of its Scottish Charity Register entry. We are also required to publish each charity’s annual report and accounts as received from this date, which may include the names of certain individuals. The only exceptions to publication are where a charity or one of its charity trustees applies for this information to be excluded, and OSCR is satisfied that publishing it would jeopardise the safety or security of a person or premises.

If the charity trustee information on a Register entry appears blank, this may mean that an exemption applies or that the charity has not yet provided the required details to OSCR. Supplying this information will become mandatory as part of future annual submissions.
Section 39 Reorganisation Reports
TitleDescriptionEffective From DateExpiry DateDocument
SC018568 Alexander MacDonald Bequest (SC018568) has applied to the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator (OSCR) for approval of a reorganisation scheme for a variation of the constitution of the charity (whether or not in relation to its purposes) under section 42(3)(a) of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 (the 2005 Act). 18 Mar 2026 15 Apr 2026 summary of application for variation
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From 30 June 2025, OSCR began collecting charity trustee information through OSCR Online. Providing this information is a legal requirement for all charities. The names of trustees will be published on the Scottish Charity Register from early 2026 to promote transparency and strengthen public trust in the sector.

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