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The Cruach Trust

SC033981Registered charity from 22 October 2002
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Information about this charity:
Charity Information Operations Annual Submissions Income and Expenditure Charity Trustees
Charity Information:
Address The Signet Library
Parliament Square
Edinburgh
Postcode EH1 1RF
Website www.wssociety.co.uk
Regulatory Type Standard
Object:
The Trustees shall pay or apply the income of the Trust Fund and shall have power in their discreti on at any time or times to payor apply the whole or any part or parts of the capital thereof to any registered or recognised charities, whether societies, trusts or other bodies, or any one of them which dispense money for the purpose of preserving gardens held or formerly held in private hands and situated in Great Britain, or which provide grants or pensions to gardeners or retired gardeners in Great Britain, or for any purposes as are charitable both in law and within the meaning of Section 505 of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988 or any Act amending or replacing the same; and it is hereby specifically declared and provided that the Trustees shall be prohibited from exercising their powers other than for charitable purposes only, or in such a manner as to benefit directly or indirectly us or any person who has contributed to the Trust Fund, or any spouse of ours or of any such person.
Operations:
What the charity is set up to do and how it does this:
The Cruach Trust is a small Scottish charity, which likes to make a difference with its donations. The Trust provides financial support for the natural environment including gardens, and for community and music-related organisations throughout the United Kingdom. The trustees have discretion to make donations in the UK and abroad although the vast majority are to Scottish organisations, with all types of charitable objects.
Charity Status: Active
Constitutional Form: Trust (founding document is a deed of trust) (other than educational endowment)
Constitutional Form Date: 22 Oct 2002
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 saving of lives", "the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science", "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", "any other purpose that may reasonably be regarded as analogous to any of the preceding purposes"
Beneficiaries: "No specific group, or for the benefit of the community", "Other charities or voluntary bodies"
Types Of Activity Undertaken: "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 Mar 2021 £168,242 £160,084 30 Sept 2021 Yes
31 Mar 2022 £360,309 £358,130 21 Oct 2022 Yes
31 Mar 2023 £113,574 £117,477 22 Dec 2023 Yes
31 Mar 2024 £200,408 £195,642 24 Dec 2024 Yes
31 Mar 2025 £203,210 £210,793 22 Dec 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:
First Name Last Name
Penelope Younger
Harriet Younger
Alexander Burton
Hilary-Kay Amyes
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