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Scotia Education Trust

SC041987Registered charity from 22 December 2010
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Charity Information Operations Annual Submissions Income and Expenditure Charity Trustees
Notes:
Previous Charity name Scotia Education Trust for Africa from 22 December 2010 to 02 October 2020
Charity Information:
Address 56 Campsie Drive
Milngavie
Glasgow
Postcode G62 8HP
Website https://scotiaeducationtrust.org
Regulatory Type Standard
Object:
a) The advancement of Education. b) The advancement of Health c) The relief of Poverty d) The relief of those in need through Age, Ill Health or Disability in Africa, mainly but not exclusively, in Malawi.
Operations:
What the charity is set up to do and how it does this:
The charity supports education as the route out of poverty in rural locations near Blantyre in southern Malawi. As a small charity, we only support two or three schools at a time. Our supported schools receive almost no funding from the Government. We manage projects such as school buildings - classrooms and essential infrastructure. Furniture for classrooms & dormitories, equipment for lessons & science practicals, water supply, power (solar when possible) are also needed. We use local tradesmen, often well known to us over many years. We also have a limited programme of Secondary School sponsorship. Being close to Blantyre means that there are opportunities for training in a skill or in employment after Secondary education. The Trustees have considerable experience of working in or visiting Malawi. The Trust ensures that donors’ funds are spent as expected by obtaining a variety of evidence, the recipient’s bank statement showing funds credited from the charity being essential.
Charity Status: Active
Constitutional Form: Trust (founding document is a deed of trust) (other than educational endowment)
Constitutional Form Date: 22 Dec 2010
Main Operating Location: East Dunbartonshire
Number of Staff: 0
Number of Volunteers: 0
Purposes: "the prevention or relief of poverty", "the advancement of education", "the advancement of health", "the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage"
Beneficiaries: "Children or young people"
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
31 Mar 2022 £88,186 £82,855 01 Dec 2022 Yes
31 Mar 2023 £69,976 £65,892 28 Nov 2023 Yes
31 Mar 2024 £69,074 £61,422 08 Nov 2024 Yes
31 Mar 2025 £94,624 £121,592 13 Nov 2025 Yes Download
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
Josephine Thorp
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