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The Faculty of Advocates Abbotsford Collection Trust

SC042109Registered charity from 16 February 2011
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The Name the Charity is Known By Collections Trust
Address The Faculty of Advocates
Parliament House
Edinburgh
Postcode EH1 1RF
Website No Link Provided
Regulatory Type Standard
Object:
3.1 The Trustees shall hold the Trust Fund for the advancement of education and the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science by maintaining and preserving the Collections for the benefit of the public and facilitating the use of the Collections as an educational resource at Abbotsford, Melrose or elsewhere in accordance with the provisions of this Trust ("the Primary Purpose"). 3.2 In the event of the failure of the Primary Purpose, the Trustees shall hold the Trust Fund for such similar Charitable Purposes to the Primary Purpose as they may from time to time determine. "Charitable Purposes" means purposes only as are within the meaning of charitable purpose in terms of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 as amended or superseded from time to time which are also regarded as charitable purposes in relation to the application of the Taxes Acts from time to time in force. 3.3 In the event of the failure of the Primary Purpose and the failure of the Trustees to identify suitable similar purposes in accordance with Clause 3.2 hereof the Trustees may resolve to transfer the Trust Fund to the Faculty Fund of the Faculty of Advocates (registered charity number SC010773) or such charitable body as may be its successor body as the Trustees in their discretion shall decide. 3.4 The Primary Purpose, and in the event of the failure of the Primary Purpose, the purposes contained in clauses 3.2 and 3.3 are referred to as the "Purposes".
Details of the charity's operations
Charity Status: Active
Last Updated: 31 Mar 2025
Constitutional Form: Trust (founding document is a deed of trust) (other than educational endowment)
Constitutional Form Date: 16 Feb 2011
Geographical Spread: UK and overseas
Main Operating Location: Scottish Borders
Purposes: "the advancement of education","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 carries out activities or services itself"
Annual Information Submission History
Year End Income Expenditure Annual Return Received Accounts Received Latest Accounts
31 Mar 2021 £0 £0 03 Aug 2023 Yes
31 Mar 2022 £188 £0 03 Aug 2023 Yes
31 Mar 2023 £0 £0 03 Aug 2023 Yes
31 Mar 2024 £197 £0 16 Dec 2024 Yes Not published by OSCR
31 Mar 2025 No Annual Information due by 31 Dec 2025
*Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, OSCR allowed an additional 9 months grace period for charities that were overdue/late when their annual information due by date fell between 01 March 2020 and 31 March 2021.

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   .
Information on details of charity trustees

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