Charity Details

Charity Details:

The Basil Death Trust

SC045474Registered charity from 11 March 2015

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Address 1 Rutland Court
Edinburgh

Postcode EH3 8EY

Website www.basildeathtrust.co.uk

Regulatory Type Standard

Object:

The provisions of clause (Eight) (1) of the Deed of Trust shall be replaced by the following provisions which shall operate at the sole discretion of the Trustees for the benefit of the wider public within the United Kingdom such that the purposes of the Trust are:- The advancement of education through the provision of financial assistance to such nursery, primary or secondary schools and other educational establishments for pupils up to the age of eighteen as the Trustees shall consider appropriate to enable the recipient to: 4.2.1 Construct, enlarge, improve, maintain, repair and equip the educational premises in question including any grounds, gardens and other facilities held by the recipient; 4.2.2 Provide such teaching materials (in any form) and other equipment as may be required; 4.2.3 Fund whether in whole or in part the cost of any educational trips or excursions whether in the United Kingdom or elsewhere for the benefit of the pupils; 4.2.4 Encourage an appreciation of music and the development of musical ability through the provision of musical tuition, instruments and related equipment and to enable the pupils to play, sing or perform whether alone or with others by whatever means in public or otherwise; 4.3 The advancement of the Roman Catholic faith through the provision of financial assistance to cathedrals, churches, chapels, other ecclesiastical buildings and cemeteries belonging either to the Roman Catholic Church or to other Bodies which support the Roman Catholic faith in order to construct, enlarge, improve, maintain, preserve, upkeep, repair, replace, restore and furnish such buildings, their grounds, and cemeteries, including for the provision, maintenance, preservation, upkeep, repair, replacement and restoration of furniture, musical instruments, religious objects and artefacts, books and other moveables used or to be used for the purpose of the celebration of Divine Worship according to the rites and rituals of the

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: 11 Mar 2015

Geographical Spread: Scotland and other parts of the UK

Main Operating Location: City of Edinburgh

Purposes: "the prevention or relief of poverty","the advancement of education","the advancement of religion","the saving of lives","the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science","the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage"

Beneficiaries: "Other defined groups"

Types of activity undertaken: "It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations"

Annual Information Submission History

Year End	Income	Expenditure	Annual Return Received	Accounts Received	Latest Accounts
31 Mar 2021	£73,805	£183,803	16 Nov 2021	Yes
31 Mar 2022	£70,225	£203,923	23 Dec 2022	Yes
31 Mar 2023	£89,127	£250,215	15 Dec 2023	Yes
31 Mar 2024	£81,699	£282,225	10 Dec 2024	Yes	Basil Death Trust 2024 signed accounts_Redacted
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 .

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