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The Basil Death Trust

SC045474Registered charity from 11 March 2015
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Information about this charity:
Charity Information Operations Annual Submissions Income and Expenditure Charity Trustees
Charity Information:
Address 58 Morrison Street
Edinburgh
Postcode EH3 8BP
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
Operations:
What the charity is set up to do and how it does this:
It provides donations to a geographical area and specifically concentrates on the advancement of education and children under 18.
Charity Status: Active
Constitutional Form: Trust (founding document is a deed of trust) (other than educational endowment)
Constitutional Form Date: 11 Mar 2015
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 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 Submissions:
Year End Income Expenditure Annual Return Received Accounts Received Latest Annual Reports and Accounts
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
31 Mar 2025 £89,178 £220,890 22 Dec 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
Paul Irwin Keith
Alexander James Reading
William Norman Jackson
Duncan William John Gordon
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