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The Countess of Dunmore's Charitable Trust

SC047270Registered charity from 22 March 2017
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Information about this charity:
Charity Information Operations Annual Submissions Income and Expenditure Charity Trustees
Charity Information:
Address c/o Murray Beith Murray
3 Glenfinlas Street
Edinburgh
Postcode EH3 6AQ
Website No Link Provided
Regulatory Type Standard
Object:
Subject to Purpose (THIRD), the Trustees shall pay or apply the income of the Trust Fund and shall have power in their discretion at any time or times to pay or apply the whole or any part or parts of the capital thereof for the advancement of citizenship or community development by the giving of grants. And it is hereby specifically declared and provided that the Trustees shall be prohibited from exercising their powers (a) other than for charitable purposes only, or (b) in such a manner as to benefit directly or indirectly me or any person who has contributed to the Trust Fund, or any spouse of mine or of any such person. The Trustees may, instead of themselves paying or applying any of the said income or capital as provided for in Purpose (FOURTH) pay or transfer the same to any other trusts, organisations, societies, institutions, corporations, associations, and other bodies situated or established in the United Kingdom which have purposes which are wholly charitable both in law and for the purpose of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005, either for their general purposes or for any specific charitable purpose as the Trustees may decide, and the receipt of the secretary or treasurer or authorised official or agent of any such body shall be a full and complete discharge and exoneration of the Trustees with regard to the subsequent application of such income or capital.
Operations:
What the charity is set up to do and how it does this:
The Trustees are directed to distribute the capital and the free annual income for the advancement of citizenship or community development. To sustain the activities the Trustees maintain an endowment fund, the income from which is used to finance the charity's grant making activities
Charity Status: Active
Constitutional Form: Trust (founding document is a deed of trust) (other than educational endowment)
Constitutional Form Date: 22 Mar 2017
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 advancement of health", "the saving of lives", "the advancement of citizenship or community development", "the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science", "the advancement of public participation in sport", "the provision of recreational facilities, or the organisation of recreational activities, with the object of improving the conditions of life for the persons for whom the facilities or activities are primarily intended", "the advancement of human rights, conflict resolution or reconciliation", "the promotion of religious or racial harmony", "the promotion of equality and diversity", "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", "the advancement of animal welfare", "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 Dec 2021 £3,151 £17,034 17 May 2022 Yes
31 Dec 2022 £30,266 £30,982 05 May 2023 Yes
31 Dec 2023 £4,208 £16,585 01 May 2024 Yes
31 Dec 2024 £4,146 £6,555 22 Aug 2025 Yes Not published by OSCR
31 Dec 2025 No Annual Information due by 30 Sept 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
Rebecca Wightman
Kate Connolly
Alec Stewart
Anne Murray
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