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The Kirkhouse Trust SCIO

SC047432Registered charity from 18 May 2017
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Information about this charity:
Charity Information Operations Annual Submissions Income and Expenditure Charity Trustees
Notes:
This charity has been established to replace Kirkhouse Trust SC030508 Kirkhouse Trust SC030508 intends to wind up and pass its assets and liabilities to The Kirkhouse Trust SCIO SC047432 which is a SCIO.
Charity Information:
The Name the Charity is Known By The Kirkhouse Trust
Address C/o Morton Fraser LLP
Quartermile Two
2 Lister Square
Edinburgh
Postcode EH3 9GL
Website http://www.kirkhousetrust.org/
Regulatory Type Standard
Object:
5.1 to promote education and research in the Natural Sciences but in particular for education and research in the biological and medical sciences as such terms as may be defined by the Secretary to the Royal Society and without restricting that general purpose to apply such funds and property for the purpose of maintaining, improving and developing facilities for teaching, for post graduate work, for research or for any other purpose in the development of the Natural Sciences and in particular the biological and medical sciences; 5.2 to contribute to the endowment of existing and new chairs, departments and research facilities as shall in the sole opinion of the Trustees promote education and research in the Natural Sciences and in particular the biological and medical sciences; and 5.3 to purchase equipment or to give grants for the purchase of equipment and to give grants for the provision of facilities, whether buildings or extensions of a building, which in the sole opinion of the Trustees can promote education and research in the Natural Sciences and in particular the biological and medical sciences.
Operations:
What the charity is set up to do and how it does this:
Our strategy is to support scientists in the target countries by providing research grants, laboratories, advice, training, equipment and supplies to enable them to carry out marker assisted selection for crop improvement. We presently focus on legume crops for a number of reasons: they provide essential nutrients not available from cereal or root crops; they improve soil by fixing nitrogen and stabilising it through their deep root systems; they are relatively neglected by funding agencies. We focus on legumes important for smallholder farmers, who produce a significant proportion of the food grown in African countries and in India.
Charity Status: Active
Constitutional Form: SCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)
Constitutional Form Date: 18 May 2017
Main Operating Location: City of Edinburgh
Number of Staff: 13
Number of Volunteers: 1-50
Purposes: "the advancement of education", "the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science"
Beneficiaries: "Other defined groups", "No specific group, or for the benefit of the community", "Other charities or voluntary bodies"
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 £977,188 £1,347,498 20 Dec 2022 Yes
31 Mar 2023 £1,262,719 £1,545,253 18 Dec 2023 Yes
31 Mar 2024 £1,427,880 £1,418,134 03 Dec 2024 Yes
31 Mar 2025 £1,493,832 £1,715,487 19 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 Nurse
Daniel Hulls
Adrian Bird
Edwin Southern
Appolinaire Djikeng
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