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Mrs Hamida Begum Murtaza's Charitable Trust

SC052515Registered charity from 26 April 2023
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Charity Information Operations Annual Submissions Income and Expenditure Charity Trustees
Charity Information:
Address Fergusson Law
25-27 Barony Street
Edinburgh
Postcode EH3 6PD
Website No Link Provided
Regulatory Type Standard
Object:
The Trustees shall hold and apply the foregoing legacy from the estate of the late Mrs Hamida Begum Murtaza, and such other funds and assets as may from time to time be comprised in the Trust Property, in trust for the following puirposes:- (a) to advance education by providing support to schools, college and in the community for educational and skills training in Scotland and elsewhere in the world; (b) to advance religion and promote racial harmony through educational projects in Scotland and elsewhere in the world; (c) to assist those in need because they are disadvantaged compared to others through poverty, disasters of any description or discrimination for whatever reason.
Operations:
What the charity is set up to do and how it does this:
Provide grants to charities supporting the advance of religion and the alleviation of poverty
Charity Status: Active
Constitutional Form: Trust (founding document is a deed of trust) (other than educational endowment)
Constitutional Form Date: 26 Apr 2023
Main Operating Location: City of Edinburgh
Number of Staff: 0
Number of Volunteers: 0
Purposes: "the advancement of education", "the advancement of religion", "the promotion of religious or racial harmony", "the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage"
Beneficiaries: "People with a particular ethnic or racial origin"
Types Of Activity Undertaken: "It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals", "It carries out activities or services itself"
Annual Submissions:
Year End Income Expenditure Annual Return Received Accounts Received Latest Annual Reports and Accounts
31 Oct 2023 £0 £0 06 Aug 2024 Yes
31 Oct 2024 £145,567 £660 23 Jul 2025 Yes Download
31 Oct 2025 No Annual Information due by 31 Jul 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
Zahida Murtaza
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