# Hope Trust

## Details

- **Country:** Scotland
- **Charity number:** SC000987
- **Status:** Active
- **Legal form:** Trust (founding document is a deed of trust) (other than educational endowment)
- **Registered:** April 18, 1912
- **Register:** https://www.oscr.org.uk/about-charities/search-the-register/charity-details?number=SC000987


## Contact

- **Address:** Glenorchy House, 20 Union Street, Edinburgh
- **Postcode:** EH1 3LR



## Activities

**Activities:** 'It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals','It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations'

**Purposes:** 'the advancement of religion','the advancement of health'

**What the charity does:** The trustees make grants to charities that combat all forms of substance abuse to promote temperance work. they make grants to charities that promote the Reformed church and church life in Scotland. they pay scholarships to post-graduate students in the Reformed tradition at Schools of Divinity at Scottish universities. they make grants to all ministry candidates in the Church of Scotland and the Free Church. the trust also funds a post-doctoral fellowship.

**Beneficiaries:** 'Children or young people','Older People','People with disabilities or health problems','People with a particular ethnic or racial origin'

**Objectives:** The Trustees shall hold the Trust Fund and the income of it to pay and apply the same to or for the benefit of or in furtherance of (a) advancing the cause of temperance through the promotion of temperance work and the combatting of all forms of substance abuse, and (b) promoting Reformed theology and Reformed church life especially in Scotland and the social mission of charities with historical or contemporary links to the Reformed tradition, considered in its diverse forms, and (c) such similar charitable purposes or charitable institutions in such proportions and manner as the Trustees shall think fit.





## Geography

- **Main operating location:** Midlothian
- **Geographical spread:** Wider, but within one local authority area



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees | Accounts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £276533 | £288932 |  -  | 0 |  |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £278316 | £236548 |  -  |  -  |  |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £267699 | £239655 |  -  |  -  |  |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £245467 | £255492 |  -  |  -  |  |
| Dec. 31, 2020 | £224476 | £239268 |  -  |  -  |  |