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Dr William Baird Ross Trust

Country
Scotland
Charity number
SC002421
Status
Active
Registered
Oct. 4, 1966
Legal form
Trust (founding document is a deed of trust) (other than educational endowment)

Address

Address
9 Scone Gardens
Edinburgh
EH8 7DQ

Activities

'It does none of these'

'the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science'

Finance a competition to encourage the composition of church music in Scotland

Beneficiaries: 'No specific group, or for the benefit of the community'

Objectives: The fundamental purposes of the Trust are that the capital shall be held by the Trustees and the income of such part of it as the Trustees may think fit (after providing for expenses) shall be paid each third year after the signing of the Deed as a prize in Scotland for a Composition of Church Music. The prize will be by open competition for Organists and Church Musicians in Scotland to be made known by an advertisement in the Journal of the Incorporated Association of Organists or other publications or in the public press but such advertising will be at the discretion of the Trustees and in keeping with the resources available to meet the cost. Subject to the rules contained in the Clause I confer on the Trustees absolute power to decide how the competitions should be carried through and how compositions submitted should be judged including power to invite adjudicators to examine them or to hear them being performed and to pay such adjudicators their requisite fees.

Geography

Main operating location
Midlothian
Geographical spread
Operations cover all or most of Scotland

Finances

Period end Income Expenditure
March 31, 2025 £0 £0
March 31, 2024 £0 £0
March 31, 2023 £0 £0
March 31, 2022 £0 £0
March 31, 2021 £1 £0