# Darwin Trust Of Edinburgh

## Details

- **Country:** Scotland
- **Charity number:** SC006400
- **Status:** Active
- **Legal form:** Trust (founding document is a deed of trust) (other than educational endowment)
- **Registered:** April 19, 1984
- **Register:** https://www.oscr.org.uk/about-charities/search-the-register/charity-details?number=SC006400


## Contact

- **Address:** School of Biological Sciences, Room 2.1 , Mary Brück Building, Colin Maclaurin Road, King's Buildings, Edinburgh
- **Postcode:** EH9 3DW
- **Website:** darwintrust.bio.ed.ac.uk



## Activities

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

**Purposes:** 'the advancement of education','the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science'

**What the charity does:** The Darwin Trust of Edinburgh promotes education and research in the natural sciences, especially molecular biology. It primarily provides PhD studentships to support individuals who are not eligible for UK tuition fees, enabling them to pursue doctoral studies in biological or biomedical sciences at selected universities and research institutions. The Trust also offers undergraduate scholarships to support international students and occasionally provides grants to the University of Edinburgh for scientific initiatives and public engagement with science.

**Beneficiaries:** 'Children or young people','Other defined groups'

**Objectives:** To promote education and research in the Natural Sciences as such term as may be defined by the Secretary to the Royal Society but in particular for education and research in Molecular Biology and without restricting that general purpose to apply such funds and property for the purposes of maintaining, improving and developing the facilities for the teaching of undergraduates, for post graduate work, for research or for any other purpose in the development of the Natural Sciences and inparticular Molecular Biology in the University of Edinburgh or elsewhere all subjects as appropriate to the granting of all necessary consents of the Senatus Academicus, University Court, Dean of the Faculty of Science and the then Professor of Molecular Biology in the University of Edinburgh or similar bodies in any other University.





## Geography

- **Main operating location:** City of Edinburgh
- **Geographical spread:** UK and overseas



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees | Accounts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £2798013 | £5618278 |  -  | 2 |  |
| March 31, 2024 | £22670849 | £5611482 |  -  | 2 |  |
| March 31, 2023 | £1986727 | £4455548 |  -  | 2 |  |
| March 31, 2022 | £1919014 | £4371456 |  -  | 1 |  |
| March 31, 2021 | £2016553 | £3895311 |  -  | 1 |  |






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