# Ashfield Trust

## Details

- **Country:** Scotland
- **Charity number:** SC007649
- **Status:** Active
- **Legal form:** Trust (founding document is a deed of trust) (other than educational endowment)
- **Registered:** Jan. 7, 1975
- **Register:** https://www.oscr.org.uk/about-charities/search-the-register/charity-details?number=SC007649


## Contact

- **Address:** Murray Beith Murray LLP, 3 Glenfinlas Street, Edinburgh
- **Postcode:** EH3 6AQ



## Activities

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

**Purposes:** 'the prevention or relief of poverty','the advancement of education','the advancement of religion','the advancement of health','the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science','the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage','the advancement of animal welfare','any other purpose that may reasonably be regarded as analogous to any of the preceding purposes'

**What the charity does:** The Charity awards grants to eligible institutions, these grants are intended to help these institutions provide tangible benefits.  The Trustees maintain an endowment fund with the income from this used to finance the grants

**Beneficiaries:** 'Children or young people','People with disabilities or health problems','Other defined groups','Other charities or voluntary bodies'

**Objectives:** For such purposes as the law shall from time to time regard as charitable within the meaning of section 360 of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1970 or of any Act amending or replacing the same the Trustees being hereby directed to distribute the Trust Fund at such time or times and in such amounts as they may determine in their sole discretion for such charitable purposes only.





## Geography

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



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees | Accounts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept. 30, 2025 | £9832 | £16377 |  -  | 0 | [Markdown](/sc/SC007649/files/2025-09-30-accounts.md) (320.7 KB) |
| Sept. 30, 2024 | £9012 | £2816 |  -  | 0 |  |
| Sept. 30, 2023 | £8167 | £2874 |  -  | 0 |  |
| Sept. 30, 2022 | £7208 | £33601 |  -  | 0 |  |
| Sept. 30, 2021 | £7299 | £0 |  -  | 0 |  |
| Sept. 30, 2020 | £7865 | £2540 |  -  | 0 |  |






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