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George James & Alexander Chalmers Bequests

Also known as: George James & Alexander Chalmers Trust

Country
Scotland
Charity number
SC008818
Status
Active
Registered
Dec. 31, 1924
Legal form
Trust (founding document is a deed of trust) (other than educational endowment)

Address

Address
5 Albyn Terrace
Aberdeen
AB10 1YP

Activities

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

'the prevention or relief of poverty','the advancement of education','the advancement of health','the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage','any other purpose that may reasonably be regarded as analogous to any of the preceding purposes'

The Charity's objects are to manage the Trust assets and to pay out of the surplus revenue each year fixed sums to females resident in Aberdeen who have fallen into poor circumstances through no fault of their own and subject to retention of necessary funds to manage land and buildings belonging to the trust to pay annual donations to other beneficiaries of the trust at the discretion of the management trustees

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

Objectives: 1. Annuities amounting to £383:10 to various bodies existing for charitable purposes. 2. Yearly allowance to some person for seeing to the preservation and upkeep of the family tomb in the Church-yard of Auchterless. 3. Free income of estate to such of the institutions and bodies which receive annuities under (1) above and in such proportions as the Trustees think fit.

Geography

Main operating location
Aberdeen
Geographical spread
More than one local authority area in Scotland

Finances

Period end Income Expenditure
Sept. 30, 2025 £393,025 £559,400
Sept. 30, 2024 £158,983 £135,698
Sept. 30, 2023 £258,597 £135,135
Sept. 30, 2022 £233,809 £96,916
Sept. 30, 2021 £166,507 £90,029
Sept. 30, 2020 £149,775 £202,888