# George James & Alexander Chalmers Bequests

## Details

- **Country:** Scotland
- **Charity number:** SC008818
- **Known as:** George James & Alexander Chalmers Trust
- **Status:** Active
- **Legal form:** Trust (founding document is a deed of trust) (other than educational endowment)
- **Registered:** Dec. 31, 1924
- **Register:** https://www.oscr.org.uk/about-charities/search-the-register/charity-details?number=SC008818


## Contact

- **Address:** 5 Albyn Terrace, Aberdeen
- **Postcode:** AB10 1YP



## Activities

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

**Purposes:** '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'

**What the charity does:** The charity's objects are to manage the Trust assets, and to pay out of the surplus revenue of each year, fixed sums annually to certain institutions named in the Trust Deeds and to females in poor circumstances resident in Aberdeen, and subject to retention of necessary funds for the improvements of the lands and houses, to divide the balance remaining amongst the objects of the bequests in such a way as they might think best. The trustees have for many years paid part of the balance to females in poor circumstances. In recent years the small fixed sum donations have been commuted by a capital payment although the recipients of the fixed donations remain eligible to receive additional donations from surplus revenue at the discretion of the 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 | Assets | Employees | Accounts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept. 30, 2024 | £158983 | £135698 |  -  | 0 |  |
| Sept. 30, 2023 | £258597 | £135135 |  -  |  -  |  |
| Sept. 30, 2022 | £233809 | £96916 |  -  |  -  |  |
| Sept. 30, 2021 | £166507 | £90029 |  -  |  -  |  |
| Sept. 30, 2020 | £149775 | £202888 |  -  |  -  |  |