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William Dawson Trust

Country
Scotland
Charity number
SC010662
Status
Active
Registered
April 17, 1874
Legal form
Trust (founding document is a deed of trust) (other than educational endowment)

Address

Address
Brodies LLP
Captial Square
58 Morrison Street
Edinburgh
EH3 8BP

Activities

'It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations'

'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'

Charity is set up to make donations to some specific recipients, other public institutions in Edinburgh & Glasgow and provide bursaries to deserving students at Glasgow and Edinburgh universities. Funds are generated from stock exchange investments and the management of a property portfolio.

Objectives: Providing annual bursaries for assisting and encouraging deserving young men and women at the University of Edinburgh, in the prosecution of their education Augmenting the income of such Public Institutions in Edinburgh or Glasgow as my trustees deem most deserving and as have their object the relief, or cure, of bodily disease, or the care maintenance or support of persons afflicted with bodily infirmity

Areas of operation

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

Finances

Period end Income Expenditure Accounts
Dec. 31, 2024 £134,027 £208,944 PDF 10.0 MB
Dec. 31, 2023 £139,953 £178,525
Dec. 31, 2022 £136,790 £184,743
Dec. 31, 2021 £138,730 £140,622
Dec. 31, 2020 £139,946 £127,963