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City Of Aberdeen Council Guildry & Mortification Funds

Country
Scotland
Charity number
SC011857
Status
Active
Registered
Jan. 1, 1902
Legal form
Trust (founding document is a deed of trust) (other than educational endowment)

Address

Address
Aberdeen City Council
Marischal College
Broad Street
Aberdeen
AB10 1AB

Activities

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

'the prevention or relief of poverty','the advancement of education'

Prevention & relief of poverty and the advancement of education.

Beneficiaries: 'No specific group, or for the benefit of the community'

Objectives: The Trustee shall hold and apply any such funds and assets as may from time to time be comprised in the Trust Property, in trust for:- (a) the prevention or relief of poverty. and (b) the advancement of education. 2. The Trustee directs that the free annual revenue of the Trust shall be applied for the following purposes:- (a) relieving financial hardship among the Burgesses of Guild of Aberdeen present and future and their widows or widowers and families (including without prejudice to the foregoing generality children of deceased Burgesses of Guild at Aberdeen) by the payment of annuities of such amounts as the Trustee in their absolute discretion may determine. and (b) assisting by means of grants or scholarships of such number and amounts as the Trustee in their absolute discretion (following consultation with the Lord Dean of Guild and her/his Assessors) may determine. (i) persons born or habitually resident in the city of Aberdeen who are prevented or inhibited from pursuing their educational or career goals due to financial circumstances or who are intending to undertake educational or vocational training courses or otherwise to further their proposed careers. or (ii) organisations or collective groups which are operating in the city of Aberdeen and undertaking, or intending to undertake, educational initiatives, subject to clauses 3, 4 and 5.

Geography

Main operating location
Aberdeen
Geographical spread
Wider, but within one local authority area

Finances

Period end Income Expenditure
March 31, 2025 £107,279 £39,622
March 31, 2024 £118,986 £16,539
March 31, 2023 £78,602 £15,967
March 31, 2022 £11,112 £19,232
March 31, 2021 £4,677 £17,303