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Rose Downie Trust

Also known as: Miss Rose Downies Trust

Country
Scotland
Charity number
SC014859
Status
Active
Registered
May 13, 1902
Legal form
Trust (founding document is a deed of trust) (other than educational endowment)

Address

Address
Hillview
24 McKelvie Road
Oban
Argyll
PA34 4GB

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 religion'

to support missionary, religious or nursing work and assist the poor in Appin, Duror, Glencoe, Mull, Morven or other parts of the Scottish highlands

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

Objectives: (1) To authorise and direct the Petitioners and their successors in office to set part and invest the smn of £4000 sterling, and apply the income or annual proceeds thereof in paying the salary and expenses of any missionaries, evangelists, colporteurs, or Bible-women, connected with any of the Protestant churches in Scotland, or trained nurses selected by the Petitioners and their successors in office for visitation and religious work and instruction and sick-nursing among the inhabitants on the estates of Appin, Duror, and Glencoe which formerly belonged to the Executrix's father, and for the support, relief, and benefit of poor persons resident in or in the vicinity of said estates, preference being given to persons who are not in receipt of parochial relief. (2) To authorise and direct the Petitioners and their foresaids to apply the income or annual proceeds of the residue and remainder of the Trust estate for the like purposes as are expressed in the immediately preceding articles in the districts indicated in the sixth purpose of Testators settlement.

Geography

Main operating location
Argyll And Bute
Geographical spread
More than one local authority area in Scotland

Finances

Period end Income Expenditure
Dec. 31, 2025 £8,359 £4,359
Dec. 31, 2024 £7,576 £3,700
Dec. 31, 2023 £7,283 £2,700
Dec. 31, 2022 £7,096 £3,250
Dec. 31, 2021 £6,341 £2,700