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Snowball Trust

Country
Scotland
Charity number
SC017480
Status
Active
Registered
Feb. 18, 1987
Legal form
Trust (founding document is a deed of trust) (other than educational endowment)

Address

Address
42 Moray Place
Edinburgh
EH3 6BT

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 relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage'

The Snowball Trust supports the welfare of children in hospital, principally through donations to existing bodies to help families with out-of-pocket travel, food and accommodation expenses at their time of need. These funds are primarily distributed via social services at Edinburgh and Glasgow Children's Hospitals. We also give funding to Crossbasket House to support their work.

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

Objectives: To promote support and secure the aims, objects andpurposes of the National Association for the Welfare of Children in Hospital (Scotland) being an incorporated charitable organisation, whose address is at Fifteen Smiths Place, Edinburgh, EH6 8HT. (TWO) For such other charitable purposes and to such other charitable bodies associations or institutions, and especially but without prejudice to the foregoing generality any having among their aims and objects the assistance of families with children in hospital or other treatment centres,

Geography

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

Finances

Period end Income Expenditure
April 5, 2025 £7,988 £12,278
April 5, 2024 £8,756 £7,556
April 5, 2023 £7,040 £4,500
April 5, 2022 £6,081 £13,076
April 5, 2021 £6,883 £14,000