# The Charles Smith Trust

## Details

- **Country:** Scotland
- **Charity number:** SC019974
- **Status:** Active
- **Legal form:** Trust (founding document is a deed of trust) (other than educational endowment)
- **Registered:** March 20, 1992
- **Register:** https://www.oscr.org.uk/about-charities/search-the-register/charity-details?number=SC019974


## Contact

- **Address:** Ramsay Croft, 10 Old Edinburgh Road, Dalkeith, Midlothian
- **Postcode:** EH22 1JD



## Activities

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

**Purposes:** 'the advancement of education'

**What the charity does:** The Trust provides grants to persons resident in Scotland who are engaged in a profession whether in training or employment or other. All things being equal the Trust will prefer applicants in the profession of Bookseller or Stationer. In recent years, the Trust has mostly provided financial support to students in Publishing.

**Objectives:** The advancement of education





## Areas of operation

- **Main operating location:** City of Edinburgh
- **Geographical spread:** Wider, but within one local authority area



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees | Accounts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 30, 2025 | £3881 | £7451 |  -  | 0 | [PDF](/sc/SC019974/files/2025-06-30-accounts.pdf) (5.3 MB) |
| June 30, 2024 | £3837 | £2939 |  -  |  -  |  |
| June 30, 2023 | £3711 | £2674 |  -  |  -  |  |
| June 30, 2022 | £3328 | £2692 |  -  |  -  |  |
| June 30, 2021 | £2872 | £3180 |  -  |  -  |  |