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A R & K M MacLaren Trust

Country
Scotland
Charity number
SC022496
Status
Active
Registered
Oct. 31, 1990
Legal form
Trust (founding document is a deed of trust) (other than educational endowment)

Address

Address
16 Heriot Row
Edinburgh
EH3 6HR

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 education','the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science','any other purpose that may reasonably be regarded as analogous to any of the preceding purposes'

Applications are considered on an annual basis for bursary awards and continue until the applicant completes their course. The first year is an award of £500 with awards of £250 for the subsequent years. Costs are also met in connection with the upkeep and maintenance of the ruined Church of Balquhidder

Beneficiaries: 'Other defined groups'

Objectives: The object of The Trust which is to be in accordance with the wishes of the said Alan Robert MacLaren is to provide charitable assistance to Members of the Society in needy circumstances and to support educational projects connected with The Society and the history of The Clan in particular but without prejudice to the foregoing generality (1) To provide help or comforts to Members of The Society in cases of sickness or illness. (2) To assist in providing holidays in Balquhidder for Members of The Society convalescing after illness either by the provision of accommodation or by financial grant. (3) To provide financial assistance or the provision of accommodation to Undergraduate or Postgraduate Members of the Society to assist their education/ education generally and in particular to aid research and educational projects connected with The Clan MacLaren, such activities and projects to be centred where possible in the Clan's Ancestral Home in Balquhidder Strathearn. (4) To provide financial assistance for the restoration or upkeep and maintenance of the ruined Church of Balquhidder with the aim of ultimately restoring it as a place of public worship.

Geography

Main operating location
City of Edinburgh
Geographical spread
A specific local point, community or neighbourhood

Finances

Period end Income Expenditure
April 5, 2025 £39,395 £47,228
April 5, 2024 £19,427 £11,231
April 5, 2023 £92,969 £92,562
April 5, 2022 £39,501 £41,996
April 5, 2021 £19,083 £43,053