# Donald Stewart Memorial Trust

## Details

- **Country:** Scotland
- **Charity number:** SC022736
- **Status:** Active
- **Legal form:** Trust (founding document is a deed of trust) (other than educational endowment)
- **Registered:** March 9, 1994
- **Register:** https://www.oscr.org.uk/about-charities/search-the-register/charity-details?number=SC022736


## Contact

- **Address:** 1 Coll, Isle of Lewis, Isle of Lewis
- **Postcode:** HS2 0JR



## Activities

**Activities:** 'It does none of these'

**Purposes:** 'the advancement of education','the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science','the advancement of public participation in sport'

**What the charity does:** The charity is set up for the encouragement of education in the Western Isles in memory of Donald Stewart who served as a Member of parliament for our constituency.  The charity requests nominations from all the secondary schools in the Western Isles for the awards above, which are open to pupils in 5th and 6th year. The nominations are then considered by the trustees and decisions are made on who is the successful nominee.

**Beneficiaries:** 'Children or young people'

**Objectives:** With a view to encouraging education in the Western Isles, the purposes of the Trust are: (1) To collect and raise funds for the provision of annual award to pupils in the fifth and sixth form of the Secondary Schools in the Western Isles which for the avoidance of doubt shall include for the purposes of the Trust Lewis, Harris, the Uists and Barra. (2) Appoint a panel of judges for judging a literacy competition. (3) Make arrangements for an essay competition to be held annually with awards being made for the best essay chosen by the judges, one award being for the best essay written in English and one for the best essay written in Gaelic with the condition that the essays are to be on a Scottish theme. (4) Provide Trustees with the power to make a special award for outstanding achievement by a young person from or living in the Western Isles for which the Trustees shall be the sole judges for what constitutes outstanding achievement.





## Geography

- **Main operating location:** Western Isles
- **Geographical spread:** Wider, but within one local authority area



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees | Accounts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £0 | £0 |  -  | 0 |  |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £0 | £250 |  -  | 0 |  |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £0 | £141 |  -  | 0 |  |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £0 | £102 |  -  | 0 |  |
| Dec. 31, 2020 | £0 | £0 |  -  | 0 |  |






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