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Elizabeth Soutar Trust

Also known as: The Elizabeth Soutar Charitable Trust

Country
Scotland
Charity number
SC028463
Status
Active
Reporting
Up to date Last filed Sept. 15, 2026. Filing history
Registered
Dec. 8, 1998
Legal form
Trust (founding document is a deed of trust) (other than educational endowment)

Address

Address
Shepherd and Wedderburn LLP
9 Haymarket Square
Edinburgh
EH3 8FY

Activities

'It does none of these'

'the advancement of education','the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science'

The trustees make payments to the National Library of Scotland to support their collections.

Beneficiaries: 'Other defined groups'

Objectives: To pay and make over to The National Library of Scotland, (hereinafter referred to as “the Library'), George IV Bridge, Edinburgh the net annual income and, at the discretion of the Trustees, any part of or even the whole of the capital (together the “Charitable Funds”) of the Trust Estate as follows. the acquisition or purchase of manuscripts and printed and new media materials and copyrights where deemed by the Library to enhance the Library’s collections relating to science.

Geography

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

Finances

Period end Filed Income Expenditure
April 5, 2026 Sept. 15, 2026On time £37,893 £49,910
April 5, 2025 Oct. 13, 2025On time £42,338 £112,915
April 5, 2024 Sept. 24, 2024On time £43,468 £101,625
April 5, 2023 Dec. 12, 2023On time £42,955 £70,403
April 5, 2022 Oct. 19, 2022On time £39,287 £79,242
April 5, 2021 Sept. 7, 2021 £42,012 £54,242

Due dates are 9 months after the year end, OSCR's deadline, so they don't allow for any extension OSCR has granted.