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Brown Forbes Memorial Fund

Country
Scotland
Charity number
SC029353
Status
Active
Registered
Sept. 13, 1999
Legal form
Trust (founding document is a deed of trust) (other than educational endowment)

Address

Address
1 West Regent Street
Glasgow
G2 1RW

Contact

Activities

'It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations'

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

The trustees make donations annually and invite applications from the relevant bodies.

Beneficiaries: 'No specific group, or for the benefit of the community'

Objectives: I direct my Trustees to hold and apply the residue and remainder of my means and estate and the proceeds and produce thereof as a fund to be called 'The Brown Forbes Memorial Fund' in perpetuity for payment of such part of the income and such part of capital as my Trustees may in their sole discretion think fit to any suitable charitable body concerned with the preservation or reinstatement in Scotland of the natural beauty of the countryside. the coastline and any gardens or their wild life and to encourage and promote the enjoyment thereof and the involvement therein of members of the public including also the preservation or restoration of historic buidings in the ownership of a charitable organisation. Declaring always that my Trustees shall have complete discretion as to the amount of said payments and how they shall be allocated from time to time.

Geography

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

Finances

Period end Income Expenditure Accounts
April 5, 2025 £54,582 £60,248 PDF 1.1 MB
April 5, 2024 £57,547 £99,015
April 5, 2023 £53,366 £57,096
April 5, 2022 £45,637 £25,176
April 5, 2021 £41,644 £79,913