# The Wood Foundation

## Details

- **Country:** Scotland
- **Charity number:** SC037957
- **Status:** Active
- **Legal form:** Trust (founding document is a deed of trust) (other than educational endowment)
- **Registered:** March 19, 2007
- **Register:** https://www.oscr.org.uk/about-charities/search-the-register/charity-details?number=SC037957


## Contact

- **Address:** Blenheim House, Fountainhall Road, Aberdeen
- **Postcode:** AB15 4DT
- **Website:** www.thewoodfoundation.org.uk



## Activities

**Activities:** &#x27;It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals&#x27;,&#x27;It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations&#x27;,&#x27;It carries out activities or services itself&#x27;

**Purposes:** &#x27;the advancement of education&#x27;,&#x27;the advancement of citizenship or community development&#x27;

**What the charity does:** The Wood Foundation&#x27;s chosen objectives are (1) venture philanthropy transforming livelihoods in Africa. (2) encouraging young people in Scotland to become enterprising, independent, tolerant and caring members of society. and (3) promotion of education and economic development in Scotland. The Trust invests both money and expertise in its chosen project areas to achieve its objectives. Whether as project leader or actively supporting strategic partners, we are generally involved in research and design, implementation and performance evaluation stages of each project to enable sustained and successful results.

**Objectives:** &#x27;Purposes of the Trust: The Trustees shall hold the Trust Fund and the income of it to pay and apply the same to or for the benefit of or in furtherance of such purposes, objects or institutions charitable in law and in such proportions and manner as the Trustees shall think fit.&#x27;  From the business plan:  &#x27;The objectives of the Trust will be:-  To assist in furthering and promoting a range of charitable causes. That furtherance and promotion will largely be on a financial basis through the giving of grants. There may in the future be particular charitable projects which over time the Trustees will wish specifically to promote in partnership with operational charities and the Trustees may consider capital as well as income grants.  To identify charitable causes and projects which the Trustees consider deserving of the Trust&#x27;s support.&#x27;





## Geography

- **Main operating location:** Aberdeen
- **Geographical spread:** UK and overseas






## Linked charities

- [The Wood Foundation Africa](/sc/SC040580) (SC040580)


