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The Wilson Christie Fund

Country
Scotland
Charity number
SC049702
Status
Active
Registered
Nov. 5, 2019
Legal form
SCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)

Address

Address
6 St Colme Street
Edinburgh
EH36AD

Contact

Website
geoghegans.co.uk

Activities

'It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals','It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations'

'the advancement of religion','the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage'

Assist people over the age of 60 in and around Edinburgh who are deserving and in indigent circumstances. Also assist charities who have similar objectives and are looking for funding with suitable projects. All applications, from charities and individuals, are assessed by the board of trustees prior to approval.

Beneficiaries: 'Older People','People with disabilities or health problems'

Objectives: The organisation's purposes are: 5.1 To assist and promote the comfort and relief of men and women above the age of sixty years, resident in the City of Edinburgh, East Lothian, Midlothian and West Lothian who are in deserving and indigent circumstances and preferably those who, from any cause deemed a reasonable one by the Trustees, may not be an inmate of any Hospital or Institution of a kindred nature. 5.2 To assist individuals (to the extent of not more than 10% of the net distributable income of the SCIO) who are engaged abroad as missionaries or in any capacity in the foreign mission work of any Protestant Church in Scotland and who are recommended by the Foreign Mission Committee of the Church under whose auspices they have been working, whilst they are at home on temporary leave or furlough.

Geography

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

Finances

Period end Income Expenditure
Sept. 30, 2025 £172,062 £129,410
Sept. 30, 2024 £141,400 £135,460
Sept. 30, 2023 £144,728 £123,995
Sept. 30, 2022 £128,808 £124,298
Sept. 30, 2021 £121,704 £135,644
Sept. 30, 2020 £0 £0