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Edinburgh Merchant Company Charitable Trust

A Registered Charity based in Scotland

Active Registered Charity (Scotland) Trust

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GB-SC-SC022283
This organisation's identifier is GB-SC-SC022283 .
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Description

The Trustees shall hold the Trust Fund for the from time to time in the Trustees' charge to or for the following charitable objects and purposes namely: For the benefit of the public primarily in the Edinburgh area, but otherwise throughout Scotland as the Trustees consider appropriate: 1. To encourage and provide assistance to any projects, schemes or undertakings which the Trustees consider will be of benefit to the public or sectors of the community in the Edinburgh area. 2. To promote and encourage the advancement of education of children and young persons up to the age of 30 by the provision of facilities, projects, schemes, courses of instruction and training and other arrangements which in the opinion of the Trustees will increase and expand the knowledge and awareness of such children and young persons in the workings of industry, business and commerce and related matters in Scotland and elsewhere throughout the world. 3. To provide assistance of an educational, social welfare or any other kind to any such children or young persons whom the Trustees consider to be disadvantaged by reason of ill health, financial or family need or in any other way whatsoever. 4. To provide assistance to any other established charity which is considered by the Trustees to have purposes similar to any of the foregoing. 5. To provide grants, bursaries, prizes, travel scholarships, study or research grants, books, tools, instruments, kit or other equipment and generally any other assistance and encouragement, financially or otherwise, towards the fulfilment of the foregoing objects.

Also known as

  • The Merchant Company Charitable Trust

OSCR Charity number

SC022283

Registered

Postcode

EH2 2EP

Website

mcoe.org.uk

Latest income

£7,075 (on )

This organisation record is based on data from Office of Scottish Charity Regulator Charity Register Download published by Office of Scottish Charity Regulator.

Edinburgh Merchant Company Charitable Trust

GB-SC-SC022283

Locations

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Registered Office in the UK

Edinburgh Merchant Company Charitable Trust

GB-SC-SC022283

Themes and activities

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This organisation has been classified using different categories:

Activities (OSCR)

  • It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals

Beneficiaries (OSCR)

  • Children or young people

Purposes (OSCR)

  • The advancement of education
  • The advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
  • Any other purpose that may reasonably be regarded as analogous to any of the preceding purposes

International Classification of Non-profit and Third Sector Organizations (ICNP/TSO)

ICNP/TSO categories have been automatically assigned from a machine learning model, as part of the UK Charity Classification project.

  • Grant-making foundations H10

UK Charity Activity Tags

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  • Arts AR » Media and publishing AR200 » Literature AR202
  • Beneficiary group BE » Children BE102
  • Beneficiary group BE » Families BE103
  • Beneficiary group BE » Young people BE115
  • Charitable activities CA » Grant making CA200
  • Charitable activities CA » Grant making CA200 » Grants to organisations CA202
  • Education ED
  • Education ED » Student support ED105
  • Education ED » Training ED300
  • Health HE
  • Research RS
  • Social welfare SW » Individual poverty SW105

Edinburgh Merchant Company Charitable Trust

GB-SC-SC022283

Charity financial history

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Year ending Income (£) Spending (£)
1994-01-13 Registered as a charity
2017-07-31 10,226 10,798
2018-07-31 10,623 16,368
2019-07-31 7,679 7,021
2020-07-31 7,068 11,810
2021-07-31 4,806 8,748
2022-07-31 4,742 8,118
2023-07-31 7,075 7,695
Income and Spending
Funds and Reserves

Data on funds and reserves are only available for financial years where the charity's income was more than £500,000.

Edinburgh Merchant Company Charitable Trust

GB-SC-SC022283

Data sources

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Office of Scottish Charity Regulator

Office of Scottish Charity Regulator Charity Register Download

Last fetched from source: 2024-07-04

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