Finance Score: -5

Governance Score: 0

Support Score: 4

Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
No PartB

(no info on trustees)

Grant maker support: +4

Overall GiG Score: -1

UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH DEVELOPMENT TRUST

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently

Financial issues to consider:

Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending

Established: 32 years

http://www.ed.ac.uk/development-alumni

Financial Data

Income & Spending ?

Period ending	31/07/17	31/07/18	31/07/19	31/07/20	31/07/21	31/07/22	31/07/23
Charitable activities		£8,327,000	£7,481,000	£10,330,000	£15,241,000	£25,198,000	£15,325,000
Donations & Legacies		£18,360,000	£17,280,000	£31,960,000	£8,060,000		£6,102,000
Other Income
Investment Income		£102,000	£172,000	£299,000	£18,000	£154,000	£1,345,000
Total income	£19,792,000	£26,828,000	£24,959,000	£42,607,000	£23,319,000	£42,129,000	£22,772,000
Charitable activities spending		£17,521,000	£31,766,000	£50,171,000	£20,995,000	£39,802,000	£26,328,000
Fundraising costs	0%
Other spending
Total spending	£19,833,000	£17,521,000	£31,766,000	£50,171,000	£20,995,000	£39,802,000	£26,328,000
Surplus/deficit	-£41,000	£9,307,000	-£6,807,000	-£7,564,000	£2,324,000	£2,327,000	-£3,556,000

Listed activities

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

Purposes

The advancement of education

Where it operates

City of Edinburgh

Who it helps

Other defined groups

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
RS Macdonald Charitable Trust - The University of Edinburgh Neuroscience Seedcorn Funding Programme
£140,000	24/11/2022	This application outlines the request to continue the flagship seedcorn funding programme. Aiming to develop this existing programme to focus on Early Career Researchers and those affected by ....more This application outlines the request to continue the flagship seedcorn funding programme. Aiming to develop this existing programme to focus on Early Career Researchers and those affected by Covid19. The aim is to grow a cohort of skilled researchers by pump-priming new and bold research ideas.
Foundation Scotland - Grant to University Of Edinburgh Development Trust
£100	01/02/2022	General charitable donation from W Scott
Foundation Scotland - Grant to University Of Edinburgh Development Trust
£100	01/02/2022	General charitable donation for the High Blood Pressure Fund. From W Scott
Foundation Scotland - Grant to University Of Edinburgh Development Trust
£100	04/02/2021	General charitable donation for the High Blood Pressure Fund. From W Scott
Foundation Scotland - Grant to University Of Edinburgh Development Trust
£100	04/02/2021	General charitable donation from W Scott
Foundation Scotland - Grant to University Of Edinburgh Development Trust
£2,000	14/01/2021	To be directed to Bilingualism Matters (contact susie.bass at ed.ac.uk). No publicity please. Angus Tulloch.
RS Macdonald Charitable Trust - Cerebral Visual Impairment in Fife Collaboration
£71,880	26/02/2020	An innovative project in Cerebral Visual Impairment Research and Care which aims to increase the provision of support and care for people with CVI and their families. This is a collaboration between ....more An innovative project in Cerebral Visual Impairment Research and Care which aims to increase the provision of support and care for people with CVI and their families. This is a collaboration between The University of Edinburgh and CVI Scotland
Foundation Scotland - Grant to University Of Edinburgh Development Trust
£100	03/02/2020	General charitable donation from W Scott
Foundation Scotland - Grant to University Of Edinburgh Development Trust
£100	03/02/2020	General charitable donation for the High Blood Pressure Fund. From W Scott
RS Macdonald Charitable Trust - R S MacDonald Seedcorn Fund (Neuroscience)
£130,000	29/05/2019	This project provides research funding within Edinburgh Neuroscience at The University of Edinburgh. It establishes a fund to which researchers can apply in order to "seed" new ....more This project provides research funding within Edinburgh Neuroscience at The University of Edinburgh. It establishes a fund to which researchers can apply in order to "seed" new collaborations and provide pilot data for publications and major grant awards. The aim of the fund is to improve the outcomes for patients.
RS Macdonald Charitable Trust - All4Paws
£14,920	29/05/2019	All4Paws is a free, student-run clinic that offers veterinary care and supplies to the pets of people who are homeless or vulnerably housed in Edinburgh.
RS Macdonald Charitable Trust - Edinburgh Neuroscience Seedcorn Fund
£150,000	30/11/2016	This project aims to fund a new Seedcorn Programme at The University of Edinburgh which tackles neurological disease across the life course and also aims to cross fertilise research activities from ....more This project aims to fund a new Seedcorn Programme at The University of Edinburgh which tackles neurological disease across the life course and also aims to cross fertilise research activities from both clinical and fundamental avenues. It also aims to take a "whole body" approach to the widest range of neurological problems.
RS Macdonald Charitable Trust - Edinburgh Compassion Initiative
£30,000	25/05/2016 24	This proposal seeks in the region of £80,000 over two years to support a body of research that will progress our understanding of the role of compassion in the treatment of those with chronic ....more This proposal seeks in the region of £80,000 over two years to support a body of research that will progress our understanding of the role of compassion in the treatment of those with chronic neurological conditions. The project will assess current attitudes to compassionate care and aims to develop practical tools to improve it.
RS Macdonald Charitable Trust - Muir Maxwell Centre Seedcorn Fund
£50,000	25/11/2015	The Seedcorn Fund is a mechanism where our research teams hope to stimulate new work and develop new project with a modest amount of pump-priming funding. This fund will be used to support research ....more The Seedcorn Fund is a mechanism where our research teams hope to stimulate new work and develop new project with a modest amount of pump-priming funding. This fund will be used to support research into Childhood Epilepsy.

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How is it governed?

Trustees

Sorry we have no information about the Trustees.

Legal constitution

Charity registered in Scotland on 01/01/1992, number: SC004307

Filing Record

5 returns made; all on time

Main office

Charles Stewart House, 9-16 Chambers Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1HT

Objectives

The advancement of education.

Data Sources

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