Finance Score: -3

Governance Score: 0

Support Score: 0

Spending declining: -1
Multiple Deficits: -2
No PartB

(no info on trustees)

No supporters identified

Overall GiG Score: -3

EDINBURGH MERCHANT COMPANY CHARITABLE TRUST

Analysis by Giving is Great

Financial issues to consider:

Spending is declining
On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

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
Total income	£10,226	£10,623	£7,679	£7,068	£4,806	£4,742	£7,075
Total spending	£10,798	£16,368	£7,021	£11,810	£8,748	£8,118	£7,695
Surplus/deficit	-£572	-£5,745	£658	-£4,742	-£3,942	-£3,376	-£620

Established: 31 years

www.mcoe.org.uk

Listed activities

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

GiG Classification

Financial or material assistance

Purposes

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

Where it operates

More than one local authority area in Scotland, main operating location: City of Edinburgh

Who it helps

Children or young people

Who supports them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees

Sorry we have no information about the Trustees.

Legal constitution

Charity registered in Scotland on 13/01/1994, number: SC022283

Filing Record

5 returns made; all on time

Main office

The Merchant Hall, 22 Hanover Street, Edinburgh, EH2 2EP

Objectives

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.