--- title: "The Brian and Margaret Cooper Trust — charity SC017891 | CharityCompare" description: "The Brian and Margaret Cooper Trust (charity SC017891): income £41 (2025). Registration, activities, accounts and official sources." source: https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/charity/the-brian-and-margaret-cooper-trust retrieved: 2026-10-07T22:23:08.916Z date_note: "Retrieval time is not the filing, register-extract or editorial-review date; cite those dates from the content." license: "Charity data © Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0" --- Registered charity · No. SC017891Trust (founding document is a deed of trust) (other than educational endowment) BA # The Brian and Margaret Cooper Trust Independent profile · Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator (OSCR) data The Brian and Margaret Cooper Trust is a registered charity in Scotland. Its register classifications include the prevention or relief of poverty, the advancement of education. Register extract 2026-10-04 · Not yet rated [Check official registration](https://www.oscr.org.uk/about-charities/search-the-register/charity-details?number=SC017891) Work at The Brian and Margaret Cooper Trust? [Claim this profile free](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/claim?charity=the-brian-and-margaret-cooper-trust&type=claim&name=The%20Brian%20and%20Margaret%20Cooper%20Trust) to add your own description, logo and links. At a glance · official register ## What are the key facts about The Brian and Margaret Cooper Trust? Reported income · year ending 2025-09-30 £41 Reported spending · year ending 2025-09-30 £7,438 Registered charity number SC017891 Status in source extract Registered Charity type Trust (founding document is a deed of trust) (other than educational endowment) Register contact address detail (not service area) Aberdeen Quick answer The Brian and Margaret Cooper Trust (number SC017891) is listed as registered in the OSCR snapshot used here. Check the live register for its current position. Registration does not authenticate a particular fundraising appeal or establish the impact of a donation. ## What does The Brian and Margaret Cooper Trust do? Provision of grants to any young journalist or journalists, under the age of thirty, born or then working in Aberdeen or the North East and North of Scotland (which area shall be deemed to extend as far south as, but no further than Stonehaven, and shall also include Orkney and the Shetland Islands), for maintenance in times of need. for the furthering of education, whether by way of travel or instruction and for the maintenance of his or her dependants in time of need. The trustees have full liberty to make distributions to any young journalist as hereinbefore defined for such other charitab… Activities reported on the official register · extract 2026-10-04. From the annual return ## Pay, income, Gift Aid and registration details for The Brian and Margaret Cooper Trust Answers The Brian and Margaret Cooper Trust gave in its annual return to the OSCR for the year ending 30 September 2025, plus its register entry. A blank answer in the return is shown as not reported, never as “no”. ### Registration details Registered as a charity 4 March 1987 Where it says it operates Aberdeen ## What causes is The Brian and Margaret Cooper Trust registered for? the prevention or relief of povertythe advancement of education ## Why is there no Clarity Score for The Brian and Margaret Cooper Trust yet? Our dataset does not yet contain the detailed filing history needed to score The Brian and Margaret Cooper Trust. An unrated profile is a gap in our assessment, not a negative judgement about the charity. The register facts and available annual-return disclosures above remain useful. Payment never influences a rating. 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Search SC017891 on the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator (OSCR) register or on CharityCompare. Confirm the registered name matches the organisation asking for money — scammers sometimes reuse real charity numbers. What does The Brian and Margaret Cooper Trust do? Provision of grants to any young journalist or journalists, under the age of thirty, born or then working in Aberdeen or the North East and North of Scotland (which area shall be deemed to extend as far south as, but no further than Stonehaven, and shall also include Orkney and the Shetland Islands), for maintenance in times of need. for the furthering of education, whether by way of travel or instruction and for the maintenance of his or her dependants in time of need. The trustees have full liberty to make distributions to any young journalist as hereinbefore defined for such other charitab… Does The Brian and Margaret Cooper Trust have reviews and complaints? CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for The Brian and Margaret Cooper Trust. This basic profile confirms registration and register facts. Rated charities also show a filing-based Clarity Score. For formal complaints, contact the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator (OSCR) or the Fundraising Regulator as appropriate. How can I donate to The Brian and Margaret Cooper Trust? The Brian and Margaret Cooper Trust does not list a website in its register entry. Its official OSCR entry lists its contact details — CharityCompare never processes donations. When was The Brian and Margaret Cooper Trust registered as a charity? The Brian and Margaret Cooper Trust was entered on the register on 4 March 1987. Source: Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator (OSCR) register extract dated 2026-10-04, used under the [Open Government Licence v3.0](https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/). Always verify current details on the [official register entry](https://www.oscr.org.uk/about-charities/search-the-register/charity-details?number=SC017891).