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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|'''Grant-making charitable trust founded by the Edinburgh businessman Meyer Oppenheim (OSCR SC004976)'''}}<br />
{{Infobox organization<br />
| name = Meyer Oppenheim Trust<br />
| type = Trust (deed of trust)<br />
| founded = {{Start date|1972|07|24}}<br />
| founder = [[Meyer Oppenheim]]<br />
| registration_id = SC004976 ([[Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator]])<br />
| status = Active<br />
| headquarters = Elm Farm, Hamstead Marshall, Newbury RG20 0HR (trustee address)<br />
| location = Newbury, Berkshire (trustee address); main operating location City of Edinburgh<br />
| area_served = City of Edinburgh<br />
| services = Grants<br />
| registration = Scotland (OSCR)<br />
| key_people = [[Douglas Oppenheim]] (trustee)<br />
| website = [https://www.meyeroppenheim.org www.meyeroppenheim.org]<br />
}}<br />
'''Meyer Oppenheim Trust''' is a Scottish charity, number SC004976, constituted as a trust and on the [[Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator|Scottish Charity Register]] from 24 July 1972. The register gives its address, a trustee address, as Elm Farm, Hamstead Marshall, Newbury RG20 0HR, its main operating location as City of Edinburgh, and describes it as "a grant making charity". It lists one trustee, [[Douglas Oppenheim]].<ref name="OSCRSC004976">Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator, [https://www.oscr.org.uk/about-charities/search-the-register/charity-details?number=SC004976 Meyer Oppenheim Trust (SC004976)] ''Scottish Charity Register'', accessed 30 October 2026. Contains information from the Scottish Charity Register supplied by the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator and licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0.</ref><br />
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According to the trust's website, it was established in 1965 by [[Meyer Oppenheim]] (1906–1982), known as Mike, "a Scottish entrepreneur and philanthropist" born in [[Edinburgh]], who was chairman of [[James Grant & Co]] and of [[Argyle Securities]]. The website says he acquired the [[Royal Lyceum Theatre]] in Edinburgh in 1960 and gave it to the City of Edinburgh in 1964, and that he created and endowed the [[Water of Leith Walkway Trust]]. It names the trustees as [[Susie Olins]] and [[Douglas Oppenheim]], and says the trust "makes a small number of grants each year, primarily to UK based charities".<ref name="MOweb">Meyer Oppenheim Trust, [https://www.meyeroppenheim.org/ Welcome to The Meyer Oppenheim Trust], accessed 30 October 2026.</ref> The register gives 1972 as the date of the trust's constitution.<ref name="OSCRSC004976" /><br />
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== Finances ==<br />
The register publishes no accounts documents for the trust.<ref name="OSCRSC004976" /><br />
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{| class="wikitable"<br />
|+ Income and expenditure reported to the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator<br />
! Financial year ended !! Income !! Expenditure<br />
|-<br />
| 5 April 2022 || £284,527 || £4,154<br />
|-<br />
| 5 April 2023 || £4,739 || £3,444<br />
|-<br />
| 5 April 2024 || £101,055 || £110,624<br />
|-<br />
| 5 April 2025 || £6,541 || £4,695<br />
|}<br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Jewish charities in Scotland]]<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* [https://www.meyeroppenheim.org/ Official website]<br />
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== Notes ==<br />
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