The Foundation supports a wide range of charities, mostly in Scotland, and principally working in the fields of medical facilities and research, the relief of poverty and assistance to the aged and infirm, education and learning, encouragement of personal development and training of young people and the provision of better opportunities for the less privileged and the vulnerable and the encouragement of music and the arts. They also fund under the headings conservation and environment, disadvantaged and disabled, elderly, homeless and hospices, music, theatre and visual arts, religion and youth.

The Listed Places of Worship (LPW) Grant Scheme gives grants that cover the VAT incurred in making repairs to listed buildings in use as places of worship. The scheme covers repairs to the fabric of the building, along with associated professional fees, plus repairs to turret clocks, pews, bells and pipe organs. All faiths and areas of the UK are equally able to make use of scheme. It is run by the Department for Media and Sport and administered by Topmark.

The trust offers support to a wide range of organisations under the headings of education, religion, health, arts, environment, age, ill-health and disability.

The trust funds the advancement of the Roman Catholic religion, including the promotion of the higher education for the Roman Catholic clergy or laity, and for the relief of poverty, the promotion of health and education overseas and youth work

Assists congregations of any denomination in Scotland in the preservation and upkeep of church buildings which are in regular use for public worship. They offer Fabric Grants to help with restoration projects in the repair of buildings and windows. Micro maintenance grants offers support towards the routine preventative maintenance in repair projects.

The fund provides support for religious, educational and other charitable institutions both in Great Britain and abroad. It mainly supports Jewish communities.

The Trust’s focus is on the relief of poverty and the advancement of the evangelical Christian faith, both at home and abroad. Financial support is given to a wide range of charities seeking to relieve poverty in its broadest sense, both throughout the UK and overseas. Grant recipients include organisations giving practical help those in need, offering direct support to the most vulnerable and disadvantaged in society including: the homeless; the elderly; former Servicemen and women; ex-offenders. They also support charities providing practical services to people with physical, mental and learning difficulties and their families/carers, organisations providing opportunities for training and development to young people and small-scale overseas development projects.

Our Hope Beyond grants programme aims to enable churches and Christian charities to meet changing needs within their communities, helping them and the communities they support to adapt to the challenges and opportunities presented by the Coronavirus pandemic. The funding will address 3 themes: reducing loneliness and isolation; growing community resilience and promoting mental and emotional health and wellbeing; and growing technological capability and resilience.

This is a general charitable trust with stated interests in the promotion of the Christian faith in Scotland and throughout the world, as well as the alleviation of poverty, suffering, disease and famine throughout the world and the provision of education, medical services and facilities and welfare, particularly in Third World countries or in other areas of need. Support of the work of organisations involved in the alleviation of poverty, famine and suffering in the developing world is an important focus for the trustees.

The trust funds organisations working both in Scotland and overseas in education, health, and agriculture, also organisations concerned with conservation and wildlife matters, and the arts.