This small trust supports charities working in Scotland and overseas – focusing on children and young people, community arts, social justice, international development, health and wellbeing and community outreach programmes.

The objects of the trust are to protect animals and to promote and encourage practical work in preventing animal cruelty and the relief of animal suffering. The trust has supported a wide variety of projects including mobile spay/neuter clinics, the search for alternatives to the use of animals in research, poster campaigns, anti-poaching programmes, establishing veterinary hospitals, clinics and a network of animal sanctuaries as well as assisting smaller groups committed to the cause of animal welfare.

The current policy is to focus grant-making in the areas of: amateur golf development in Scotland and South Africa; historic preservation of the town of St Andrews; the University of St. Andrews. The trustees also fund a small number of applications from charities and organisations. In 2018 that included Families First - St Andrews as well as other golf related charities.

The Feminist Review Trust gives grants to projects in the UK and internationally that support women. It prioritises applications for: - hard to fund projects that have no other obvious sources of funding - pump priming activities to help start a project in the hope that it will then be able attract sufficient funding to continue - interventionist projects that support feminist values; training and development projects; one off events - dissemination of relevant material - core funding for groups that struggle to raise it elsewhere.

The fund's overall focus is ‘Building connection’. Their work to achieve this aim is focused on two main areas: - Connecting people: Supporting projects to help people reach their potential or which bring people together. Projects may be about overcoming barriers or promoting sustainable development to benefit communities experiencing social isolation or disadvantage. - Connecting planet: Funding projects to enable people to engage with and protect nature, or which support habitat and wildlife restoration. This supports wellbeing, builds community cohesion, and ensures wildlife and ecosystems can thrive for generations to come.

JCT supports projects overseas and makes grants for charitable purposes in four main areas of funding: population control, the natural environment, education and health. It does not support projects in the UK. They like to make grants which will make a difference and preference will be given to charities or projects which are having difficulty getting started, or raising funds from other sources. They tend to fund capital projects rather than running costs.

The fund focuses on supporting disadvantaged and vulnerable children in both Scotland and overseas. It provides funds to support educate and care for children and young people. In Scotland each of the Peter Vardy Motor retail businesses has a community champion and supports children's charity partners located close to their operating sites in Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Perth, Kirkcaldy, Motherwell and Dalgety Bay.

The Trust funds a wide range of charitable purposes including the advancement of health, the arts, heritage, culture or science, the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage. They also support Christian churches, hospitals and infirmaries, Scottish architecture and history, refugees, scientific or medical research.

The Trust funds worldwide, with a preference for Scotland. Awards are available to organisations that promote temperance and work to combat drug and alcohol abuse. Grants are available to individuals training for the Reformed ministry and for postgraduate study (PhD) in Theology.

The Trustees' primary focus of support is to recognise charities, working both locally in Scotland and abroad, promoting or involved in humanitarian works, the alleviation of suffering and the furtherance of education. Examples of organisations funded are British Red Cross (Scotland), Erskine Hospital and the Salvation Army. They tend to give to the same charities each year.