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Scottish Badgers (SCIO)

SC034297Registered charity from 29 April 2003
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Charity Information Operations Annual Submissions Income and Expenditure Charity Trustees
Notes:
This SCIO was incorporated on 01 March 2013 as a result of a Change to SCIO application by Scottish Badgers SC034297 which was an Unincorporated Association registered as charity since 29 April 2003.
Charity Information:
Address Hillhead Farmhouse
North Mains of Kinnettles
Forfar, Angus
Postcode DD8 1XF
Website www.scottishbadgers.org.uk
Regulatory Type Standard
Object:
4.1 To promote, for the benefit of the public, the study, conservation and protection of badgers in Scotland, their setts and natural habitats. 4.2 To further 4.1) above by education of the public in all aspects of the study of badgers, their habitats and conservation, and through such education to encourage tolerance and appreciation of, and respect for, all animal life which is a common heritage of the people of Scotland. 4.3 To offer guidance, information and advice to the Membership of the Organisation, using the specialist knowledge of those qualified from amongst the Membership, including legal knowledge and experience of the species' interaction with people. 4.4 To offer specialist information, guidance and advice to the general public and to specific interested parties, be they government agencies or specialist conservation bodies.
Operations:
What the charity is set up to do and how it does this:
Provide scientifically based information to inform the public, volunteers and public organisations
Charity Status: Active
Constitutional Form: SCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)
Constitutional Form Date: 01 Mar 2013
Previous Constitutional Form: Unincorporated association
Previous Constitutional Form Date: 29 Apr 2003
Main Operating Location: Angus
Number of Staff: 2
Number of Volunteers: over 250
Purposes: "the advancement of education", "the advancement of environmental protection or improvement", "the advancement of animal welfare"
Beneficiaries: "No specific group, or for the benefit of the community"
Types Of Activity Undertaken: "It carries out activities or services itself"
Annual Submissions:
Year End Income Expenditure Annual Return Received Accounts Received Latest Annual Reports and Accounts
31 Mar 2021 £74,833 £73,700 27 Jul 2021 Yes
31 Mar 2022 £71,440 £78,056 04 Aug 2022 Yes
31 Mar 2023 £105,473 £93,363 30 Sept 2023 Yes
31 Mar 2024 £100,676 £106,944 27 Jul 2024 Yes
31 Mar 2025 £112,156 £118,833 06 Sept 2025 Yes Visit Charity's Website
If an annual return has been received on time (within nine months of the Year End Date), the 'Annual Return Received' box is green   . If an annual return is late, the box is red   .
Income and Expenditure:
Charity Trustees:
First Name Last Name
Steve Jackson-Matthews
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