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Friends of Benmore Outdoor Centre [SCIO]

SC048918Registered charity from 18 December 2018
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Charity Information Operations Annual Submissions Income and Expenditure Charity Trustees
Notes:
Former Legal name- Friends of Benmore Centre (SCIO) from 18/12/2018 to 17/08/2022
Charity Information:
Address 17 Marchburn Drive
Penicuik
Midlothian
Postcode EH26 9HE
Website No Link Provided
Regulatory Type Standard
Object:
4.The organisations purposes are: 4.1 The advancement of education, by: assisting children and young people from across Scotland who might otherwise have difficulty in accessing a high-quality residential experience at Benmore Centre enhancing the provision of a programme of outdoor and environmental activities to engage, develop and educate children and young people attending the Centre facilitating training for volunteers to ensure that children and young people from across Scotland gain maximum benefit from Benmore based outdoor activities. 4.2 The provision of recreational activities, or the organisation of recreational activities, with the object of improving the conditions of life for the persons for whom the facilities or activities are primarily intended, by: supporting Benmore Centre in the provision of recreational activities for families, clubs and societies, members of the local community and others, to promote a healthy lifestyle and protection of the environment facilitating training for volunteers, as in 4.1 4.3 The advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science, by: contributing, as appropriate, to the upkeep of the Grade B listed Benmore House to maintain its historical and architectural importance.
Operations:
What the charity is set up to do and how it does this:
Fundamentally, we are set up to help all children and young people - primarily school pupils - to participate in outdoor learning at Benmore Centre and to enhance facilities to maximise their benefit from doing this. We do this by raising funds - either from donations or from charitable trusts - and disbursing them in accordance with these aims. We also aim to support the CPD of teachers and volunteers working with children and young people in the area of outdoor learning and sustainability of the natural environment. We aim to contribute to the upkeep of the B-listed Benmore House in order to meet these other objectives.
Charity Status: Active
Constitutional Form: SCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)
Constitutional Form Date: 18 Dec 2018
Main Operating Location: Midlothian
Number of Staff: 0
Number of Volunteers: 0
Purposes: "the advancement of education", "the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science", "the provision of recreational facilities, or the organisation of recreational activities, with the object of improving the conditions of life for the persons for whom the facilities or activities are primarily intended"
Beneficiaries: "Other defined groups"
Types Of Activity Undertaken: "It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals", "It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations", "It carries out activities or services itself"
Annual Submissions:
Year End Income Expenditure Annual Return Received Accounts Received Latest Annual Reports and Accounts
31 Dec 2021 £0 £0 15 Sept 2022 Yes
31 Dec 2022 £272 £50 05 Jan 2023 Yes
31 Dec 2023 £0 £50 20 Sept 2024 Yes
31 Dec 2024 £1,154 £280 27 Aug 2025 Yes Download
31 Dec 2025 No Annual Information due by 30 Sept 2026
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
William French
Alice Brown
Angela Kerr
Roger Scrutton
Mark Beveridge
Dorothy Hilsley
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