Charity Details

Lochwinnoch Community Development Trust

SC053157Registered charity from 04 March 2024

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Charity Information:

The Name the Charity is Known By LCDT

Address 29 Gates Road
Lochwinnoch

Postcode PA12 4HF

Website https://lochwinnochtrust.org.uk/

Regulatory Type Standard

Link to Companies House https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/

Object:

(a) To advance environmental protection and improvement by (inter alia) (i) remediating community land which has become contaminated or degraded; (ii) carrying out and supporting sustainable land use practices; (iii) improving the biodiversity of the land; (iv) developing community renewable energy schemes (b) to advance education by providing the opportunity for people to experience the outdoor environment; (c) the advancement of citizenship and community development in the village by (inter alia) (i) involving volunteers in tree planting, (ii) establishing and maintaining a community garden, (iii) running workshops and educational programmes to raise awareness about environmental issues; (d) the relief of those in need by reason of age or loneliness by (inter alia) (i) running a craft group, a weekly tea bar and coffee morning for the elderly in the village and (ii) supporting a Men's Shed social group; (e) the advancement of the arts and heritage by supporting the community buyout of a disused parish church and hall in the village and its conversion into an alternative community use such as an arts centre; (f) other charitable objects which promote the advancement of community development (including the advancement of rural regeneration) and which are compatible with the purposes specified in Section 7 of Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005;

Operations:

Charity Status: Active

Constitutional Form: Company (the charity is registered with Companies House)

Constitutional Form Date: 04 Mar 2024

Main Operating Location: Renfrewshire

Purposes: "the advancement of education", "the advancement of citizenship or community development", "the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science", "the advancement of environmental protection or improvement"

Beneficiaries: "Other defined groups"

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 2025	£228,692	£183,679	21 Jan 2026	Yes	Published accounts can be found on the Companies House website
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Income and Expenditure:

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