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The Younger (Benmore) Trust

SC000284Registered charity from 05 April 1930
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Charity Information Operations Annual Submissions Income and Expenditure Charity Trustees
Charity Information:
Address 107 Alexander Street
DUNOON
Argyll
Postcode PA23 7PY
Website No Link Provided
Regulatory Type Standard
Object:
Without prejudice to these presents in all other respects; but the conveyance hereby made is granted in trust always and for the ends, uses and purposes hereinafter mentioned, videlicet:- the revenue to be received by the Trustees from the feuduties and the rents or other proceeds of the subjects hereby disponed shall, after paying all expenses of management, taxes, and other necessary outlays, be used by the Trustees for the maintenance of the amenity utility and beauty of the Policies and Gardens of Benmore House and for the prosecution of research and the advancement of education in botany and sylviculture at Benmore;... Declaring that in the event of Benmore ceasing to be used for the prosecution of research and the advancement of education in botany and sylviculture, the Trustees shall thereupon denude of the said Trust and shall reconvey and dispose to me or my foresaids the whole of the subjects hereby conveyed by me in trust.
Operations:
What the charity is set up to do and how it does this:
The Younger (Benmore) Trust makes funds available for such agreed projects in the Garden as come within the aims of the Trust but which cannot readily be funded from normal Botanic Garden sources. The Trust periodically also makes funds available to assist garden staff in furthering their knowledge of silvicultural and botanical practices and it may provide student incentives from time to time. The purposes include the advancement of education, the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science, the advancement of environmental protection or improvement.
Charity Status: Active
Constitutional Form: Trust (founding document is a deed of trust) (other than educational endowment)
Constitutional Form Date: 05 Apr 1930
Main Operating Location: Argyll And Bute
Number of Staff: 0
Number of Volunteers: 0
Purposes: "the advancement of education", "the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science", "the advancement of environmental protection or improvement"
Beneficiaries: "No specific group, or for the benefit of the community"
Types Of Activity Undertaken: "It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations"
Annual Submissions:
Year End Income Expenditure Annual Return Received Accounts Received Latest Annual Reports and Accounts
31 Mar 2021 £27,372 £68,363 01 Nov 2021 Yes
31 Mar 2022 £22,868 £47,239 28 Feb 2023 Yes
31 Mar 2023 £24,547 £24,226 21 Dec 2023 Yes
31 Mar 2024 £24,102 £10,405 28 Nov 2024 Yes
31 Mar 2025 £25,334 £13,904 31 Dec 2025 Yes Download
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
Shian Carlow
Michael Thornley
Stephen Tong
Katrina Clow
Alexander Smith
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