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Scottish Cave Rescue Organisation

SC002433Registered charity from 14 March 1989
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Information about this charity:
Charity Information Operations Annual Submissions Income and Expenditure Charity Trustees
Documents overdue: 4 months, 10 days

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Notes:
This SCIO was incorporated on 24/07/2013 as a result of a Change to SCIO application by SC002433 Scottish Cave Rescue Organisation, which was a Trust, registered as a charity since 14/03/1989.
Charity Information:
Address Old Duffus Farm Cottage
Duffus
Elgin
Postcode IV30 5RH
Is the supplied address a principal office or a trustee address? Trustee - Charity Trustee
Website www.scro.org.uk
Regulatory Type Standard
Object:
4 The organisation's purposes are: 4.1 To provide a service to search for and to rescue persons and animals from any underground location in Scotland or any other part of the United Kingdom, to secure funds therefor and without prejudice to the foregoing generality: - 4.1.1 To explore and implement effective training methods; 4.1.2 To liaise with other emergency services; and 4.1.3 To promote general awareness of and to improve the standards of care and safety required in the pursuit of speleology and associated activities. 4.2 As requested by the relevant Constabulary/Police Service, Fire and Rescue Service, Mountain Rescue Team or like body, to provide assistance in surface search and rescue operations.
Operations:
What the charity is set up to do and how it does this:
The purpose of the Scottish Cave Rescue Organisation (SCRO) is to provide a service to search for and to rescue persons and animals from any underground location (caves, rock fissures and disused mines, except coal mines) in Scotland or any other part of the United Kingdom, to secure funds and pursue the following three activities to facilitate such a service: To implement a relevant and effective training programme for personnel. Liaise with and assist other emergency services Promote general awareness of and improve the standards of care and safety required in the pursuit of speleology and associated activities.
Charity Status: Not Submitted
Constitutional Form: SCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)
Constitutional Form Date: 24 Jul 2013
Previous Constitutional Form: Trust (founding document is a deed of trust) (other than educational endowment)
Previous Constitutional Form Date: 14 Mar 1989
Main Operating Location: West Lothian
Number of Staff: 0
Number of Volunteers: 51-100
Purposes: "the saving of lives", "any other purpose that may reasonably be regarded as analogous to any of the preceding purposes"
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
05 Apr 2021 £10,998 £25,608 05 Jan 2022 Yes
05 Apr 2022 £12,829 £3,837 04 Jan 2023 Yes
05 Apr 2023 £10,694 £17,953 04 Jan 2024 Yes
05 Apr 2024 £18,064 £10,109 15 Jan 2025 Yes Download
05 Apr 2025 No Annual Information due by 05 Jan 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
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