Charity Details

The Gannochy Trust

SC003133Registered charity from 01 January 1902

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Notes:

Previous charity name Gannochy Trust from 01 January 1992 to 13 January 2022.

Charity Information:

Address Kincarrathie House Drive
Pitcullen Crescent
Perth

Postcode PH2 7HX

Website www.gannochytrust.org.uk

Regulatory Type Standard

Object:

2. Trust Purposes The purposes of the Trust are: 2.1. Housing and lands 2.1.1 To preserve the amenities of Perth and provide housing to those in need by maintaining the model Gannochy Housing Scheme in a trim, tidy and proper condition and renewing, improving, or reconstructing it as the Trustees may deem fit. 2.1.2 To hold the farms (Muirhall, Gannochy and Whinniemuir), until such time as the Trustees think fit to use them, or part of them, for housing, recreation, open spaces, gardens or others, for the benefit of the people of Perth and Kinross. 2.1.3 To manage all houses and lands owned by the Trust in their absolute discretion as though they were beneficial owners, in furtherance of the Trust Purposes. 2.2. Recreation and amenity 2.2.1 To maintain the Doo-cot Park and Pavilion in proper condition for recreational purposes and to provide instructors, groundsmen and other staff and tools as the Trustees think necessary. 2.2.2 To equip and maintain Quarrymill Park as a place of public amenity. 2.2.3 To lay out Lower Bellwood Park as a recreation park and garden for the benefit of the citizens of Perth. 2.2.4 To actively encourage use of the Trust’s land and buildings to improve the quality of life for people in Perth and Kinross.

Operations:

What the charity is set up to do and how it does this:

The Trust has a wide range of interests and activities including providing homes for affordable rent, managing our 700-acre estate, from woodlands to farms; and grant making across Scotland. Income to support the Trust's activities is generated from our substantial investments and from rental of our properties. In all of our work, we strive to deliver our founder A.K. Bell's vision and ideas, emphasising the importance of people and communities.

Charity Status: Active

Constitutional Form: Trust (founding document is a deed of trust) (other than educational endowment)

Constitutional Form Date: 01 Jan 1992

Main Operating Location: Perth And Kinross

Number of Staff: 16

Number of Volunteers: 0

Purposes: "the advancement of citizenship or community development", "the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science", "the advancement of public participation in sport", "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", "the advancement of environmental protection or improvement", "the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage"

Beneficiaries: "Children or young people", "Older People", "People with disabilities or health problems", "No specific group, or for the benefit of the community", "Other charities or voluntary bodies"

Types Of Activity Undertaken: "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
30 Jun 2021	£3,526,936	£6,648,136	09 Feb 2022	Yes
30 Jun 2022	£3,543,257	£9,797,124	12 Jan 2023	Yes
30 Jun 2023	£4,000,124	£7,885,799	03 Jan 2024	Yes
30 Jun 2024	£5,832,554	£7,635,889	20 Dec 2024	Yes
30 Jun 2025	£5,760,833	£9,979,152	19 Jan 2026	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
Ruairidh	Stewart
Michael	Spence
Ruth	Ogston
Karen	Reid
Roland	Bean
David	Kemp
Ailsa	Macmillan
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