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Glen Tanar Charitable Trust

SC007883Registered charity from 16 May 1979
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Charity Information Operations Annual Submissions Income and Expenditure Charity Trustees
Charity Information:
Address Brooks House
Glen Tanar
Aboyne
Aberdeenshire
Postcode AB34 5EU
Website https://www.glentanarcharitabletrust.org/
Regulatory Type Standard
Object:
For such purposes as the law shall from time to time regard as charitable within the meaning of Section 360 of the Income & Corporation Taxes Act 1970 or of any Act amending or replacing the same, the Trustees being hereby directed to distribute the Trust Fund at such time or times and in such amounts as they may determine in their sole discretion for such charitable purposes only, but with power to my Trustees in their discretion to accumulate the Trust income in whole or in part for a period of twenty one years from the date hereof.
Operations:
What the charity is set up to do and how it does this:
a) To provide an educational resource for members of the public by funding and operating a full-time Countryside Ranger Service from the Braeloine Visitor Centre, Glen Tanar. b) To support and maintain the Chapel of St Lesmo, Glen Tanar and the ministry of the Scottish Episcopal Church, by having services in the Chapel c) To fund local charities and charitable causes, by making donations from time to time. d) To fund national charities, by making donations from time to time
Charity Status: Active
Constitutional Form: Trust (founding document is a deed of trust) (other than educational endowment)
Constitutional Form Date: 16 May 1979
Main Operating Location: Aberdeenshire
Number of Staff: 2
Number of Volunteers: 101-250
Purposes: "the advancement of education", "the advancement of religion", "the advancement of citizenship or community development", "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", "the advancement of environmental protection or improvement"
Beneficiaries: "No specific group, or for the benefit of the community", "Other charities or voluntary bodies"
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 Mar 2022 £122,301 £112,341 31 Mar 2023 Yes
31 Mar 2023 £84,639 £84,688 21 Dec 2023 Yes
31 Mar 2024 £84,565 £87,842 28 Dec 2024 Yes
31 Mar 2025 £91,154 £91,370 23 Dec 2025 Yes Download
31 Mar 2026 No Annual Information due by 31 Dec 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
Michael Bruce
John Bruce
Iona McIntyre
Alasdair Bruce
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