Charity Details

Scottish Mountaineering Trust

SC009117Registered charity from 03 May 1962

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Charity Information:

Address 5 Afton Place
Edinburgh

Postcode EH5 3RB

Website thesmt.org.uk

Regulatory Type Standard

Object:

The primary objectives of the Trust are to promote and support the health, education and recreation of members of the public by encouraging their safe participation in mountain activities in Scotland and elsewhere. Mountain activities are principally hillwalking, rock climbing, winter mountaineering and ski touring. The Trust will achieve these objectives by: (i) promoting knowledge and appreciation of: (a) mountain geography, topography, meteorology, ecology and geology, (b) the skills to engage safely in mountain activities, (c) the history, culture and images of mountain activities, (ii) providing information, opportunities, access facilities and equipment for the public to enjoy mountain activities, (iii) providing facilities, training and equipment for mountain rescue teams or organisations. In all these activities the Trust will seek to ensure the conservation of the environment.

Operations:

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

3. The primary objectives of the Trust are to promote and support the health, education and recreation of members of the public by encouraging their safe participation in mountain activities in Scotland and elsewhere. The Trust does this by making grants and loans to individuals, clubs and charitable bodies who are seeking funding to assist in projects which further the primary objectives of the Trust. The Trustees meet twice a year (April and October) to consider applications for funding. In addition the Trust owns all the share capital in Scottish Mountaineering Trust (Publications) Limited, a company which via the Scottish Mountaineering Press publishes guides to Scottish mountains and crags and other mountaineering books. The profits of the Publications company are paid to the Trust each year under the Gift Aid scheme.

Charity Status: Active

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

Constitutional Form Date: 03 May 1962

Main Operating Location: Midlothian

Number of Staff: 2

Number of Volunteers: 0

Purposes: "the advancement of education", "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"

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"

Annual Submissions:

Year End	Income	Expenditure	Annual Return Received	Accounts Received	Latest Annual Reports and Accounts
31 Mar 2021	£30,446	£83,850	15 Nov 2021	Yes
31 Mar 2022	£10,212	£66,309	21 Nov 2022	Yes
31 Mar 2023	£16,961	£182,001	25 Nov 2023	Yes
31 Mar 2024	£514,459	£81,257	12 Dec 2024	Yes
31 Mar 2025	£62,045	£95,227	24 Nov 2025	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
Neil	Adams
Graeme	Morrison
Richard	Bott
Brian	Shackleton
Stanley	Pearson
Lisa	Hutchison
Heike	Puchan
Simon	Osborne
Grant	Urquhart
Hamish	Irvine
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