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Scottish Rights Of Way And Access Society

SC015460Registered charity from 06 June 1929
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Information about this charity:
Charity Information Operations Annual Submissions Income and Expenditure Charity Trustees
Charity Information:
The Name the Charity is Known By Scotways
Address 24 Annandale Street
Edinburgh
Postcode EH7 4AN
Website www.scotways.com
Regulatory Type Standard
Link to Companies House https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/
Object:
The preservation, defence, restoration and acquisition, for the public benefit, of public rights of access in Scotland including public rights of way, and related amenity.
Operations:
What the charity is set up to do and how it does this:
ScotWays works to uphold public access in Scotland. It combines 3 main roles: expert authority and adviser on the law of access; custodian and manager of the national resource of information about access routes and rights (CROW), and practical guardian and advocate of public outdoor access, in town and country, across Scotland. We respond to public enquiries both directly and via the Ask Ken knowledgebase on our website and provide a paid service to solicitors and developers to advise them of public rights of way and other access issues affecting land they are dealing with. We contribute to access groupings, including the Scottish Outdoor Access Network (SOAN), the Scottish Outdoor Recreation Alliance (SORA) and the National Access Forum (NAF), and promote public access through books and leaflets and install and maintain route signage. We issue two newsletters every year for our members and have active engagement with followers on social media and a regular e-newsletter, Stravaig.
Charity Status: Active
Constitutional Form: Company (the charity is registered with Companies House)
Constitutional Form Date: 06 Jun 1929
Main Operating Location: City of Edinburgh
Number of Staff: 8
Number of Volunteers: 101-250
Purposes: "the advancement of citizenship or community development", "the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science"
Beneficiaries: "No specific group, or for the benefit of the community"
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
30 Jun 2021 £179,700 £205,383 24 Sept 2021 Yes
30 Jun 2022 £213,291 £214,706 16 Sept 2022 Yes
30 Jun 2023 £205,504 £225,704 04 Oct 2023 Yes
30 Jun 2024 £198,896 £271,010 06 Jan 2025 Yes
30 Jun 2025 £372,939 £262,627 29 Sept 2025 Yes Published accounts can be found on the Companies House 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
Timothy Simon
Brian Humphries
Katharine Taylor
Lindsay Anderson
James Quinn
Fiona Dick
Christopher Huntley
Rachel Taylor
Peter Dixon
From 09 March 2026, OSCR is required by law to publish the names of a charity’s trustees as part of its Scottish Charity Register entry. We are also required to publish each charity’s annual report and accounts as received from this date, which may include the names of certain individuals. The only exceptions to publication are where a charity or one of its charity trustees applies for this information to be excluded, and OSCR is satisfied that publishing it would jeopardise the safety or security of a person or premises.

If the charity trustee information on a Register entry appears blank, this may mean that an exemption applies or that the charity has not yet provided the required details to OSCR. Supplying this information will become mandatory as part of future annual submissions.
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From 30 June 2025, OSCR began collecting charity trustee information through OSCR Online. Providing this information is a legal requirement for all charities. The names of trustees will be published on the Scottish Charity Register from early 2026 to promote transparency and strengthen public trust in the sector.

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