Charity Details

Hydro-Electric Community Trust

SC027243Registered charity from 21 October 1997

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Charity Information:

The Name the Charity is Known By Scottish Hydro-Electric Community Trust

Address One Waterloo Street
Glasgow

Postcode G2 6AY

Website http://www.shect.org/

Regulatory Type Standard

Object:

The Trustees shall hold the capital of the Trust Fund and apply the income therefrom for the charitable purpose of the advancement of citizenship or community development in Scotland in terms of section 7(2)(f) of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 (as may be amended or re-enacted from time to time), to provide or assist in the provision of facilities of general public utility in the interests of social welfare and rural regeneration with a view to improving the condition and life of the inhabitants of that area of Scotland in which SSE plc or its successors (through its wholly-owned subsidiaries, namely being Scottish Hydro Electric Power Distribution PLC and Scottish Hydro Electric Transmission Limited or their successors) are authorised by the Secretary of State in terms of the Electricity Act 1989 (as may be amended or re-enacted) to transmit and distribute electricity, all as shown coloured yellow on the map in Appendix 1 attached to this summary and signed as relative hereto (“the authorised area”) and, in particular: (i) to secure or assist in securing the establishment of new or enhanced electricity supplies in the authorised area by subsidising electricity connections, and those related to alternative or renewable energy sources, to non-profit-distributing community projects, which are commensurate with the scale of the community and its energy requirements; and (ii) to make awards in the authorised area towards funding for domestic electricity connections, and those related to alternative or renewable energy sources; where there would be a positive impact on the community if the project were to go ahead. Declaring that, unless and until given prior approval in writing by SSE plc or its successors to do otherwise, the Trustees shall apply the income of the Trust Fund more or less equally between projects falling within (i) and (ii) above, all in accordance with such guidelines as SSE plc or its successors may provide to the Trustees at any time and from time to time.”

Operations:

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

to assist in securing the establishment of new or enhanced electricity supplies to such inhabitants by subsidising electricity connections, and those related to non profit distributing community based projects, including alternative or renewable energy sources, where the connection costs would be such as to prevent the project taking place.

Charity Status: Active

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

Constitutional Form Date: 21 Oct 1997

Main Operating Location: Perth And Kinross

Number of Staff: 0

Number of Volunteers: 1-50

Purposes: "the advancement of citizenship or community development"

Beneficiaries: "No specific group, or for the benefit of the community"

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 2022	£136,843	£156,655	29 Nov 2022	Yes
31 Mar 2023	£142,023	£144,419	07 Dec 2023	Yes
31 Mar 2024	£149,393	£149,093	05 Dec 2024	Yes
31 Mar 2025	£162,330	£136,842	30 Oct 2025	Yes	Visit Charity's Website
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
Rachel	Mackenzie
David	Telford
Malcolm George	Smith
Avril	Nicol
Ron	Gunn
Mark	Rough
Anthony	Dalgaty
Isobel	Grieve
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