Charity Details

Dunnet Forestry Trust

SC033096Registered charity from 10 May 2002

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Charity Information:

Address Castlehill Heritage Centre
Castletown
Thurso
Caithness

Postcode KW14 8TG

Website www.dunnetforest.org

Regulatory Type Standard

Link to Companies House https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/

Object:

(a) to promote the conservation, restoration and improvement, for the public benefit, of the woodlands in the geographic area of Dunnet Bay, Caithness as an important part of Scotland's natural heritage; (b) to advance the education of the public generally but particularly the education of young people concerning the local wildlife, conservation and preservation of the natural and cultural heritage of the area; (c) to provide, in the interests of social welfare, facilities for recreation and other leisure time occupations available to the public at large with a view to improving their conditions of life; (d) to provide relief for persons suffering from mental and/or physical disability, illness or impairment through the provision of recreational and other activities; (e) to promote and/or provide training in various skills, particularly such skills as will assist residents in the Dunnet Bay area in obtaining paid employment; (t) to promote, establish and operate other schemes of a charitable nature for the benefit ofthe community within the Dunnet Bay area; (g) to relieve poverty among the residents of the Dunnet Bay area; (h) to promote trade and industry for the benefit of the general public.

Operations:

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

Dunnet Forestry Trust was set up to manage Dunnet Forest, now Dunnet Community Forest, for the local community and visitors to the area. We ensure the safety of the extensive, over 100km, system of public paths by clearing windthrown trees and maintaining the condition of these paths. In addition, the Forest is a base for numerous public activities, some provided by the Trust eg weekly volunteer sessions for maintenance and improvement work, but also provided by other local groups eg to improve mental health through contact with the outdoors. The windthrown trees extracted from the Forest are processed int various forms of wood fuel and sold at monthly public sales. The generates income for the Trust to use to pay the wages of two part time employees and the associated costs of work in the Forest.

Charity Status: Active

Constitutional Form: Company (the charity is registered with Companies House)

Constitutional Form Date: 10 May 2002

Main Operating Location: Highland

Number of Staff: 2

Number of Charity Trustees: 4

Number of Volunteers: 1-50

Purposes: "the prevention or relief of poverty", "the advancement of education", "the advancement of health", "the advancement of citizenship or community development", "the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science", "the advancement of environmental protection or improvement"

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
31 Mar 2021	£77,231	£25,179	31 Dec 2021	Yes
31 Mar 2022	£32,387	£48,144	31 Dec 2022	Yes
31 Mar 2023	£37,963	£37,883	28 Dec 2023	Yes
31 Mar 2024	£53,966	£62,577	24 Dec 2024	Yes
31 Mar 2025	£57,239	£53,922	19 Dec 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
Shona	Scatchard
Stephen	Frame
Kim	Fisher
Angela	Macgregor
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