Charity Details

Lothians Countryside Initiative

SC033642Registered charity from 19 September 2002

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Charity Information:

The Name the Charity is Known By Rhet Lothians

Address 39 The Green
Pencaitland
Tranent

Postcode EH34 5HE

Is the supplied address a principal office or a trustee address? Trustee - Charity Trustee

Website No Link Provided

Parent Charity Name Royal Highland Education Trust

Parent Charity Registration Number SC007492

Parent Charity Country of Registration Scotland

Regulatory Type Standard

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

Object:

To advance public education by (i) the promotion and encouragement of the dissemination of information concerning Scottish wildlife, agriculture, forestry, rural industries and the countryside (ii) increasing the general public's awareness of their symbiosis with the biological diversity, rural environment, countryside life and economy of Scotland (iii) improving the general public's understanding of the policies and actions necessary to sustain long-term food and timber production, and provision for wildlife and its habitats and (iv) by carrying out and developing at a local level the activities of the charitable body with which the Company is and shall (subject as aftermentioned) remain affiliated, namely, The Royal Highland Education Trust (a company limited by guarantee, incorporated in Scotland with registered number 123813, and being Scottish charity number SC007492, hereinafter referred to as ("RHET"); the operations of the Company to be confined to the designated geographical area known generally as Lothians Countryside Initiative area (hereinafter referred to as the ("LCI area"), being the present local authority areas of West, Mid and East Lothian and City of Edinburgh.

Operations:

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

The primary objective of RHET Lothian is to educate school children in the local area about where their food comes from, how it is produced, increase their awareness of rural life and the environment to promote awareness of wildlife, forestry, agriculture, the countryside and rural industries. Principal activities undertaken to achieve our objectives are: - - co-ordination of farm visits to allow school children, and other youth organisations to experience the Scottish countryside first hand - co-ordination of classroom speakers to give talks about farming and food production allowing school children the opportunity to engage with people who live and work in the countryside. The Trustees have paid due regard to guidance issued by OSCR in deciding what activities the charity should undertake.

Charity Status: Active

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

Constitutional Form Date: 19 Sept 2002

Main Operating Location: East Lothian

Number of Staff: 0

Number of Volunteers: 0

Purposes: "the advancement of education", "the advancement of health", "the advancement of environmental protection or improvement"

Beneficiaries: "Children or young people"

Types Of Activity Undertaken: "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 Oct 2021	£2,634	£403	31 Jan 2022	Yes
31 Oct 2022	£1,154	£1,223	13 Mar 2023	Yes
31 Oct 2023	£2,311	£1,217	18 Mar 2024	Yes
31 Oct 2024	£4,270	£1,873	05 Feb 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
Jane	Sanderson
Christine	Eccles
Ben	MCClymont
David	Munro
Elizabeth	McDougal
David	Neillans
Thomas	Morton
Fiona	Ross
Julia	Lorrain-Smith
Shona	Maxwell
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