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Fernaig Community Trust

SC033722Registered charity from 28 October 2002
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Notes:
This SCIO was incorporated on 10 April 2025 as a result of the conversion of a charitable company Company number: SC188633, company name: The Ferncraig Community Trust.
Charity Information:
Address 1 Riverside Cottage
Braeintra
Stromeferry
Ross-Shire
Postcode IV53 8UP
Is the supplied address a principal office or a trustee address? Trustee - Charity Trustee
Website No Link Provided
Regulatory Type Standard
Object:
1 The organisation’s purposes are: (a) Environment: To manage community land and conserve, protect and improve the natural environment of Fernaig, Achmore, Stromeferry and surrounds for the benefit of nature itself, the local community and the public at large. (b) Sustainable Development: To promote sustainable development in the area compatible with the above object. (c) Education: To advance education, training, lifelong learning and skills development through the creation of, and support for education and training infrastructure and activities. (d) Recreation: To improve the quality of life and contribute to the physical, mental and social health of residents and visitors through the provision of recreation facilities, the organisation of recreational activities and other leisure time activity, and promoting responsible access. (e) Advancement of Community Development: To promote the advancement of community development in the area as defined in the section (7)2, Charities and Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 by providing opportunities for individuals and groups to actively participate in and identify projects that would benefit the community.
Operations:
What the charity is set up to do and how it does this:
To bring local land and environment into the hands and authority of local people and to conserve and protect our natural environment for use by the community, local youth groups and schools and the public at large. We have provided access to the majority of the land by building a footpath which encourages the physical and mental health of visitors and there are recreational facilities en route. The Fernaig Trust has also provided smallholdings for six members of the trust for the production of livestock and other crops and seventeen allotments for other members for production of local food.
Charity Status: Active
Constitutional Form: SCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)
Constitutional Form Date: 10 Apr 2025
Previous Constitutional Form: Company (the charity is registered with Companies House)
Previous Constitutional Form Date: 28 Oct 2002
Main Operating Location: Highland
Number of Staff: 0
Number of Volunteers: 1-50
Purposes: "the advancement of education", "the advancement of citizenship or community development", "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", "the advancement of environmental protection or improvement"
Beneficiaries: "Children or young people", "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 Aug 2021 £3,569 £3,585 03 May 2022 Yes
31 Aug 2022 £3,872 £3,654 10 May 2023 Yes
31 Aug 2023 £3,016 £4,256 24 Apr 2024 Yes
31 Aug 2024 £4,952 £2,587 06 May 2025 Yes
31 Aug 2025 £3,908 £6,627 04 Mar 2026 Yes Download
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
Roderick MacPherson
Neil MacRae
Christopher Cartwright
Elizabeth Bird
Martin Irving
Donald McAndrew
Kate Biss
Georgina Grimson
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