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Friends Of The Pentlands

SC035514Registered charity from 11 May 2004
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Information about this charity:
Charity Information Operations Annual Submissions Income and Expenditure Charity Trustees
Notes:
This SCIO was incorporated on 18 December 2012 as a result of a Change to SCIO application by Friends Of The Pentlands SC035514, which was an unincorporated association registered as a charity since 11 May 2004.
Charity Information:
Address 1 Newmills Crescent
Balerno
Postcode EH14 5SX
Is the supplied address a principal office or a trustee address? Trustee - Charity Trustee
Website https://pentlandfriends.org.uk
Regulatory Type Standard
Object:
4.1 To protect and enhance the natural beauty and upland character of the Pentland Hills its waters and surrounding countryside. Declaring that "the Pentlands" shall mean the Pentland Hills and surrounding countryside. 4.2 To protect and enhance the natural and cultural heritage and features of public amenity within this area. 4.3 To encourage respect for the quality of life of those who live and work within this area. 4.4 To carry out environmental projects that enhance public access and biodiversity. 4.5 To encourage high standards of design in all work undertaken within this area. 4.6 To provide an annual programme of activities to foster the enjoyment of healthy exercise, an appreciation of the environment and social and cultural history. 4.7 To promote the forming of appropriate planning policies, compatible with these purposes, through the considered long term development plan process and their effective and consistent implementation. 4.8 To stimulate public interest in these purposes by means of publications, meetings, exhibitions, appeals and other forms of publicity. 4.9 To co-operate with other bodies to promote the foregoing purposes.
Operations:
What the charity is set up to do and how it does this:
To promote the conservation, protection and enhancement of the physical and natural environment of the Pentland Hills and surrounding countryside.
Charity Status: Active
Constitutional Form: SCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)
Constitutional Form Date: 18 Dec 2012
Previous Constitutional Form: Unincorporated association
Previous Constitutional Form Date: 11 May 2004
Main Operating Location: City of Edinburgh
Number of Staff: 0
Number of Volunteers: 1-50
Purposes: "the advancement of education", "the advancement of citizenship or community development", "the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science", "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: "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 Dec 2021 £32,261 £12,505 31 Mar 2022 Yes
31 Dec 2022 £19,407 £25,327 15 Mar 2023 Yes
31 Dec 2023 £18,347 £9,200 07 Mar 2024 Yes
31 Dec 2024 £16,266 £18,833 21 Feb 2025 Yes
31 Dec 2025 £26,461 £28,171 17 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
William Aitken
Nicola Fryer
Iain MacLeod
Dennis Smith
Samantha Lockhart
Robert Cook
Ian Walford
Neil Mackay
Andrew Marsden
Douglas Tullis
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