Charity Details

Roots of Arran Community Woodland

SC035585Registered charity from 05 May 2004

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Charity Information:

Address c/o Primrose Cottage
Whiting Bay
Brodick
Isle of Arran

Postcode KA27 8RH

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Website www.rootsofarrancommunitywoodland.org.uk

Regulatory Type Standard

Object:

(1) To conserve and restore the natural environment (including native woodland, wildlife habitats, plant life and eco-systems) on the Island of Arran ("the Operating Area") for the benefit of the general public. (2) To provide, maintain and/or improve, or assist in the provision, maintenance and/or improvement of, public footpaths, public parks and/or other public amenities within the Operating Area for the benefit of the general public. (3) To advance education particularly in relation to the wildlife and natural environment of the Operating Area, and land and countryside management (including the preservation of traditional woodland skills) within the Operating Area. (4) To provide, or assist in the provision of, facilities available to the general public for recreation or other leisure time occupation within the Operating Area, in the interests of social welfare. (5) To relieve the needs of people with disabilities in particular by facilitating access to the native woodlands and wildlife habitats and to facilities for recreation or other leisure time occupation within the Operating Area.

Operations:

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

Roots of Arran Community Woodland was formed in 2002 and volunteers have over the years planted up this large clear-fell site known as Fairy Glen or Lag a Bheith, with many young trees which include birch, rowan, beech, hazel, willow, oak, alder, blackthorn, Scots pine and even fruit trees in an enclosed orchard area. This is in order to regenerate the woodland for locals and visitors to enjoy and increase the island’s biodiversity. Volunteers meet once a month to remove invasive rhododendron, plant trees and maintain paths.

Charity Status: Active

Constitutional Form: Unincorporated association

Constitutional Form Date: 05 May 2004

Main Operating Location: North Ayrshire

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", "the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage"

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 May 2021	£260	£122	24 Feb 2022	Yes
31 May 2022	£4,736	£204	27 Feb 2023	Yes
31 May 2023	£582	£5,098	20 Feb 2024	Yes
31 May 2024	£10	£725	18 Nov 2024	Yes
31 May 2025	£182	£316	20 Feb 2026	Yes	Not published by OSCR
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
Nicola	Dee Kelly
Juliette	Walsh
William Keith	Robertson
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