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Banchory Community Trust

SC041630Registered charity from 07 July 2010
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Information about this charity:
Charity Information Operations Annual Submissions Income and Expenditure Charity Trustees
Notes:
previous name - Banchory & District Initiative Limited from 07/07/2010 to 03/07/2024
Charity Information:
Address Stone House
Rosehill Crescent
Banchory
Kincardineshire
Postcode AB31 5SQ
Is the supplied address a principal office or a trustee address? Trustee - Charity Trustee
Website www.banchorycommunitytrust.org
Regulatory Type Standard
Link to Companies House https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/
Object:
The company's objects are to promote the benefit of the inhabitants of Banchory and surrounding areas, for charitable purposes, to : 1. advance community involvement and citizenship by creating and encouraging opportunities for active volunteering within the organisation and general community; 2. advance community development by providing means for community involvement in decision making concerning Banchory's future development and supporting directly or indirectly the enhancement of community organisations and the pursuit of Banchory and district renewal. 3. identify, develop and support initiatives to improve environmental issues arising in Banchory and surrounding areas through pollution minimising projects, enhancing sustainable waste management for the community and advancing the protection and conservation of the local built and natural environment; 4. raise public awareness of all aspects of local culture and to support and develop projects which protect, preserve and restore local heritage. 5. identify, develop and support initiatives, and to work in partnership with all other agencies and bodies operating in the area (public, private and voluntary), in order to promote, support and advance the health and well-being of all residents of Banchory and surrounding areas, and to work in partnership to support any training and educational initiatives. 6. identify, develop and support initiatives which address the specific needs of older people, young people and of those with disabilities or other specific needs living within Banchory and surrounding areas; 7. promote, provide and develop recreational facilities in the town and environs for the whole community.
Operations:
What the charity is set up to do and how it does this:
To help local community organisations.
Charity Status: Active
Constitutional Form: Company (the charity is registered with Companies House)
Constitutional Form Date: 07 Jul 2010
Main Operating Location: Aberdeenshire
Number of Staff: 5
Number of Volunteers: 1-50
Purposes: "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", "Older People", "People with disabilities or health problems", "No specific group, or for the benefit of the community"
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 Mar 2022 £96,472 £100,622 24 Nov 2022 Yes
31 Mar 2023 £141,996 £133,935 17 Nov 2023 Yes
31 Mar 2024 £138,875 £132,011 20 Oct 2024 Yes
31 Mar 2025 £129,678 £130,931 18 Dec 2025 Yes Published accounts can be found on the Companies House website
31 Mar 2026 No Annual Information due by 31 Dec 2026
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
Matthew Merchant
Alasdair Ross
Jean Henretty
Norma Makin
Zita Szekeres
Lynda Rattenbury
Paul Panchaud
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