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Glenkens & District Trust

SC042489Registered charity from 01 August 2011
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Charity Information Operations Annual Submissions Income and Expenditure Charity Trustees
Notes:
Previous Charity name The Glenkens & District Trust from 01 August 2011 to 28 January 2021.
Charity Information:
Address Balmaclellan House
Balmaclellan
Castle Douglas
Balmaclellan House
Balmaclellan House
Postcode DG7 3PW
Is the supplied address a principal office or a trustee address? Trustee - Charity Trustee
Website https://www.glenkenstrust.org.uk
Regulatory Type Standard
Object:
3. The purposes of the SCIO are:- 3.1 to advance cit izenship and community development by dist ributing community benefit monies received from renewable energy sources \AliAEI FaFffl Com~nmi~ Benefit FAene·r and other grants, to local groups, organisations, or individuals according to criteria and need as defined from time to time, as well as commissioning and providing funding for, projects that will benefit local communities within the Community Council Areas, 3.2 the advancement of environnnental protection or improvement, including the preservation of conservation of the natural environment or particular parts of it and the promotion of sustainable development. "Sustainable development" means development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs, and 3.3 the prevention or relief of poverty including preventing those who are poor from becoming poorer, as well as preventing those who are at risk of being poor from becoming poor.
Operations:
What the charity is set up to do and how it does this:
It is set up to utilise community benefit monies from wind farms in the area and to maximise the outputs from the funds. We have appointed Foundation Scotland as Fund Administrators to support us in this work. We utilise the monies through open grant making, commissioning and targeted grants. we monitor delivery of the projects funded to learn from them. We actively engage with all wind farm developers in the area .
Charity Status: Active
Constitutional Form: SCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)
Constitutional Form Date: 01 Aug 2011
Main Operating Location: Dumfries And Galloway
Number of Staff: 0
Number of Volunteers: 1-50
Purposes: "the prevention or relief of poverty", "the advancement of citizenship or community development", "the advancement of environmental protection or improvement"
Beneficiaries: "No specific group, or for the benefit of the community"
Types Of Activity Undertaken: "It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals", "It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations"
Annual Submissions:
Year End Income Expenditure Annual Return Received Accounts Received Latest Annual Reports and Accounts
31 Aug 2021 £11,760 £7,200 19 Nov 2021 Yes
31 Aug 2022 £0 £4,560 03 Jan 2023 Yes
31 Aug 2023 £75 £0 12 Feb 2024 Yes
31 Aug 2024 £39,600 £36,745 18 Dec 2024 Yes
31 Aug 2025 £40,972 £37,898 13 Jan 2026 Yes Visit Charity's 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
Thomas Marshall
John McGaw
Carole Laverick
Lady Susie Ross
Brian Johnstone
Giles Dearden
Stephen Connelly
Matthew Shedden
Lynn Stewart
Fiona Smith
Morag Paterson
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