Charity Details

Rainforest Saver SCIO

SC050373Registered charity from 13 August 2020

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Notes:

This SCIO has been set up to replace The Rainforest Saver Foundation, SC039007 The Rainforest Saver Foundation, SC039007 has wound up and transferred its assets and liabilities to Rainforest Saver SCIO- SC050373.

Charity Information:

The Name the Charity is Known By Rainforest Saver, RFS

Address 33 Pentland View
Edinburgh

Postcode EH10 6PY

Website rainforestsaver.org

Regulatory Type Standard

Object:

The Objects We aim to relieve poverty among subsistence farmers in the humid tropics, and protect or improve the environment in rainforest or former rainforest areas, thereby also contributing to education, the advancement of citizenship and community development, the preservation of heritage and culture and human rights. and without prejudice to the above we will do this by supporting work and projects which promote agroforestry and rainforest regeneration in tropical rainforest areas as a viable and sustainable alternative to the slash and burn agriculture currently practised by millions of the world's poorest farmers: without prejudice to the generality this may include a) promoting the knowledge and use of Inga alley cropping, using Inga trees and other suitable tree species, amongst subsistence farmers throughout the world's humid tropics, with initial emphasis on Central and South America and the promotion of and instruction in cropping methods such as Inga alley cropping believed suitable to advance the purposes of the Charity; b) contacting and collaborating with other organisations with similar aims with a view to supporting existing demonstration farms and facilities, setting up new ones, facilitating farmers' visits to them and supporting the use of the Inga and/or similar and/or associated technology for the regeneration of tropical rainforest, for example in biological corridors and sustainable timber production; c) developing and publicising technology associated with agroforestry and rainforest regeneration through various media, including informative webpages and articles in appropriate journals

Operations:

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

To save rainforests and relieve poverty at the same time. It does this using a special forestry technique known as Inga alley cropping. (see website). We work in Ecuador and in Cameroon, contacting farmers and village communities showing them how the system works, giving them Inga seeds/seedlings to start them off and following them up until they have established the system.

Charity Status: Active

Constitutional Form: SCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)

Constitutional Form Date: 13 Aug 2020

Main Operating Location: City of Edinburgh

Number of Staff: 0

Number of Volunteers: 1-50

Purposes: "the prevention or relief of poverty", "the advancement of education", "the advancement of citizenship or community development", "the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science", "the advancement of environmental protection or improvement"

Beneficiaries: "Other defined groups", "Other charities or voluntary bodies"

Types Of Activity Undertaken: "It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations"

Annual Submissions:

Year End	Income	Expenditure	Annual Return Received	Accounts Received	Latest Annual Reports and Accounts
05 Apr 2021	£90,116	£68,305	23 Dec 2021	Yes
05 Apr 2022	£47,807	£69,185	09 Jan 2023	Yes
05 Apr 2023	£63,149	£59,285	02 Jan 2024	Yes
05 Apr 2024	£43,887	£52,778	07 Oct 2024	Yes
05 Apr 2025	£49,968	£58,154	03 Nov 2025	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
Martin	Lukac
Kevin	Miller
Nicola	Peel
Antony	Melville
Patrick	Miller
Sarah	Roseblade
Robert	Nadler
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