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Acorns2Trees SCIO

SC050580Registered charity from 18 November 2020
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Charity Information Operations Annual Submissions Income and Expenditure Charity Trustees
Charity Information:
Address c/o Brodies LLP
Capital Square, 58 Morrison Street
Edinburgh
Postcode EH3 8BP
Website www.acorns2trees.com
Regulatory Type Standard
Object:
7.1 The SCIO will promote, advance and further its Charitable purposes in Clause 7.3 by operating as a "grant giving" charity which will support financially and otherwise charities and others established to:- 7.1.1 support the mobilisation and integration of children and adults with additional support needs into daily living in the community and assist in their development; 7.1.2 support the education and development in any way whatsoever of children and adults with additional support needs in the community; and 7.1.3 provide training and employment opportunities to children and adults with additional support needs. 7.2 The primary focus is set out clause 7.1. However, the Trustees may use their discretion from time to time to distribute grants in furtherance of the wider charitable purposes set out in clause 7.3 below. 7.3 For the purposes of the 2005 Act the following charitable purposes are (i) particularly relevant and (ii) are the charitable purposes identified as applicable from section 7 of the 2005 Act:- 7.3.1 the advancement of education; 7.3.2 the advancement of citizenship or community development; 7.3.3 the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage; 7.3.4 the relief of unemployment; and 7.3.5 any other purpose that may reasonably be regarded as analogous to any of the preceding purposes.
Operations:
What the charity is set up to do and how it does this:
Acorns2Trees is a philanthropic charitable trust set up and funded by William and Fiona Gordon. Acorns2Trees has 2 main areas of interest - (1) encouraging and supporting community enterprise and (2) the integration of adults with learning disabilities, and in particular economic integration - and the vast majority of our investments focus on progressing these twin objectives. Acorns2Trees does not have an open application process, but rather seeks to establish and build relationships with key organisations operating within these fields of activity.
Charity Status: Active
Constitutional Form: SCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)
Constitutional Form Date: 18 Nov 2020
Main Operating Location: City of Edinburgh
Number of Staff: 1
Number of Volunteers: 0
Purposes: "the advancement of education", "the advancement of citizenship or community development", "the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage", "any other purpose that may reasonably be regarded as analogous to any of the preceding purposes"
Beneficiaries: "No specific group, or for the benefit of the community"
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
31 Mar 2022 £1,563,038 £987,690 29 Dec 2022 Yes
31 Mar 2023 £1,062,500 £1,325,488 29 Dec 2023 Yes
31 Mar 2024 £142,628 £168,943 27 Dec 2024 Yes
31 Mar 2025 £625,658 £1,436,642 12 Jan 2026 Yes Download
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
Edward McConnell
William Gordon
Ian Cooke
Fiona Gordon
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