Charity Details

Edinburgh Union Canal Society (SCIO)

SC051467Registered charity from 22 December 2021

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Notes:

This charity has been established to replace Edinburgh Canal Society, SC018330. Edinburgh Canal Society, SC018330 has now wound up and passed its assets and liabilities to Edinburgh Union Canal Society (SCIO), SC051467.

Charity Information:

The Name the Charity is Known By EUCS

Address 32 Cowan Road
Edinburgh

Postcode EH11 1RH

Website www.eucs.org.uk

Regulatory Type Standard

Object:

4 The organisation's purposes/objects are: a) to encourage and promote the public use of those stretches of the Union Canal and its towpath lying in and near Edinburgh, for educational, sporting, leisure and recreational purposes; b) to provide recreational facilities and activities for our members with the primary aim of improving their conditions of life through social interaction and leisure time activity; c) to promote and take all appropriate action for the preservation, conservation and development of the Union Canal and its towpath (hereinafter referred to as 'the canal'); d) to promote, conserve, restore and maintain the history, geology, biology, architecture and buildings, canal craft and boats and artefacts associated with the canal; e) to advance heritage by promoting awareness of the Union Canal and its benefits and helping people to understand the canal's history; f) to encourage and actively conserve the habitats and adequate breeding stocks of native wild plants and vegetation, birds, insects, fish and other forms of wildlife found in the canal and its towpath; g) to seek to promote and enhance the environment which impinges on the amenity of the canal; h) to join with other interested individuals, societies, clubs and other bodies both within and beyond Edinburgh to pursue the organisation's purposes.

Operations:

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

Edinburgh Union Canal Society (EUCS) is a charitable canal society on the Union Canal. The Society's main base is the Ashley Terrace Boathouse, near Harrison Park, in Edinburgh. EUCS aims to promote the Union Canal, to help everyone to enjoy its benefits.

Charity Status: Active

Constitutional Form: SCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)

Constitutional Form Date: 22 Dec 2021

Main Operating Location: City of Edinburgh

Number of Staff: 0

Number of Volunteers: 1-50

Purposes: "the advancement of education", "the advancement of citizenship or community development", "the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science", "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: "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
30 Sept 2022	£3,730	£283	15 Feb 2023	Yes
30 Sept 2023	£15,919	£5,959	10 Mar 2024	Yes
30 Sept 2024	£13,589	£6,700	08 Nov 2024	Yes
30 Sept 2025	£11,710	£14,228	06 Feb 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
Stuart	Rennie
Crawford	Buchanan
Glenn	Liddall
Sandra	Purves
Ian	White
Andrew	Burns
Shawn	Waddoups
Guy	Chisholm
Richard	Allen
Vicki	Morton
Andrew	Devenport
Bridget	Stevens
Raphael	Uddin
Robin	Morton
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