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The Avenir Charity SCIO

SC052573Registered charity from 30 May 2023
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Information about this charity:
Charity Information Operations Annual Submissions Income and Expenditure Charity Trustees
Charity Information:
The Name the Charity is Known By none
Address 39 Merkland Road
Alloway
Ayr
Postcode KA7 4UN
Website No Link Provided
Regulatory Type Standard
Object:
The organisation's purposes are: (i) The awarding of educational travel scholarships in all parts of the world to individuals in Scotland of both sexes under the age of Thirty five years (but with absolute discretion to the Trustees to award scholarships to candidates of Thirty five years of age and over if and when it may seem to them appropriate to do so), provided always that those to whom scholarships are awarded shall have either practical or academic qualifications (or both) in land based industries which for this purpose includes agriculture, horticulture, aquaculture and ancillary industries or professions associated with each of these, and food production ("land based industries"), preference being given to candidates having a sound practical basis of experience in land based industries which can be beneficially extended by travel to the end that on return they will be able to use the experience gained in travel in a practical way. (ii) The making of grants to such other charitable purposes (including charitable foundations) already recognised in law as charitable, along with other purposes analogous to, or within the spirit of, purposes that are recognised as charitable, as the trustees shall, in their absolute discretion, determine.
Operations:
What the charity is set up to do and how it does this:
The charity awards: (a) grants to recognised charities which the trustees consider worthy of support as funds are available, (b) educational travel scholarships to individuals of both sexes under age 35 engaged in land based industries, preference being given to candidates having a sound practical basis of experience in land based industries which can be beneficially extended by travel to the end that on return they will be able to use the experience gained in travel in a practical way, successful candidates being selected following a thorough application and interview process.
Charity Status: Active
Constitutional Form: SCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)
Constitutional Form Date: 30 May 2023
Main Operating Location: South Ayrshire
Number of Staff: 0
Number of Volunteers: 0
Purposes: "the advancement of education"
Beneficiaries: "Other defined groups"
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
05 Apr 2024 £625 £400 10 Dec 2024 Yes
05 Apr 2025 £875 £511 10 Dec 2025 Yes Download
05 Apr 2026 No Annual Information due by 05 Jan 2027
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
ROBERT WILSON
ALISON THOMSON
JOHN THOMSON
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